Patriots owner Robert Kraft said this week that he’s bothered by the fact that the Patriots haven’t won a playoff game since Super Bowl LIII and one of the ways that the team can end that streak is by getting great quarterback play.
2021 first-round pick Mac Jones had some flashes during his rookie season, but the overall body of work wasn’t good enough to carry the Patriots past the Bills late in the regular season or in the playoffs. The Bills added Von Miller this offseason, the Dolphins took a big swing for Tyreek Hill, and the rest of the AFC has also been busy making moves to get ready for next season, so the need for those flashes to become consistently strong play is great in New England.