Mac Jones was able to find joy again this season. That’s something he credits to former head coach Doug Pederson. “I feel like I got the joy of playing football again, just in OTAs, and he keeps it real loose and everything,” Jones said during locker room cleanout last week. “Really appreciate him for that.”

Last offseason, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones set out to improve as a quarterback. He did precisely that.

Even though Bill Belichick is gone, New England Patriots former first-round quarterback Mac Jones, who lost the starting role and ended up the third-stringer by the end of 2023, is a trade candidate in the coming weeks and will most likely end up somewhere else in 2024.

Mac Jones did his part for the Jaguars, completing 20-of-32 passes for 225 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The former Alabama star has been starting for Jacksonville over the past several weeks ever since Trevor Lawrence suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, and Jones has done relatively well for Jacksonville as a makeshift QB1.

Mac Jones played his first 42 and his most recent five NFL regular-season games as a starting quarterback. They’re two distinct episodes in his career. The first 42 came after the New England ...

Bolles product Mac Jones got quite a bit of playing time this season for his hometown Jaguars. What's in store for the pending free agent, and could he return to Jacksonville in 2025?

Alabama and Auburn enter offseasons with incredibly consequential quarterback competitions will dictate the direction of programs in need of momentum.

Answering questions on the Patriots front office, Eliot Wolf, assistant coaches, No. 4 overall in the draft, an alternate universe where Josh McDaniels never leaves, and more.

Thirty years of Jacksonville football in 2024 had hope for the Jaguars. They had a 9-8 record in 2023 but failed to advance to the playoffs. They started 8-3, but losing five of their last six games was mortifying as the Jags finished second in the AFC South.

Kelly and Vrabel also have history. They both served as members of Bill O’Brien’s staff with the Houston Texans. Kelly rose up the ranks to offensive coordinator there and survived O’Brien’s firing but not David Culley’s a year later. Vrabel hired him in Tennessee, where he served as passing game coordinator in 2022 and OC in 2023.

The Jacksonville Jaguars had a dismal season by nearly every metric possible. Jacksonville experienced their fair share of challenges this season, but rookie wi