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The former Patriot didn’t care for Jones’ comments.

Over the weekend, the New England Patriots suffered a nasty loss at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts. After the game was over, the Patriots quarterback, Mac Jones, let loose some surprisingly unfiltered comments about the state of the team prior to the game.

“I just think we, starting with me, the energy was kind of low, maybe like feeling a little sorry for ourselves because we’re coming off the bye and stuff,” Jones said. “Not to get into details, but we just didn’t practice well, and that just reflects how we played. And I didn’t practice good, and I know a lot of guys on our team felt the same way.”

Following Jones’ comments, former Patriots player Ted Johnson chimed in on the matter on NBC10 Boston’s “Sports Sunday,” and he wasn’t pleased.

“He’s always stuck to the script — cliché 101,” Johnson said. “This time he went off script and I was really surprised to hear him say that we were feeling sorry for ourselves. About what? You just came off a bye week. Is it because you played on a Monday night and then you had to play on a Saturday night? Get over it, boys. It’s ring-chasing time now.”

“And him saying they had a bad week of practice and that their energy level was low — you’re a rookie, keep your mouth shut. That’s not going to play well in the locker room.”

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“My feeling is Bill Belichick probably had him say it,” Johnson said. “I think Bill Belichick wanted the message to go through Mac Jones, call out his players. It would be atypical of Bill this year to come down really hard on this team. So, to me, that was some orders from Bill because I can’t imagine Mac Jones going off script like he did, criticizing the team’s energy and their preparation going into this week. When you’re a rookie quarterback, you’re not supposed to say stuff like that.”