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Patriots BREAKING: Mac Jones Traded To Jaguars; Change at QB – For 6th-Round Pick

Patriots BREAKING: Mac Jones Traded To Jacksonville Jaguars; New England Change at Quarterback … For Just a Sixth-Round Draft Pick.

Mac Jones recently said he’d like to “run it back” with the New England Patriots. But instead, he’s being run off to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Patriots BREAKING: Mac Jones Traded To Jacksonville Jaguars; New England Change at Quarterback ... For Just a Sixth-Round Draft Pick. - Sports Illustrated New England Patriots News, Analysis and More

Jones, the former first-round pick and rookie Pro Bowler, is done with the Patriots … and according to ESPN, the once-promising young quarterback might be netting New England only a sixth-round pick.

So Jones, despite wanting to earn his spot back in New England under new coach Jerod Mayo, is now going to serve as a backup to Trevor Lawrence in Jacksonville.

Jones was pictured in workout gear at Mayo’s introductory press conference, which, as reported by Greg Bedard, apparently drew ire from his teammates who said he cleaned out his locker at season’s end. … the implication being that Mac was a poser.

Mayo’s recent hints of wanting to take a quarterback with the Patriots’ No. 3 overall pick in the NFL Draft suggested that this sort of a move was coming.

Sources - Patriots finalizing trade of QB Mac Jones to Jaguars - ESPN

Even if the Patriots decided to give Jones another year here, it’d likely have been as the backup to whoever they bring into the quarterback room. And maybe that was too messy.

If the Patriots want to sign a veteran in free agency, they can chase Kirk Cousins or Baker Mayfield or others. If they want to start over? The Patriots just draft a rookie after having cut their losses by trading Jones away.

Sources: Patriots finalizing trade of QB Mac Jones to Jaguars

Patriots reportedly trade Mac Jones to Jaguars

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are finalizing a deal to trade quarterback Mac Jones to the Jacksonville Jaguars, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday.

The Patriots will receive a 2024 sixth-round pick as compensation, sources told Schefter. The trade cannot be processed until the new league year begins Wednesday and Jones passes a physical.

New England owns the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft, where many around the league expect them to select one of the top-rated quarterbacks — likely a decision between LSU’s Jayden Daniels and North Carolina’s Drake Maye.

Jones, who grew up in Jacksonville, joins his hometown team as a backup to Trevor Lawrence — the first pick in the 2021 draft. Jones was selected 15th in the 2021 draft.

Jones is expected to compete with C.J. Beathard to be Lawrence’s primary backup. Beathard is in the final year of a two-year, $4.5 million contract he signed before the 2023 season.

Beathard has started just one game in his three seasons in Jacksonville, completing 17 of 24 passes for 178 yards to lead the Jaguars to a 26-0 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Week 17 last season. That was the only win for the Jaguars in their final six games, as they finished 9-8 and failed to make the playoffs.

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Lawrence had started every game of his NFL career until he missed Week 17 because of a right, throwing shoulder injury he suffered the week before in a loss at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lawrence battled multiple injuries last season: a left knee sprain, an ankle sprain, a concussion and the shoulder injury. He wasn’t a full participant in any practice over the last three weeks of the season.

Jones’ three-year tenure with the Patriots began with promise, as he was selected to the Pro Bowl as an alternate in his rookie season. Jones started all 17 regular-season games as the Patriots went 10-7 and clinched a playoff berth (losing to the Buffalo Bills 47-17 in the wild-card round).

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