Patriots WR Kendrick Bourne: When you catch Mac Jones' passes, 'it's like a pillow'

New England Patriots receiver has had fun with numerous quarterbacks during his five-year NFL

job, most significantly and now. The 26-year-old receiver joined 98.5 The Center on Tuesday as well as commended exactly how Jones throws a more catchable round.

"I would say the rate component-- Mac, he's tossing it hard. Yet when you catch it, it's like a cushion. I can absolutely state that. He's special," Bourne said,.

Bourne said Jimmy G, with whom the WR played 4 years in San Francisco, tosses even more of a "rifle" that comes harder.

Jones has actually shined tossing that great ball, specifically dicing up defenses on intermediate courses. His precision in tight home windows has actually been stunning this early in his profession.

Among the five newbies with 50-plus pass efforts, Jones has the greatest completion portion and passer rating and also is the only one with more pass TDs than INTs this season. According to Following Gen Stats, Jones has actually created a 4.6 conclusion portion over expectation (ranking 6th in the NFL) and also balanced 2.64 secs in time to toss (5th-fastest). The knocks have actually been on the deep balls-- 7.7 air yards per attempt (23rd), 8.5 deep pass portion (28th)-- yet his wideouts have additionally missed out on a couple of pennies.

Jones places fourth amongst competent passers with a 71.1 completion percent this season, the seventh-highest price (min. 200 efforts) in a single period in NFL history and also the greatest percentage by a newbie (minutes. 200 pass efforts) in NFL history.

"Mac, I'm simply really honored to be in a circumstance with him and also beginning this brand-new age of New England football," Bourne said. "It coincides, however it's simply new players. I'm just delighted to be a part of it male. We're showing a lot of flashes and I'm just extremely appreciative of that, because you understand it reveals we obtained potential."

Even with all the beautiful praise of Jones so far, the Patriots' offense requires more uniformity and to attach on even more big plays.

New England will certainly look to break its four-game house losing touch against the one-win Jets.

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