As much as the storylines of last Sunday night’s game focused on the grudge match between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, former Patriots great Julian Edelman was just as interested in another headline from the primetime showdown: “The poise of the kid.”
That “kid” would be rookie quarterback Mac Jones, who, despite not getting the win, is earning respect across the league for his play under the bright lights.
On the Paramount+ show “Inside the NFL,” Edelman went in depth on why Jones’s performance against the Buccaneers (31-of-40 passing, 2 TDs, 1 INT) means great things for the Patriots franchise with which he won three Super Bowl titles.