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What to expect from the first of likely many matchups between the Patriots’ Mac Jones and the Jets’ Zach Wilson

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 2 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious-yet-lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup.

No matter what shape their career arcs take, the successes and failures of the five quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft will forever be intertwined.

That’s especially true if one of the quarterbacks happens to end up a superior player to one chosen before him.

While the Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence (No. 1 overall), the 49ers’ Trey Lance (No. 3), and the Bears’ Justin Fields (No. 11) are off charting their own career paths, no two quarterbacks in the Class of ‘21 have a more compelling connection than the Jets’ Zach Wilson (No.