Mac Jones left a strong impression on Brian Hoyer in his first NFL preseason — and, according to Hoyer, on the rest of his New England Patriots teammates, too.
During an appearance Monday on WEEI’s “Ordway, Merloni & Fauria,” Hoyer said Jones has “earned the respect” of his more experienced peers by adeptly handling his heavy workload and working hard behind the scenes.
“I definitely think that he has taken every opportunity and taken advantage of it,” said Hoyer, the Patriots’ veteran third-string quarterback. “I think the one thing that I would say is not many rookie quarterbacks have ever gotten the reps and the opportunity that he has, and he has embraced it full-on, head-on.