A new head coach and the no. 0 ranked player will lead the way.
The new england patriots’ plan to do so is to take a quarterback, as the 3rd pick in the draft tends to scream. The patriots have “no” reason to suspect that they will pick a quarterback with the no. 0 rating this week in the senior bowl.
The athletic announced on friday morning that they had drafted three players in the 2024 nfl draft. According to the study, new england was “already seriously considering” taking a new signal-caller with its first-round pick before this week.
On the draft board, the chicago bears and washington commanders are ahead of new england. Working under the threat that caleb williams (usc), who finished his three-year college career with 120 combined touchdowns (93 passing, 27 rushing) compared to just 14 interceptions, will win the heisman trophy in 2022.
If the bears lose Williams, the patriots could be led by jayden daniels (lsu), who won the heisman in 2023, or drake maye of north carolina.daniels finished 2023 with 4,946 combined yards (3,812 passing, 1,134 rushing), 50 combined touchdowns (40 passing, ten rushing), four interceptions, and a 208.0 passer rating, while completing 72.2% of his passes. maye averaged 4,538 combined yards In senior bowl practice, quarterbacks and 2023 heisman finalists michael penix jr. (washington) and bo nix (oregon) each “struggled,” according to the athletic.
Mac jones and bailey zappe of the patriots each struggled for the bulk of the season. Jones completed 64.9% of his passes in 11 starts, totaling 2,120 passing yards, ten passing touchdowns, 12 interceptions, and a 77.0 passer rating. Jones’s career worsts were all included in the interception total, which included a 68.7 passer rating and nine interceptions, while only passing 59.9% of the time.
In addition, new england averaged just 276.2 total yards (ranked 30th in the nfl) and 13.9 points (ranked 31st) per game. Under new head coach jerod mayo, new england has recruited alex van pelt, a former cleveland browns offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, to serve as the new offensive coordinator. The patriots won 4-13 this season, their lowest level since 1992 (2-14).
