{"id":864572,"date":"2026-04-12T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/864572\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:06:25","slug":"patriots-host-potential-backup-quarterback-on-pre-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/864572\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots host potential backup quarterback on pre-draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Even though the New England Patriots have one of the NFL\u2019s best young quarterbacks as their starter, the depth chart behind Drake Maye has the potential for further investment. That investment might come in this year\u2019s draft, with the team having been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-draft\/122562\/rumors-meetings-interviews-workouts-visits-tracker-2026-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in contact with several passers<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One of those is Kansas QB Jalon Daniels, who took a 30 visit with the Patriots earlier this week. He is the 19th reported player to travel to Gillette Stadium so far during the pre-draft process, and the first at his position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Daniels, 23, spent his entire six-year college career at Kansas and appeared in 49 games with 45 starts. A dual threat at the position, he finished with 9,282 yards and 67 touchdowns as a passer and also added 1,451 yards and 23 scores on the ground. He also was voted a team captain in each of his last two seasons as a Jayhawk, and to the second All-Big 12 team in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While the 6-foot-1, 219-pounder does possess plenty of NFL-caliber attributes \u2014 arm talent, mobility, in-scheme decision making \u2014 he also comes with some red flags. In his two seasons as a full-time starter in 2024 and 2025, for example, he completed only 59.6% of his passes and threw 19 interceptions; he also fumbled the ball 18 times over that span.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Whether those are disqualifiers in the Patriots\u2019 eyes will be seen, but they are at least taking an up-close look at the likely late-round pick or undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If they decide to add him to the mix after all, he would join a depth chart currently consisting of the aforementioned Drake Maye as well as recently extended Tommy DeVito. Those two would still project as the top two options even with Daniels, a potential QB3, rounding out the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though the New England Patriots have one of the NFL\u2019s best young quarterbacks as their starter, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,727,3529,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-864572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-draft","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-rumors","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116390239398028821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}