Mac Jones appears to question Patriots coaches' decision following loss to the Colts... which saw him benched in fourth quarter: 'No clue'

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones appeared to question his coaches' play-calling following their 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts - a game in which he was eventually benched. 

Jones was asked about the decision not to attempt a Hail Mary with only two seconds left of the first half in Germany. The Patriots were trailing 7-3 at the time.

'No clue. There's 2 seconds left and we needed 60 yards so… I don't know,' Jones said when asked about the call following the game.

Last December, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick suggested that Jones did not have the arm strength to throw a 55-yard Hail Mary.

On Sunday, Jones was benched in the fourth quarter following a costly interception. Earlier in the game, cameras caught offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien yelling at the quarterback after another botched play.

Jones was eventually benched for backup quarterback Bailey Zappe.

'I just thought it was time for a change,' head coach Bill Belichick said in his postgame press conference. 

'At the end of the day, I've got to play better. To make people believe, you´ve got to be better. I'm not sure. I don't know,' said Jones when asked if he felt coach Belichick still has faith in him as the starting quarterback. 

Belichick simply insisted: 'I have faith in all our players.'

Jones was sacked five times in the first half, leading the Patriots to switch to more of a rushing game in the third quarter, and he threw a costly red zone interception in the fourth quarter with a pass he called 'terrible.'

Jones said 'there were some things I was working through' on that throw and that he ended the game 'a little bruised.' He had undergone x-rays following the game but seemingly avoided any serious issues.

Second-year quarterback Zappe has played in two other games this season before Sunday, but only in blowouts such as the 38-3 loss to the Cowboys on October 1 and a 34-0 loss to the Saints a week later.

Given a chance - though a tough one - Sunday to win a game for the Patriots, Zappe completed 3 of 7 attempts for 25 yards and finished by throwing an interception to Rodney Thomas on a fake-spike play to seal the game.

Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew said he had some sympathy for Zappe's situation in the last two minutes of the game.

'That's a hard spot to go in on your own 15, no timeouts, two minutes left. That´s tough,' he said.

Back in Belichick's first season with the Patriots in 2000, the team slipped to 2-8 on Nov. 12, but improved to finish the season 5-11.

Now New England needs to find a way to emerge from its bye week an improved team.

'There's no division' between New England's offensive and defensive units, defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. said after a game in which the defense allowed 10 points and still lost.

The bye week is a time for 'recharging, resetting, kind of just getting away for a little bit,' he said, 'and then towards the end of it just refreshing and getting back, ready to finish out these next games strong.'