If the outside football world didn’t know it when the New England Patriots took time to talk to Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M’s pro day last month, it should know it now. With Tuesday’s acquisition of another first-round pick in this month’s NFL draft, the Patriots are giving themselves as many options as possible to tab Tom Brady’s eventual successor at quarterback.
And there is one quarterback in particular who may be the target of Tuesday’s trade with the Los Angeles Rams: Louisville Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson.