Jason McCourty has strong message for Patriots players amid 2-7 start

Jason McCourty has strong message for Patriots players amid 2-7 start originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The 2024 NFL season was never going to be an easy one for the New England Patriots.

For starters, they just don’t have a ton of top-tier talent, and that puts them at a severe disadvantage right off the bat. Outside of Drake Maye, Christian Gonzalez and Christian Barmore, there aren’t many franchise cornerstone players on the roster.

The Patriots also have transitioned to a brand new era post-Bill Belichick. They have a first-year head coach in Jerod Mayo, a new offensive coordinator in Alex Van Pelt, a first-time defensive coordinator in DeMarcus Covington, plus first-year offensive line and wide receivers coaches.

Adjusting to all of the roster and coaching turnover takes time. It’s also important for the players to be on the same page and not cause distractions.

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Rookie wideout Ja’Lynn Polk told MassLive a few weeks ago that he has the “best hands” of any player at his position. He has one reception (plus several drops) in three games since making those comments. Veteran wideout K.J. Osborn shared text messages on Twitter/X about the buildup to the Week 7 game in London.

What does former Patriots safety and Super Bowl Jason McCourty think of all of this? The CSB Sports analyst joined Tom E. Curran on a new episode of NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast to discuss these topics and more.

“I was in other cities before I got to New England, so it’s a little bit of — you’ve just seen, for a lot of people now, success for the last two decades and that’s the expectation, which it should be,” McCourty said. “You should expect your favorite team or your organization to win, but it’s not that easy. And I think to your point, those are some of the things that you have to nip in the bud, like wide receivers…

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Publish date : 2024-11-06 02:28:13

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