When mandatory minicamp gets underway in Foxboro later this week, New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones will have one significant advantage that he didn't have this time last summer.
Following a promising rookie season which saw him finish second in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting, Jones enters minicamp with a full year of NFL experience under his belt -- experience which comes with "a little more edge," Robert Kraft said in March.
That edge has translated into increased leadership from Jones, according to one of his teammates.
"It's just at another level now," Kendrick Bourne told Mike Reiss of ESPN last week.