NFL Draft Analyst Predicts Patriots Use First-Round Pick On Quarterback

Could the Patriots later this month use their first-round pick on a quarterback for the second time in three years?

That would have been unimaginable over the course of the 2021 season, which saw Mac Jones earn a Pro Bowl nod and lead New England to the NFL playoffs as a rookie. But the Alabama product’s sophomore campaign was so disastrous that the future of the quarterback position in Foxboro is uncertain. Jones also has been the subject of trade rumors in the weeks leading up to the 2023 draft.

In his latest mock draft published Tuesday, NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein projected the Patriots to use the 14th overall pick on Jones’ potential replacement, Anthony Richardson. The Florida product is…