The New England Patriots are currently set to pick No. 3 in the 2024 NFL Draft, largely due to the poor quarterback play they received last season.
As New England now may look for their next potential franchise quarterback with that selection, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy has been gaining steam up draft boards in recent months.
McCarthy is an interesting study coming from a Jim Harbaugh offense that prioritizes running the football — to a point where McCarthy threw just eight passes in a win against Penn State last season. But the small sample size for McCarthy is what makes the quarterback such a polarizing topic as his potential ceiling varies from eye-to-eye.