Miami Dolphins 33, New England Patriots, 24
Q. I know you're anxious to move forward, right? Put this one behind you and head towards the playoffs. What can you learn from a situation like this, Mac?
MAC JONES: Yeah. I think we just need to execute better. And that starts with me in practice and in the game. You've got to go out there and do much better than we did today.
And it's super embarrassing, honestly, just from my point how I played. Wasn't good enough. And I can be better. And it starts with me. I'm the quarterback. And that's my job is to make people around me have success. And it starts with me, so we'll get it fixed.
I think, like you said, you know, you've got to watch the film and learn from it and realize how embarrassing it is to play that way. But, at the same time, we've got a great opportunity next week. And that's all you can ask for.
Q. Pretty hard on yourself, Mac. Obviously, that start (no microphone) -- take solace in kind of some of the later play or -- I mean, you seem pretty hard on yourself right now.
MAC JONES: Yeah. I think we lost. And that's all that matters. And we put the other units in kind of a bad position with the way we played. You can't blame or point fingers on anybody besides me and the offense.
And we know we can play better. And we have great players on our offense. We know that. That wasn't our best product in terms of execution. I think we definitely fought hard, but we're coming up short. So if we can combine the execution part and the effort together, I think the result will be a lot better.
Q. You used the word embarrassing. That's pretty strong. Is that more a collective thing in the last month or just today?
MAC JONES: I think we can play better, and that's what it was. I feel like we got to put a better product out there, especially to win big games. And the team we played tonight was the better team. And they executed better than we did. There's nothing we can really do about it now. But I think at the same time, you can't feel sorry for yourself. You've got to move on and learn from your mistakes and take the positives and then look at the negatives too. You can't just brush the negatives under the rug.
Q. Mac, can you describe what happened on the fumbled snap and sort of what lead to Ted --
MAC JONES: Yeah. I think it was just one of those things, something that happened. And he had to go in there. And our job is to -- I mean, I've been doing that since Pop Warner, just get the ball from the center. Doesn't matter who the center is. It wasn't Ted's fault. It's my fault. I've got to get the ball and hand it off to the running back. It's not like it was some giant play that required a bunch of things. So you never want those things to happen. But now we know during pre-practice we can get more work, you know, just get back to the fundamentals of it.
Q. I know you're close to Christian. Did you get a chance to see him after the game?
MAC JONES: Yeah. I did. I saw him -- I'm not sure exactly what happened. But I just told him that I love him and I have his back no matter what. He's a great player, and he's been a great teammate to me at Alabama and obviously here too. He's really positive. And I hope he's okay.
Q. Mac, during the week -- (no microphone) -- setting the table getting things right here. The level of frustrations --
MAC JONES: Yeah. I think it's frustrating. But, like I said, we just have to put a better execution out there. That's the game of football. It's a little bit of an emotional game, but it comes down to the Xs and Os and the execution. I can execute better. And I know everybody on offense feels that way.
I'm sure the defense and special teams can speak for themselves. But we just have to come together as three units and put the better product on the field and not feel the way we felt about when we walked off the field, like that wasn't how we wanted to play the game. So that's really the moral of the story.
Q. What did you think you saw on the pick six before the play started?
MAC JONES: I'm not going to get into logistics. I knew what coverage they were playing. I just didn't see the outside guy. And I threw it too wide, and it was my fault. But it's just cover 2. There's nothing to it. It's simple. And I got to read it out and do a better job getting the ball to the right guy.
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