The New England Patriots have their new quarterback of the future: Mac Jones out of the University of Alabama will join the organization after getting picked 15th overall. He will now get a chance to compete for the starting position and fill the enormous “franchise QB” shoes that were left unoccupied ever since Tom Brady’s departure last year.
Before getting too far ahead of ourselves, however, let’s take a look back at the moment it all became official — the moment when special announcer Don Cox went onto the stage to announce that the Patriots had indeed selected Jones in the first round of the draft:
"With the 15th pick in the 2021 #NFLDraft, the 6X World Champion New England Patriots select @MacJones_10.