When the Patriots told Mac Jones they were trading him

On Sunday, the Patriots traded Jones — the 15th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft — to the Jaguars for a sixth-round pick. According to a column published Monday by Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Jones knew he was going to be traded. “The Patriots told Mac Jones after the combine (first week of March) of their intention to trade him and even asked the quarterback what he wanted to do,” Breer wrote. “After working through that and shopping him all week, New England found a suitor in the Jacksonville...