Cam Newton and Mac Jones took their quarterback competition to the game field at Gillette Stadium for Thursday night’s preseason opener.
Newton (4 of 7, 49 yards) got the first two series with the starters in a 22-13 win over the Washington Football Team, while Jones (13 of 19, 97 yards) took the next five with a slew of different players. Both played reasonably well — neither had a touchdown pass nor turnover — and Bill Belichick was asked to assess their play on a Friday morning conference call.
With Jones, he didn’t offer too much.
“I think really, it’s pretty much the same for everybody. Some good things,” Belichick said. “Some things we need to just in general, we need to play faster and react faster. That’s every position across the board. Practice is practice, but things happen at game speed and that’s something that I would say everyone needs to improve on. Certainly, at the quarterback position, but every other position too. It’s just we haven’t had the live game exposure until last night, and so that’s a good opportunity for us to recognize how fast things are going to happen and have to match that speed. So, I think the speed of the game for all of the rookie players was a little bit different, certainly than anything we’ve been able to practice.”
When asked about Newton’s progress in his second season with the team, Belichick acknowledged there’s been improvement before returning to generality again.
“Well, definitely way ahead of where we were at this time last year, but again, as I said, it’s I think the same for everybody,” Belichick said. “Just practice and fundamentals and then taking that to the execution that we need to have at game speed. Again, for all of us players, coaches, everybody. Last night was the step, but we have a long way to go, and we all need to improve in those areas.”
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