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The suspense is finally over.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots were going to trade up.\u00a0 They were going to make a run at one of the top five quarterbacks in the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland.\u00a0 Then there were rumours that Bill Belichick would trade down, as sources had the Patriots working on a deal to help bring Jimmy Garoppolo back to Foxborough.\u00a0 Maybe the Patriots spend the 15th pick on something other than a quarterback, perhaps Belichick and Josh McDaniels didn\u2019t like any of the potentially available quarterbacks and would try to pry Garoppolo from the San Francisco 49ers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, Garoppolo will probably head somewhere else.\u00a0 The 49ers took North Dakota State\u2019s Trey Lance with the third pick in the draft, thereby officially rendering Tom Brady\u2019s former backup quarterback expendable.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t look like Garoppolo will be heading back to New England, as many followers and experts may have figured.<\/span><\/p>\n

What actually happened was somewhat comparable to Vince Wilfork falling to 21 in 2004.\u00a0 Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, who grabbed a ton of national spotlight as he led the Crimson Tide to still another national championship three months ago, somehow was available at 15.\u00a0 The Patriots wasted very little time in drafting Jones, thereby immediately invigorating all of Patriot Nation.\u00a0 In the wake of the biggest free agent haul in recent NFL history, the Patriots have now filled their biggest hole and possibly have returned to the table of champions in the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nick Saban, the legendary Alabama head coach, is a former Belichick \u201cslappie\u201d, a term used to describe all those assistant coaches in the 1990s with Cleveland when Belichick was the Browns\u2019 head coach.\u00a0 Saban, along with such other guys as Scott Pioli, Thomas Dimitroff, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Schwartz and many others, learned under Belichick which helped pave the way for their successful careers in coaching and the front office.\u00a0 Belichick and Saban are real tight, and the Patriots have taken some of his star players over the years (Dont\u2019a Hightower, Damien Harris, Anfernee Jennings, among others).\u00a0 It is obvious here that Saban had a great deal of say and influence in the Patriots making this kind of franchise-altering decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones became suddenly famous and much sought after following his team\u2019s run to the National Championship, culminating in a 52-24 clobbering of Ohio State in the title game.\u00a0 Jones was 36 of 45 passing in that game with five touchdown passes.\u00a0 He was blessed with such targets as Heisman Trophy winner Davonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle (both of these guys were selected in the first round ahead of Jones).\u00a0 In New England, he will get to throw to Nelson Agholor, Kendrick Bourne, Jakobi Meyers, Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith, but sadly, will not get to throw to the retired Julian Edelman.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots did beef up their previously inept receiving corps, which most people thought was a waste of time and money if Cam Newton were the quarterback of the future.\u00a0 With Jones now in the fold, everyone on the entire team can puff out their chests and walk a little taller now.<\/span><\/p>\n

All this said, believe it or not, Newton still has a place on this team, at least for this coming year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots are in a position to introduce Jones to the Patriot offense in much the same way they did for Drew Bledsoe in 1993.\u00a0 Bledsoe was the top pick in the 1993 NFL Draft out of Washington State, but then-new Patriot head coach Bill Parcells had a plan as to how to handle Bledsoe.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Parcells did was to begin the 1993 season by starting Scott Secules at quarterback.\u00a0 Bledsoe opened the season on the bench.\u00a0 Secules started the first four games of that season, and lost all of them.\u00a0 Starting the 2021 season 0-4 won\u2019t be real popular with Patriot fans, but Newton is significantly better than Secules despite his age and diminished playing skills.\u00a0 What will likely happen is that Jones will serve an apprenticeship behind Newton.\u00a0 But unlike Garoppolo, Jones won\u2019t have to serve a multi-year apprenticeship.\u00a0 Jones will take over much sooner, but how soon will depend upon how poorly Newton plays, or if somehow Newton remembers how to throw a football and holds on to the starter job longer than expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones checks a lot of boxes, including a lot of Brady boxes.\u00a0 He can read defenses and can work through progressions.\u00a0 He won\u2019t run like Newton, but he brings a similar skill set to the position like Brady did.\u00a0 Comparing Jones to Brady is as unfair as it gets, but if the Patriots wanted to bring in a more natural successor to Brady, then Jones may be a better option than Garoppolo.\u00a0 If Jones is not as injury prone as Garoppolo, Jones will be a much better get in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 detractors will point out that the time many football experts were looking at him as the number three pick was foolish and folly.\u00a0 Jones was coming off as a ton of hype because he dropped 52 points on Ohio State.\u00a0 Jones isn\u2019t as good as you think, they said.\u00a0 He was great because of the system he was in.\u00a0 Put him in the NFL and you won\u2019t see anything like what you saw in Tuscaloosa.\u00a0 Many experts thought Garoppolo was the best choice to be the quarterback of the future for the Patriots, which many thought was his destiny after being a second round pick in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, it is Jones that will now be handed the scepter.\u00a0 He gets the keys to the car.\u00a0 Not Jarrett Stidham, Danny Etling or Jimmy G.\u00a0 If Jones was a good system quarterback at Alabama, he should fit in well with Belichick and McDaniels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones was visibly elated when he left the players\u2019 area and took the stage with Roger Goodell.\u00a0 He said that he was going from the best college program of all time to the best NFL team of all\u00a0 time, a statement which brought lots of boos from the fans in attendance and smiles from everyone in New England.\u00a0 He said he looked forward to Belichick\u2019s coaching, and said a ton of other \u201cright things\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

It may turn out that it is more important that Jones get along with McDaniels than Belichick.\u00a0 The GOAT head coach turns 70 next year.\u00a0 McDanlels is still seen by some as Belichick\u2019s successor.\u00a0 Ten years from now, McDaniels and Jones could be the next great NFL coach-player tandem.\u00a0 If McDaniels does indeed succeed Belichick, and if Jones does mix well with McDaniels, the Patriots could very well be perched for another nice run of success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replacing Belichick and Brady is a near-impossible task.\u00a0 But in drafting Jones as decisively as they did, the Patriots may have gotten their man in the end.\u00a0 If this does indeed turn out to be the next seminal moment in franchise history, it was nice that the Patriots did not have to trade up to get their man.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, Patriot Nation, sleep well.\u00a0 Your new quarterback knows what it\u2019s like to win a championship already.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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