Patriots QB Mac Jones says he's ready "to earn the respect of everybody in the building again" as he prepares for the 2023 season. (AP photo)

What NFL fine and docked practices?

“It’s all in the past,” New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on Wednesday in meeting the media for the first time since he was fined $50,000 by the NFL and the team lost two OTA practices due to rule-breaking special team meetings conducted by assistant Joe Judge.

The Patriots held their first practice since last week when they lost two, and Wednesday’s was the one designated by rule to be open to the media.

“The whole situation’s in the past,” Belichick repeated. “It’s resolved and we’ve moved on. Like I said, it was three Phase 2 meetings. … Look, I’m responsible for it, so that’s it.”

Belichick said Judge will “be involved in a lot of things. … He’ll do whatever I ask him to do. It might change from time to time.”

As for Judge’s official title, Belichick said “We’ll announce our staff. We’ve got a couple things to still work out, but we’ll announce it soon. …

“Joe’s great, Joe’s great. Smart guy, got a lot of experience. He’ll do whatever we need him to do, and he can do a lot, so he will.”

JONES FORGES AHEAD

Meanwhile, embattled Patriots quarterback Mac Jones says he tried to follow “a college like” offseason program.

“Stay on it really early, a lot less vacations and just work really hard like all the other guys are doing,” he said. “That’s going to really help in the future, and try to do that every year. … Confidence comes with time, but it’s also something that you can look back on too, not just worrying about things that happened in the past but also focusing on the future.”

Jones was pressed further, and said “I’ve always been on winning teams, and that’s what this place has been. I’m just learning from all the things. That’s all I took from last year; it’s a learning experience and I think I learned a lot, which is really important.”

Jones said things are going well with new offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, his third in his three NFL seasons. But it’s nothing he’s not used to.

“I actually had a different coordinator every year (at Alabama),” he said. “What I took from that is you learn from each one of them. You take the really good things and you add that to your repertoire. I think with OB (O’Brien) obviously that needs to happen and we’re going to work toward that.”

Jones said he’s aware of the criticism that’s come his way, but doesn’t let it bother him.

“I think everyone’s entitled to an opinion,” he said. “All Ican do, like I said earlier, I’m going to run my race and hopefully everybody will run right behind me. We’ll be able to push this thing along and learn from everything.

“I’m going to do everything I can to earn the respect of everybody in this building again and from there go out there and win some games.”