The situation in New England is getting dire.

The Patriots got shut out 34-0 by the Saints on Sunday, one week after getting crushed 38-3 by the Cowboys, to fall to 1-4 with virtually no hope of salvaging the season.

A lot of blame has fallen on Mac Jones, whose performance fell off a cliff last year and has not rebounded with Bill O’Brien taking over an offense that failed when led by Matt Patricia and Joe Judge.

However, a person close to Jones provided blunt terms to Fox Sports AFC East reporter Henry McKenna about the weapons the quarterback has to work with.

“No matter how good of cook you are, you cannot make garbage taste good,” the person said Sunday. “Even if it was not Mac at QB, what QB would want to play here under these conditions?”

Jones has five touchdown passes and six interceptions this season, and is averaging just six yards per pass attempt.

The Fox Sports report noted that Bill Belichick, as the team’s general manager, drafted wideout Tyquan Thornton two picks before the Steelers selected George Pickens, and in 2019 picked N’Keal Harry when Deebo Samuel, A.J. Brown, DK Metcalf and Terry McLaurin were available.

The team signed JuJu Smith-Schuster as a free agent this past offseason while allowing Jakobi Meyers to leave for the Raiders.

Moreover, Belichick was unwilling to part with the draft and salary capital needed to acquire star receivers like Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, Stefon Diggs and Amari Cooper, who were traded in recent years.

Sunday marked the second straight week that Jones was benched for Bailey Zappe late in the game as the Patriots were getting blown out.

“Obviously it wasn’t really good and everyone’s frustrated,” Jones said after the game on Sunday, as covered by the AP. “Of course we’re frustrated. At the end of the day, you have to turn that into action.”

“We don’t want to score zero points. It’s not the goal,” Jones told reporters. “We didn’t score any points. That’s the important part: scoring points.”