I excluded Chase, not because he isn't a great WR - he is - but because Cinci has a terrific QB and thus will not regret not taking Jones. I probably should have included the Jaguars as well as a team that will have no regrets. He has already potential and more importantly leadership.
Simply stated, a franchise QB is worth more than any other position. Go ahead and pursue you irrational hatred of the Patriots, but Atlanta is going to wish they had a franchise QB rather than a TE. With a year, Miami will wish they had Jones instead of Waddle. Come back next January and see. Perhaps one of Wilson, Fields, or Lance will end up being better than Jones, but they have proven zilch in their first year. Talk's cheap. Show me what they did better than Jones before saying they are a better QB than he is. Jones already played better than half the QBs in the league in 2021 and he is just a rookie, susceptible to all the rookie mistakes every rookie makes and adjusting to complicated defenses no college QB has ever seen before. The others might get better, but they have a long way to go to catch up.
I think Davis Mills will end up being better than 1 or 2 of the Jones Four, but I have no data to back this up, so it is just a wild ass guess, just as is your assertion that Atlanta and the other donkey teams that could have used a franchise QB will be happy with the positions they chose to upgrade rather than take a franchise QB. Trevor Lawrence wasn't an option for them; Mac Jones was.
Mac Jones is our QB1!!!! Ea'cher heart out.