Because we’re all friends here — yes, even you — I’ll acknowledge this up front.
I’ve been trying to temper my optimism for what the 2025 Patriots could be, in no small part because of the unfaded scars from the regrettable decision to put these words together in the following order two summers ago:
“In his third NFL season, Mac Jones will prove beyond a doubt that he is the answer for the Patriots at quarterback.”
Now, Jones did prove many things beyond a doubt. That he went at least two rounds too early in the 2021 draft .