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J.J. McCarthy is in town.
According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, the former Michigan quarterback had dinner with the Patriots on Sunday night and will have his official pre-draft visit with the team in Foxborough on Monday.
This will be New England's second official meeting with McCarthy, as the two sides met at the NFL Combine in February as well. A Patriots contingent that included head coach Jerod Mayo, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, quarterbacks coach T.C. McCartney, and de facto general manager Eliot Wolf also attended the signal caller's Pro Day in Ann Arbor last month.
McCarthy has been the talk of the town in Foxborough lately as reports have surfaced that the Patriots not only “like” the QB, Eliot Wolf is “pushing hard” for them to draft him with the No. 3 overall pick.
The 21-year-old measured in at 6-foot-2 1/2, 219 pounds at the Combine and notched the second hardest throw at 61 MPH, second to only gunslinger Joe Milton. Over 28 games as the Wolverines starting quarterback for the last two seasons, McCarthy threw 44 touchdowns and 9 interceptions while the Wolverines went 27-1 and went on to won the 2023-24 National Championship. A winner, to say the least.
But is he worthy of the No. 3 overall pick? The intangibles are without a doubt there — but you can argue his actual play on the field, as well as his ceiling as a prospect, say otherwise. McCarthy has raised up draft boards of late likely due to the former rather than the latter.
Ultimately, it's the Patriots (among other teams) who will decide the QB's worth. Monday's visit can go a long way in said decision.
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