(Photo : (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)) FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – DECEMBER 17: Mac Jones #10 of the New England Patriots warms up earlier than the sport towards the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The New England Patriots are stated to be out there for a brand new quarterback subsequent season.
The franchise appears eager on taking a quarterback with their No.3 decide within the 2024 NFL Draft. With many on the identical web page throughout the group concerning the concept of discovering a new franchise participant on the place, per Jeff Howe and Chad Graff of the Athletic.
Furthermore, MassLive.com’s Karen Guregian, Mark Daniels and Chris Mason, reported that a number of citations have knowledgeable them that the Patriots plan to make use of their decide on a quarterback, signal a veteran, and can seemingly commerce Mac Jones sooner or later this offseason.
The group could seemingly be within the operating to take USC’s Caleb Williams, North Carolina’s Drake Maye, or LSU’s Jayden Daniels; all are among the many high three QB prospects within the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Patriots intend on assembly with every younger quarterback through the NFL Combine.
Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Oregon’s Bo Nix are additionally two candidates that the Patriots could contemplate taking.
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New England Patriots: Searching for a Veteran QB Presence
The Patriots additionally look to carry conferences with a number of veteran quarterbacks through the offseason, together with Kirk Cousins, Baker Mayfield, Ryan Tannehill, and Joe Flacco.
Whoever is available in would seemingly have massive sneakers to fill, because the Patriots received spoiled in 2001-2019 in having what many deem as the best quarterback of all time in Tom Brady.
After 2019, Brady moved on from New England and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, forcing the Patriots to look elsewhere at quarterback.They signed veteran Cam Newton as a fast repair in that point. However, below Newton they completed the season 7-9, lacking the playoffs.
They then drafted Mac Jones with the No,15 decide within the NFL 2021 Draft. Under Jones, the Patriots completed 10-7 and made the playoffs in his rookie 12 months. Jones struggled throughout his most up-to-date season in New England, going 2-9 as a starter and having a steep drop off in his manufacturing; finishing 64.9 p.c of his passes for two,120 yards, 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
As a consequence, the Patriots went 4-13 in Bill Belichick’s remaining season with the franchise as head coach.
With new coach Jarod Mayo coming in to switch Belichick, the Patriots could look to discover a new sign caller for the once-dominant franchise as properly.
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