Damien Harris just isn’t a fan of the way in which the Patriots dealt with… properly, something towards the top of his tenure in New England.
Harris, who retired in March after struggling a severe neck harm in 2023, joined Robert Mays on “The Athletic Soccer Present” on Thursday. It was solely pure that the top of his Patriots tenure was introduced up, and the 27-year-old didn’t maintain again — particularly because it pertains to former teammate Mac Jones and offensive coordinator Matt Patricia.
“What occurred to Mac Jones in New England, was not due to Mac Jones,” Harris mentioned. “What occurred in New England to Mac Jones was due to the very fact you took away an offensive coordinator (Josh McDaniels) who coached him to be a Professional Bowler and virtually coached us to profitable our division with a rookie quarterback.
“… Then you definitely take Matt Patricia, who’s coached protection his complete life, Joe Choose, who’s been a particular groups coach … and you then simply throw them in there and say, ‘Hey, coach this child up. He’s a first-round choose, however so long as you train him what I say, every thing gonna be fantastic.’”
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Harris disagreed with that strategy.
“(Expletive) wasn’t fantastic,” he quipped.
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Patricia has lengthy been the goal of criticism for his season calling offensive performs in New England, however Harris shared his expertise in what was sure to be a irritating atmosphere.
“If anyone had something to say about it, it was (met with) a really, very fast, swift, ‘Shut the (expletive) up. I do know what I’m doing,’” Harris recalled “And that’s it.”
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Harris and Jones are longtime associates, initially assembly as teammates at Alabama. It’s not sufficient to say that it’s best to take his opinion about Patricia with a grain of salt, however maybe he’s a bit biased because it pertains to Jones.
Harris didn’t essentially have something dangerous to say about Belichick the coach, stating he liked taking part in for the eight-time Tremendous Bowl champion on a number of events, however did point out he wasn’t stunned to see him get handed over for a training job.
“I’m not saying that to say something dangerous about Invoice Belichick, however I simply wasn’t stunned as a result of he’s been in a single place for therefore lengthy,” Harris mentioned. “I feel that simply on the stage of his profession that he’s in, I feel that what he was anticipating to be handed to him versus what folks have been keen to present him — on reflection, I feel that possibly they only didn’t align.”
