Report: Patriots Quarterback Room Was 'Toxic'
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原文作者：SPORTS ILLUSTRATED（RealGM摘要轉錄）
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The quarterback situation for the New England Patriots might have been even wors
e than it appeared.
新英格蘭愛國者隊中QB的近期養成情形，恐怕比外觀上看來還要糟糕..
Mac Jones struggled in his third season and towards the end of the year Bill Bel
ichick wouldn't even name a starter ahead of games. According to a MassLive repo
rt, communication between Jones and Belichick was "nonexistent."
難得用首輪前段籤選進的Mac Jones，在他的第三年不但打得掙扎，季末還被Belichick拔除
先發職務。根據波士頓當地媒體MassLive的報導：Mac跟BB兩人之間的溝通「根本不存在」
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Belichick is gone and Jones remains on the roster, for now.
今年的結果倒是跟以往不大一樣：走人的是BB，Jones反而還在球員陣容中
According to Sports Illustrated, Jones was "well-liked" when he first arrived, b
ut "lost support of the building" when his promising rookie season did not carry
over. The report described the situation as "toxic," saying there were times wh
en, as a rookie in 2022, Bailey Zappe would watch tape in the receiver room, bec
ause the quarterback room was such a mess.
根據另一家更全國性媒體「運動畫刊」的報導：Jones一開始進入球隊時的確備受喜愛；然
而當他穩健的新人賽季未能延續到第二季時，他就失去了球隊總部的支持。這份報導另外加
料：愛國者的球員環境非常不健康，當另一位年輕QB-Zappe在22年入隊時，他想看球賽影片
還得跑到接球員休息室，因為QB區根本是一團亂
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心得AKA腦補哥講評：
前幾天翻譯的外電有提及傳奇教練Belichick失業的原因，跟QB的安排失當以及與球員的代
溝有關，只能說這篇來自SI的內幕報導坐實了這一點