It has been a rough season for Mac Jones, but on Sunday, the third-year quarterback hit a new low. With the timing allowing just one more drive during the game, Bill Belichick opted to send in Bailey Zappe rather than Jones. 

And Jones' face was one of despair after he was benched, knowing that this time was different. 

This move caught the eyes of everyone across the league, including former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason. And he didn't hold back when asked about Jones following the loss to the Indianapolis Colts. 

"Part of me really does feel bad for him, but part of me knows that he is part of the problem," Esiason said on WEEI's The Greg Hill Show. 

"His postgame press conference was even harder to watch for me just simply because I've actually sat in that chair where you have been benched, you have been embarrassed," Esiason added. "You know that you've played poorly and they have to hold you accountable, or the other 52 men on the roster are going to be looking at the coach and basically mailing it in from that point on if he doesn't do something."

Jones' final play of the game was a horrible throw that resulted in an interception. Yet when asked if this was the play that forced Belichick to make the change, the coach gave a short but effective answer. 

"Yeah, no, just the way the game was going," Belichick explained. 

Esiason also went on to reference one specific play that Mac Jones was asked about after the game. 

At the end of the first half, the Patriots could have opted to throw a Hail Mary to try and get in the end zone. But they didn't and Jones wasn't even sure why they didn't take the chance. 

"No clue," Jones said after the game. "There was two seconds left, and we needed 60 yards. I don't know."

And while he didn't directly say it, even Esiason can't help by imply that the coaching staff has lost faith in the quarterback. 

"There's something going on," he said on WEEI. "There's absolutely something going on there between the men that are playing and that are coaching him. It's hard to watch, actually."

Esiason played from 1984 to 1997, having stints with the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals. He was named the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1988, earning first-team All-Pro that same year. And to top it all off, Esiason was named to the Pro Bowl four times. 

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