Week 5: Saints at Pats

Euclis20

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It was really just the first 8 weeks or so. I'm not sure why he was significantly better the first 8 weeks of his career than the next two years, but that's what's happened.
It's really not a mystery. It's the same thing that happens to every player (in every sport) that succeeds when they first join the league - opponents make adjustments. Mac cannot and could never consistently complete the deep ball in the NFL, and once opponents recognized that, they moved everyone closer to the line of scrimmage and made the passes he could complete much more difficult. Opponents made adjustments and the Pats (and Mac) either have not or cannot adjust along with it. Now it's in his head, he's pressing, and it's even worse.