Mac Jones wasn’t blindsided by the commerce that despatched him from the New England Patriots to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Truly, Jones noticed it coming.
Jones lately shared that he and the Patriots mutually agreed to half methods previous to the crew sending him to the Jaguars in trade for a sixth-round choose. The commerce ended his three-year run with the Patriots, a run that had its fair proportion of ups and downs.
“We form of simply determined the mutual parting of the way was one of the best choice for each of us,” Jones stated from Jacksonville this week, by way of the Boston Herald. “For me, it was nearly transferring on and getting again residence, and I could not be extra excited. And for them, it is about transferring ahead and turning the web page. So actually, that is what we determined, and I believe it is a terrific choice.”
Whereas 4 groups had been reportedly within the operating, the Jaguars had been the one crew that gave the Patriots a suggestion for the previous top-15 draft choose, per CBS Sports activities Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones.
The fifteenth total choose within the 2021 draft, Jones was named to the Professional Bowl that season after serving to lead the Patriots to their lone playoff look within the post-Tom Brady period. Jones and the Patriots regressed the following two years, nevertheless, with Jones getting benched throughout the second half of the 2023 season after going 2-9 because the crew’s starter.
Jones left New England with an 18-25 beginning document (together with the playoffs), 46 touchdowns, 36 picks and a 66.1% completion share. He’ll now look to restart his profession as Trevor Lawrence’s backup in Jacksonville.
Buying and selling Jones additional confirms the Patriots’ plans to pick a quarterback with the No. 3 total choose in April’s draft. New England has been linked to LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, CBS Sports activities’ No. 2 quarterback prospect behind USC’s Caleb Williams.
By buying Jones, the Jaguars have upgraded their backup quarterback place. They usually did so with out having to surrender an excessive amount of. It helps that Jones is a Jacksonville native who needs to be there. And whereas he would like to be a starter, it seems that Jones will embrace his new function with the Jaguars. He also can help Lawrence on the sideline and within the quarterback room.
“Performed a whole lot of video games, began a whole lot of video games, and clearly issues went the best way they did and my purpose is to form of get the prepare again on the tracks,” Jones stated. “So I believe I can try this right here and the coaches right here have talked to me about how I can try this and assist the room and the way I can study from Trevor and all people right here.”