If that does end up happening, just keep in mind that we still know very little about Jones and what kind of pro quarterback he’ll be. If Jones outplays Jameis Winston, this game could end up being quite painful for Saints fans. It’ll be interesting watching Jones because we’ll all be thinking about what could have been when he takes the field on Sunday. He hasn’t been magnificent by any stretch of the imagination but he hasn’t cost his team yet, which is huge from a rookie quarterback. To this point, Jones has thrown for 467 yards and one touchdown through his first two games. Saints were interested in Mac Jones and will see what they’re missing out on They went with defensive end Payton Turner later on in round one, which surprised a lot of people, to say the least. New Orleans probably could have benefitted from drafting a quarterback in the first round but they didn’t pull the trigger to trade up for one. 15 and is entering his third NFL game, which will come against a team who was interested in trading up to draft him.
Nathan Beighle of Who Dat Dish wrote about this while it was happening and took a quote from Mike Lombardi discussing the situation in that article.Īs we all know, the Saints didn’t jump up to grab Jones. Well, for those of you who closely followed the Saints’ draft, you’ll know that this team was interested in drafting Jones.
