The Patriots passed on Lamar Jackson in the 2018 NFL Draft. He’s improved quite a bit since then, writes our Tom E. Curran, posing a massive challenge for New England’s defense Sunday.
Finally, Brady’s edgier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. You wanna piss him off by taking on a non-guaranteed project when Brady just finished climbing the walls about Jimmy G? Coming off a Super Bowl loss? After benching a starting cornerback in the last game for no specific reason and then allowing 41 points?
Mac Jones is the ultimate “high floor” player. Because of his smarts, accuracy and better-than-OK physical tools, he will never be a walking disaster. Generally speaking, Jones won’t be the reason you lose football games. But he isn’t going to be a one-man gang either. Jackson’s ascent has been fascinating because he truly did have a long way to go. He made his first start in Week 10 of his rookie year.
“We have to bottle the ball up. Whether it’s in the front, second level or third level and not give up the 75 or 80-yard play because that will kill you against this team. We’ll have a quarterback guy for Lamar Jackson. Do you have him though? That’s the thing. And that’s why we have discipline where if a guy does have him, we have other guys running to the ball.