Why Mac Jones tearing it up on rookie deal is disaster for Bills, rest of NFL – Yahoo Sports
Curran: Why Jones excelling on rookie deal is disaster for Bills, rest of NFL originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The NFL’s a scary place. Mutants in bad moods moving at high speeds with the infliction of pain as a primary objective. Bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons and futures are o…….
Curran: Why Jones excelling on rookie deal is disaster for Bills, rest of NFL originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The NFL’s a scary place. Mutants in bad moods moving at high speeds with the infliction of pain as a primary objective. Bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons and futures are on the line every snap.
But what’s more chilling than Aaron Donald against a backup guard or Myles Garrett closing on a quarterback’s blind side?
The existential threat posed by Bill Belichick with a highly-capable quarterback on a rookie contract. In the other scenarios, pain is intense but brief. Healing happens.
But what we’re seeing unfold in Foxboro with Belichick and Mac Jones (aka The Asset) means A) the Patriots brief, post-Brady dip was short-lived and B) their rebuild/reboot can continue while the rest of the NFL is either tethered to a financial millstone at quarterback or trying to develop one.
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Monday night’s AFC East showdown between the Bills and Patriots perfectly highlights the advantage the Patriots suddenly have in their possession.
The Bills did it the “right” way. They built a program under Sean McDermott. They selected quarterback Josh Allen in 2018 with the seventh pick. They incubated him. Then they developed him. They surrounded him with weapons. They accumulated talented defensive players. They won a division title in 2020 as Allen turned into everything the Bills could have hoped.
But the fact is, it took three seasons. And since the Bills anted up for Allen in August with a six-year, $258 million deal, life’s going to get way more complicated. The same way Patrick Mahomes’ $450 million deal is going to complicate things for the Chiefs, etc., etc.
Plenty of first-round quarterbacks never develop at all. It’s hard to quibble with the fact Allen, Mahomes or Lamar Jackson needed some seasoning before becoming elite players. So we won’t.
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But we will point out that, while Jones isn’t going to run with the speed or throw with the velocity of those players, he’s light years ahead of where all those players were in their first year. Meanwhile, Jones’ accuracy and acumen aren’t going to fade but he is going to get bigger and stronger.
Further, he’s on a team …….
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