Which QB might Patriots take at No. 3? They might have to take what they get

Henry McKenna

AFC East Reporter

The New England Patriots are in the hole. You know, like in baseball. But also, they might be in a hole when it comes to team-building, too.

They’re third in the draft — and so they’ll spend the next few months trying to figure out what will happen first and second. It’s a foregone conclusion that the Chicago Bears (or the team that trades for the No. 1 pick) will take quarterback Caleb Williams. But then comes the question that everyone will wonder again and again and again and again (and again and again) before April 25.

Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye?

For what it’s worth, former Patriots coach and general manager Bill Belichick has an affinity for one of these quarterbacks, according to NFL Network’s Bridget Condon.

“Bill Belichick loved Jayden Daniels. He was a guy on the top of their draft board. He was going to do everything in his power to get that guy. Does [Patriots coach] Jerod Mayo stick with that and say, ‘OK, how do we figure out how to get this quarterback in here?’ Or is he going to say, ‘I’m now the new man in charge. I’m going to do things my way,'” Condon said during the NFL Combine broadcast Wednesday.

It’s odd to hear that Belichick had anyone at the top of his draft board given that no team really knows — not even right now — who is atop their draft board. 

“We didn’t get too far into the QBs,” a source close to Belichick told FOX Sports by text Thursday. “He probably liked the run-pass threat. That’s what gave us so much trouble … so Bill normally liked things he had a tough time defending.”

Regardless of whether Belichick rated or currently rates Daniels as the QB1 in this draft, the truth is that the current Patriots regime’s evaluation of the LSU prospect can absolutely match that of the past regime. Condon set up the two regimes as needing to be in opposition with one another, but that’s not how it is. It’s just that New England is moving in a new…

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Publish date : 2024-02-29 19:34:17

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