NFL star Tom Brady was surely an inspiration for many throughout his 23-year-long NFL career. The star quarterback began his career in 2000 with the New England Patriots and stayed with them for 20 years. As per reports, young talent Mac Jones will serve as the team’s starting quarterback this season.
The NFL regular season hasn’t even started and people are already comparing Mac Jones with Brady. The Patriots drafted Jones in 2021, and he has undoubtedly contributed to the team. However, his gameplay hasn’t been anywhere near what Tom Brady did with the team. Brady is undoubtedly the best quarterback in the league’s history, and Jones has struggled to match his level.
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Throughout his career, Tom Brady made 12,050 passing attempts, out of which 7,753 were successful. He had a completion percentage of 64.3% along with 649 touchdowns and 212 interceptions for 89,214 yards. Brady led the Patriots to 6 Super Bowl victories and won 1 Super Bowl for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well. Moreover, Brady is a 15-time Pro Bowl and his list of achievements keeps going on.
As for Mac Jones, he has completed 640 of the 963 passing attempts he has made in his 2-year career. The 25-year-old holds a completion percentage of 66.5 presently. He had recorded 36 touchdowns and 24 interceptions for 6,798 yards. The young talent even got to the Pro Bowl in his rookie year itself. However, he still has a long way to go to match the level of the level.
The Patriots must be expecting Mac Jones to turn out to be the second Tom Brady for them. The quarterback, on the other hand, also must be looking forward to proving his worth.
The Patriots chose Mac Jones as their starting quarterback over Bailey Zappe
The Patriots recently decided to cut young talent Bailey Zappe to achieve their 53-member team. Moreover, the team has selected Mac Jones as their starting quarterback. Fans were quite shocked by the team’s decision to release Zappe and wanted to know the reason. Now, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has finally addressed the topic of Zappe’s release.
“All the roster decisions are based on what we feel like is best for our football team,” he said.
Belichick has also talked about the decision to choose Mac Jones as their QB. The head coach mentioned that the talented athlete performed quite well during the off-season. He further explained that the Alabama alumni has shown “a lot of improvement”.
“Mac’s had a really solid spring and camp… Out there every day, ready to go… In excellent physical condition and has made, I’d say, a lot of improvement over the course of spring and training camp in reads, decision-making, and timing… [Jones] had a good camp, works hard, ready to go. I’m looking forward to the season here with Mac,” he said.
The Patriots and Bill Belichick have quite a lot of expectations from Mac Jones. Now, it’s upon the NFL star to exhibit great gameplay and lead the team to a Super Bowl victory.
A new dawn awaits the Patriots after Mac Jones and Bill Belichick
Since Tom Brady walked away from the New England Patriots, there were many question marks on the head coach Bill Belichick. There were many reports that added Belichick was the reason for Tom Brady’s exit from the iconic franchise. However, there is a new dawn that awaits the New England-based team.
After another disappointing season, the Patriots have finally traded Mac Jones to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Not only that, even Bill Belichick is no longer the head coach of the franchise. The Patriots will be led by Jerod Mayo in the 2024-25 season. So without Brady, Belichick, and Jones, the Patriots have the chance to build a new empire and once again take center stage like they used to do.