Patriots
For the second time this month, Mac Jones improved his former team's possibilities of landing one among the highest picks within the 2025 NFL Draft.
Even though New England lost to the Bills on Sunday, their 24-21 loss in Buffalo kept the Patriots within the running for a top-three spot within the upcoming draft.
But Jones – currently the Jaguars' starting quarterback after Trevor Lawrence's shoulder injury – helped New England clinch one other spot within the draft order on Sunday.
Jones and the Jaguars fell 19-14 to the Raiders on Sunday, giving Las Vegas its first win since Sept. 29 against the Browns.
As a result, the Patriots have overtaken the Raiders within the rankings and at the moment are ranked No. 2 overall within the draft order, behind only the 2-13 New York Giants.
Here's a take a look at the present top 10 order, per tankathon:
- New York Giants (2-13, .554)
- New England Patriots (3-12, .463)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12, .480)
- Tennessee Titans (3-12, .512)
- Cleveland Browns (3-12, .530)
- Las Vegas Raiders (3-12, .545)
- Carolina Panthers (4-11, .500)
- New York Jets (4-11, .502)
- Chicago Bears (4-11, .557)
- New Orleans Saints (5-9, .506)
All in all, Jones didn't have a foul performance for the Jaguars; He accomplished 25 of 39 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown. But Jacksonville still wasn't capable of beat Vegas' lackluster squad, with each Tank Bigsby and Brenton Strange ejected for fumbles.
Jones and the Jags tried to prepare a late-game rally with lower than two minutes left, but Jones couldn't reap the benefits of a 4th-and-11 play to maneuver the chains – completing an 8-yard pass to D 'Ernest Johnson to force a turnover on downs.
New England passing on the Raiders should put them in a chief position to either select a blue-chip prospect like Travis Hunter or potentially trade for a ton of picks, especially for a team in desperate need of a QB just like the Raiders or Titans.
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