Patriots/NFL 2021 Preseason: Next Game Sunday 8/29 v. NYG

[Johnnyduke]

If they think Jones is better than Trask I wouldn't want them to trade down so they could take Trask and get an extra pick out of the deal. Just take the best QB on your board. Too important to be dicking around for a second straight year at the QB position.

 

[Smitty93]

I'd love to get a WR tomorrow. It'd be a big win to get Elijah Moore, Terrace Marshall, or Rondale Moore, but I'd be happy with any of Amon-Ra St. Brown, Tylan Wallace, Amari Rodgers, or D'Wayne Eskridge too.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Reminds me of Paul Walker

 

[Troublesome 85]

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[Troublesome 85]

Saints should have traded down and then got Trask or Mond in the 2nd/3rd

Still some talent available but I dont think Owusu-Koramoah, Barmore, or Ojulari will be around tho

Moore should be

 

[McGarnagle]

Reminds me of Paul Walker

Someone take his keys away

 

[Mione134]

I'd love to get a WR tomorrow. It'd be a big win to get Elijah Moore, Terrace Marshall, or Rondale Moore, but I'd be happy with any of Amon-Ra St. Brown, Tylan Wallace, Amari Rodgers, or D'Wayne Eskridge too.

Rondale Moore is somebody I really like. Small but boy is he shifty. Built like a BRICK. He would be lethal here. I think Jones would do well throwing to him. Not sure if we have a chance to get him. But I love his talent.

 

[rfournier103]

I'm usually someone who can talk themselves into draft picks, somehow i found a way to do it with the Bruins 2015 draft but i just can't do it with Jones, i was actually more okay with it an hour before the pick than i am now. To me his ceiling is Kirk Cousins and just like Kirk it won't matter how good his pass catchers are, at the nfl level he just won't be able to crack into that top 10 range for the position. I feel like some of the fanbase just wants anybody but Cam and if he can throw short yardage passes without putting a crater in the turf then they'll take him.

If you could talk yourself into the 2015 Bruins draft, but struggle with this, I certainly don’t know what to say to you.

I'm okay with the pick. Just wonder what happens to Stidham now. I'm a fan of his but Bill isn't...

Camp arm. He’ll throw many, many passes to the WRs in practice so Jones doesn’t tire his arm out. Then he gets cut or becomes the no. 3 QB.

 

[Beesfan]

Good pick. Belichick did not overthink for once, or try to be the smartest guy in the room. Jones was consensus top 15, mostly projected top 10 and easily could have been top 3. Fills our biggest need, and one of the best value picks in the first round.

 

[Gator Mike]

The Mac Jones pick had me thinking back to this...

QB: #1 is to make good decisions -- then arm, size, physically tough, leadership, guys look up to and have confidence in, a real competitor. Accurate rather than guy with a cannon. Emphasis on our game will be on decision, timing, accuracy -- guy needs to be confident, intelligence is important but not as much so as field awareness and judgement. Can't be sloppy fundamentally unsound guy w/ ball handling, tech's, etc. Footwork, drops, release, etc. -- QB has to be able to throw the ball with accuracy.​

That's Mac Jones. Elite decision-maker, elite accuracy, leadership, intelligence.

 

[DangleCity]

I'm okay with the pick. Just wonder what happens to Stidham now. I'm a fan of his but Bill isn't...

Patriots take a QB at 15, a QB many saw going high as 3 and you are concerned about Stidham?

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

I'm okay with the pick. Just wonder what happens to Stidham now. I'm a fan of his but Bill isn't...

You cut him. That’s what happens lmao

 

[Saxon Eric]

12-5!

 

[False Start]

The Mac Jones pick had me thinking back to this...

QB: #1 is to make good decisions -- then arm, size, physically tough, leadership, guys look up to and have confidence in, a real competitor. Accurate rather than guy with a cannon. Emphasis on our game will be on decision, timing, accuracy -- guy needs to be confident, intelligence is important but not as much so as field awareness and judgement. Can't be sloppy fundamentally unsound guy w/ ball handling, tech's, etc. Footwork, drops, release, etc. -- QB has to be able to throw the ball with accuracy.​

That's Mac Jones. Elite decision-maker, elite accuracy, leadership, intelligence.

Also: Justin Fields

 

[smithformeragent]

Much needed excitement and enthusiasm about the Patriots with this pick.

 

[Gator Mike]

Also: Justin Fields

Alot of it, yeah.

Fields certainly has the bigger arm, but Jones seems to be quicker in terms of processing and getting rid of the football, which the Patriots value.

 

[False Start]

Alot of it, yeah.

Fields certainly has the bigger arm, but Jones seems to be quicker in terms of processing and getting rid of the football, which the Patriots value.

Fields to me showed incredible leadership and toughness when he gutted out that injury in the Clemson game. He proceeded to outduel #1 pick Trevor Lawrence while not being able to utilize the running portion of his game.

Fields is also statistically one of the more accurate QBs of this class.

But I did enjoy how Mac Jones processes the information he has, he's a smart player with excellent pocket footwork. We'll see if he can evade NFL defenders without all of the weapons around him when he has to make tighter window throws.

 

[Johnnyduke]

I don't quite get what the Packers are doing. Rodgers wants out and is flirting with the Jeopardy gig, etc. Rodgers is a dink. He's great but his value will never be higher. He doesn't strike me as someone who wants to play as long as Brady. Get a haul for him and move on.

 

[DKH]

Jones accurate as heck and great leader

Is that good for a QB?

 

[The don godfather]

This feels like the Zach Senyshyn pick to me.

Not even close seny was a reach beyond stupidity

 

[Oates2Neely]

Jones needs to get acquainted with James White. Safety valve. Brady’s career with the Pats started as a “don’t lose us the game, make simple smart plays and let the defense win”.

 

[CharaBadSenyshynGawd]

Stidham would be wise to take notes from Brian Hoyer and a guy like Chasr Daniel.

hold the clipboard tight, keep the iPad close, pump the starters tires if need be and be a team first guy, might carve out a 10 year career that way.

I think Cam starts the season on a pretty short leash.

 

[DangleCity]

Fields to me showed incredible leadership and toughness when he gutted out that injury in the Clemson game. He proceeded to outduel #1 pick Trevor Lawrence while not being able to utilize the running portion of his game.

Fields is also statistically one of the more accurate QBs of this class.

But I did enjoy how Mac Jones processes the information he has, he's a smart player with excellent pocket footwork. We'll see if he can evade NFL defenders without all of the weapons around him when he has to make tighter window throws.

Does this look like a guy who cant make throws in tight windows or throw recievers open?

I think people have taken the "he played for Alabama" thing a little to far. People think there were guys running 15 yards down field wide open on every play

 

[DueDiligence]

Funny how Orlovsky says this a a great pick by detailing the situation Jones is inheriting. He goes on about all the other parts of the offence ( great O line, the tight ends etc) and not much about what Jones brings. I think Jones will be a great game manager and won't need to win games on his own.

 

[EvilDead]

I am jumping for joy right now, even after the fact. I'm so happy that we got Mac Jones.