Patriots: Dan Orlovsky’s Mac Jones praise is ridiculously high

Take it with a grain of salt because of the source’s opinion on Carson Wentz, but ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky just dropped the mother of all compliments on New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones.

Don’t take that Wentz mention lightly, though. Orlovsky once legitimately called the Eagles QB someone who could eventually challenge for the GOAT mantle, which might make you wary about reading the rest of this article.

But … who are we kidding? You’re trolling the internet for mainstream media Mac Jones praise every morning on a defined schedule. You’re scouring 49ers and Bears blogs for wayward columnists painfully crying out about how they maybe, kind of, sort of shouldn’t have surrendered capital for Trey Lance or banked on Justin Fields.

It’s OK to admit it. Everybody’s doing it these days, especially as Jones continues to soak up both victories and rookie accuracy accolades.

Following the Patriots’ grind-it-out win in Los Angeles, during which Jones looked reserved, but shined when called upon to air it out (and certainly outplayed a bamboozled Justin Herbert), Orlovsky took to the microphone to heap praise on Jones’ preparedness.

The analyst not only called Jones out for doing a great job of knowing when, where and how to throw based on the moment, but named him the best rookie QB he’d ever seen at accomplishing these tasks.

Dan Orlovsky has high praise for Patriots QB Mac Jones.

Now, in Orlovsky’s own tweet, he couched it a bit, claiming that Jones is the best in his four years of working. But … still. That’s Herbert, Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow …

Also, best ever. We heard you the first time.

Jones is, of course, making mince meat of the 2021 rookie class thus far, and also happens to be the most measured quarterback in the most perfectly-laid-out situation. That’s a recipe for success if we’ve ever heard one.

Trevor Lawrence has encountered a mismanaged program run by a college head coach who very clearly has no NFL future — and thousands of self-created controversies to snuff out. Zach Wilson is injured and has been outplayed by unheralded backup Mike White. Kyle Shanahan gets endless credit in San Francisco but doesn’t have the record to back it up, and hasn’t managed the Lance transition very well — heck, even Joe Montana seems a little frustrated Jones didn’t land there. Fields has to juggle unrealistic expectations with the reality of a horrific Bears roster around him.

Jones? He’s an excellent leader who’s outright solid in everything he does, and it’s paying preparedness dividends already.

Hopefully, in Year 2, Jones further thrives off the stability and continues to make big gains by seeing the game at a higher level than his competition.

We’ve certainly bookmarked this high praise to revisit in 2022 and beyond.

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