Mac Jones is heading home. A Jacksonville local, Jones will certainly bet his home town group after the New England Patriots consented to trade the expert quarterback to the Jaguars for a sixth-round choice, according to ESPN and verified by CBS Sports lead NFL expert Jonathan Jones.
While 4 groups were supposedly eligible, the Jaguars were the only group that provided the Patriots a deal for the previous top-15 draft choice since Saturday, per Jones. The profession can not be wrapped up till the brand-new organization year starts Wednesday and Jones passes a physical.
The 15th total choice in the 2021 draft, Jones was called to the Pro Dish that period after assisting lead the Patriots to their only playoff look in the post-Tom Brady age. Jones and the Patriots fell back the following 2 years, nonetheless, with Jones obtaining benched throughout the 2nd fifty percent of the 2023 period after going 2-9 as the group’s starter.
Jones leaves New England with an 18-25 beginning document (consisting of the playoffs), 46 goals, 36 choices and a 66.1% conclusion percent. He’ll currently seek to reactivate his occupation as Trevor Lawrence’s back-up in Jacksonville.
Right here’s our qualities from Sunday’s profession. As you’ll review below, there were unreal losers in this profession.
Patriots obtain: Sixth-round choice
Based off of Sunday’s records, the Patriots really did not have a lot of choices when it pertained to trading Jones, so a sixth-round choice isn’t also shoddy provided the scenario. New England obtained something for a gamer that got on his escape the door. The Patriots obtained a late-round choice for Jones rather than merely launching him, which clearly would not have actually been suitable.
Trading Jones even more verifies the Patriots’ strategies to pick a quarterback with the No. 3 total choice in April’s draft. New England has actually been connected to LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, CBS Sports’ No. 2 quarterback possibility behind USC’s Caleb Williams.
Why really did not the Patriots quality greater? Since, despite the fact that Jones inevitably really did not exercise, it’s never ever a good idea to trade a gamer that …
