THE BIG STORYLINES
Mac Jones had one of the best preseasons PFF has ever seen
Jones closed out his first preseason in the NFL ranks with another quality performance. Once again, he made several accurate and anticipatory throws, just as he did at
Alabama, and he made very few mistakes as a passer over three games.
Mac Jones earned a 77.1 passing grade for his Week 3 game and a
92.2 mark overall for the preseason. The latter beat out Patrick Mahomes in 2017 for the best single-preseason passing grade by a rookie quarterback since PFF began tracking the games in 2013.
The first-year signal-caller led all quarterbacks this preseason in passing grade on 10-plus-yard throws, negatively graded throw rate and turnover-worthy play rate (0%). The rookie did everything he could to win the starting quarterback job, and the chances are that he'll be taking the reins in New England sooner rather than later.
Grades and snap counts for every rookie who played in Week 2 of the 2021 NFL preseason, from Jacksonville Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence to Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons.
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