How will the New England Patriots rise back to prominence?
In NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks‘ latest 2024 NFL mock draft, the New England Patriots will begin their rebuild around a quarterback…but not the one you may think. Brooks has Jerod Mayo and co. selecting Michigan signal caller, JJ McCarthy with the third overall pick in next month’s NFL Draft.
“Given Tom Brady’s success with the Patriots, taking McCarthy — the best quarterback in Michigan history — could be the move for Eliot Wolf. Despite his inexperience as a passer, McCarthy’s athleticism, intangibles and winning pedigree could fit Jerod Mayo’s profile for a QB1.”
New England Patriots Look Ahead to Future with Jerod Mayo
Just hours after famously resigning as the head coach of the New York Jets on a napkin…yes, a napkin. Bill Belichick was hired as the head coach of the New England Patriots in 2000. This comes after a modest 36-44 tenure as the leader of the sidelines with the Cleveland Browns from 1991 through 1995, and stints with the Patriots and Jets as an assistant from 1996 until his hiring in 2000. Following a 5-11 first season in Foxboro, Belichick righted the ship, most famously due to a certain Tom Brady stepping in for Drew Bledsoe following the latter’s injury in week 2 of the 2001 season.
Even after Bledsoe, who had freshly signed what at the time was the biggest contract in NFL history, Belichick stuck with the hot hand in Brady, who was just months removed from being the 199th pick in the draft. The Patriots would go on to beat ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’ in the form of the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams to secure the franchise’s first Super Bowl win. Belichick and Brady would famously go on to win six Super Bowl titles before Brady’s departure to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the 2019 season.
Brady went on to win another Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, his seventh, while Belichick was tasked with replacing the best player in the history of the sport…something that the Patriots are still struggling with as the club went just 4-13 this past season, which led to them owning the 3rd pick in this coming April’s NFL Draft, and will be doing so without Belichick’s services as Jerod Mayo will now be manning the sidelines in Foxboro.
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