The fact that the New England Patriots are in crisis is also due to quarterback Mac Jones. He is now being harshly criticised by ex-Patriot Julian Edelman.

Mac Jones is taking a lot of heat right now.

After the false start of the New England Patriots, the criticism is raining down on the quarterback, who was even banished to the bench by coach Bill Belichick in the most recent 3:38 clap at the Dallas Cowboys.

A Patriots legend is now also joining the long list of critics.

“This is a quarterback league,” former wide receiver Julian Edelman said on the “Ryen Rusillo Podcast.” “You need a quarterback that fits your system to win games. And right now, Mac’s not developing as fast as they’d like. He’s still throwing like a rookie.”

In the process, the Patriots had left no stone unturned, even putting Bill O’Brien alongside Jones as offensive coordinator. But the hoped-for jump in performance has been a long time coming.

“Ultimately, it’s up to Mac Jones. You can’t go out and do what he did. That was bad football. You can’t throw across the field twice late in four plays,” Edelman said.

Jones is very unfocused right now, he said, and that’s bad. “They’re not playing the way they should be playing to win football games. And that’s mostly because of the quarterback.”

But not exclusively, Edelman knows that, too: “Where’s our running game? We’ve got to get the running game going. There’s a lot of things that have to get better. “