PHOENIX — Speaking Monday on the NFL house owners conferences, Robert Kraft broke a whopper of a narrative that his rapper buddy Meek Mill texted him final week.
“(Mill) said Lamar Jackson wants to become a Patriot,” Kraft advised a small group of reporters.
Kraft’s response?
“I said that’s Bill Belichick’s decision,” Kraft mentioned, deferring to the Patriots’ head coach.
Jackson, whom the Ravens gave a non-exclusive, $32.4 million franchise tag final month, tweeted Monday that he’s requested a commerce. Any group is free to signal Jackson to a proposal sheet, nevertheless it must give up two first-round picks to Baltimore if the Ravens decide to not match. Jackson is technically a free agent and would characterize a significant improve for the Patriots, in the event that they confirmed curiosity and landed him.
But throughout an earlier session with the media, Kraft endorsed his present quarterback, Mac Jones.
“I’m a big fan of Mac,” mentioned Kraft. “He did a really advantageous job (his rookie season). We made the playoffs. I feel we experimented with some issues final 12 months that frankly didn’t work when it got here to him, in my view.
“I think we made changes that I think put him in a good position to excel.”
Belichick, in the meantime, as soon as once more refused to say Jones was his starter when requested if Jones could be in a contest with backup Bailey Zappe throughout coaching camp.
“Well, everybody will get a chance to play,” Belichick advised reporters. “We’ll play the best player.”
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