First, the obligatory disclaimer for those among us who have yet to master the obvious:
Mac Jones is not Tom Brady.
Mac Jones will never be Tom Brady.
There will be no next Tom Brady, anywhere, ever, because Tom Brady was a once-in-a-fan’s-lifetime gift.
There. Glad to get that out of the way.
I’m not quite sure why it has become a requirement that, as a prelude to praising Jones and noting some similarities to Brady circa 2002, we must first acknowledge that the Patriots’ second-year quarterback will never approach the achievements of his de facto predecessor.