Jaguars acquiring Mac Jones caught QB ‘off guard’

While Trevor Lawrence knew his job was safe after the Jacksonville Jaguars acquired Mac Jones from the New England Patriots in March, the same couldn’t be said for C.J. Beathard. Beathard has been Jacksonville’s backup quarterback for the last three seasons and appeared to continue that trend in 2024. But then the Jags traded for Jones, which appeared to knock Beathard down on the depth chart. “I was caught off guard by it, but at the end of the day in this business, you can’t really be caught off guard...