Patriots bench Mac Jones during loss to Colts shortly after OC Bill O'Brien screams at struggling QB on the sidelines in Germany

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones' day went from bad to worse after he screamed at by his offensive coordinator before being benched during New England's 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Jones went 15-20 for 170 yards and an interception in yet another subpar performance. The defeat means the Patriots' record now stands at 2-8 for the season.

During the third quarter, Jones tried to avoid a sack on third-and-2, throwing a risky ball to running back Rhamondre Stevenson which nearly resulted in an interception.

After Jones returned to the sidelines, cameras caught offensive coordinator Bill O' Brien screaming at the quarterback on the bench.

O'Brien could be seen shouting while he gesticulated wildly, seemingly in the direction of the tablet Jones was using to review the botched play.

Later on, during the fourth quarter, Jones threw a crucial interception when trying to float a pass into the endzone. The ball instead landed in the arms of Colts defender Julian Blackmon.

Following the turnover Jones was 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 Bill Belichick still has faith in him as the starting quarterback. 

When asked if he still has faith in Jones, Belichick said simply: '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.'