No Patriots player has been on the team as long as special teams captain Matthew Slater, who is in his 14th season in New England. And Slater says rookie quarterback Mac Jones comes across like an old veteran.
Slater says that Jones isn’t just doing his job in the way he throws the football on Sundays. He’s also fitting in with the culture that has made the Patriots six-time Super Bowl winners.
“This kid is very serious about what he’s doing. He spends more time in this building than a lot of guys I can ever remember here,” Slater told Mike Reiss of ESPN.