Mac Jones made his exit known.

The New England Patriot quarterback, Mac Jones, declared his retirement

According to at least one NFL expert, Mac Jones cannot possibly stay with the Patriots. Instead, New England will select a different quarterback with their high overall pick.

Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated says this:. In this week’s mailbag, a reader inquired about Jones. For Jones, the 2021 first-round pick and former Alabama star, the news wasn’t great either.

Breer wrote, “I don’t think Jones is a lost cause.” “It’s because he has lost the cause in New England.”

 

Breer doesn’t think Jones will have a new beginning under Patriots coach Jerod Mayo, who took over for Bill Belichick last month. Breer detailed Jones’s extreme toxicity.

Breer remarked, “It’s incredibly hard to live down your history with an NFL team.” Furthermore, Jones is not doing well with the New England Patriots. He wasn’t even close to living up to his slot since being drafted fifteenth. He performed well as a rookie and has since significantly declined. He was initially well-liked but eventually lost the building’s backing. Additionally, Bailey Zappe, a rookie, occasionally examined tape in the receiving room due to the poisonous environment in the quarterback room he was in for the previous two years.

With the third pick in the NFL Draft, the Patriots can choose a top-tier quarterback.

Last season, Jones only participated in 11 games. By Thanksgiving, Belichick had made up his mind about switching quarterbacks. On the defensive staff was Mayo. Nonetheless, he was still able to discern what was happening on the ball’s offensive side. Jones only had ten touchdown passes against 12 interceptions. In addition, he had a 2,120-yard pass.

Breer stated, “That’s a lot of wounds to try and heal—some self-inflicted, some not—and wounds that Jerod Mayo watched surface with his own eyes as a Patriots assistant.” “With coaches and staff, that past cannot be erased with a click of the fingers. And what if Jones returns and experiences some setbacks during the preseason, during training, or during a preseason game? Everyone will immediately bring up the past. This creates a challenging atmosphere for Jones to try to advance in and possibly a challenging situation for Mayo to lead his first squad out of.

The Patriots then do what? The third choice in the NFL Draft in April is theirs, though. This implies that they may be able to acquire one of the best quarterbacks in a class that may be historically exceptional. Two weeks remain before the NFL Scouting Combine, and everyone agrees that USC’s Josh Williams is the top pick. Then it’s either LSU’s Jayden Daniels or North Carolina’s Drake Maye. Up to six quarterbacks might be selected in the first round, but the quality of the following three quarterbacks—Michigan from Michigan, Oregon’s Bo Nix, and Washington’s Michael Penix—drops.

According to Breer, Jones might start his career as a backup and be traded to the 49ers.