Patriots not expected to pick up Mac Jones fifth-year option

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The have plenty of work to do this offseason to get the arrow pointing in a positive direction after a 4-13 season in 2023. Specifically, there are a lot of questions that need to be asked surrounding the quarterback position. The Patriots have the Ty Jerome Jersey No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 and it's widely a sumed that they will use that selection to bring in a signal-caller. But what about ?Once thought to be the franchise centerpiece after being selected in the first round of the 2021 , Jones' future in New England is murky a best. The Patriots don't plan on picking up his fifth-year option and the team won't hesitate to trade him if the right deal comes along, according to .That report comes within a Jae Crowder Jersey wide-ranging story about Jones' downfall in 2023, which led to him finishing out the year as a backup for the final six games. Rock bottom was Ricky Rubio Jersey Week 18 where Jones was inactive and listed as the emergency third quarterback, something the team didn't even relay to him as Jones found out about the demotion when the inactive list came down 90 minutes before that contest, per this latest report. NE QB #10 CMP%64.9YDs2120TD10INT12YD/Att6.14 Jones' soured relationship with now former head coach Bill Belichick took center stage in the story as things deteriorated during the quarterback's second year in the league and didn't subside. While Jones may have a clean slate with now leading the organization as the newest head coach, it also doesn't sound Devin Booker Jersey like that'll preclude New England from pursuing a quarterback this offseason. Jones has reportedly even acknowledged that his career trajectory may have shifted down a path similar to , and , all quarterbacks who needed a revitalization after a blip in their development. New England was 2-9 with Jones as the starter in 2023 and 8-17 over the past two seasons combined following his promising rookie season where the Patriots were 10-7 and reached the playoffs. That fall from grace now has both Jones and the Patriots looking at Shawn Marion Jersey uncertain futures which leaves no guarantee they'll be together in 2024.