The Patriots didn't build their offense for a mobile quarterback

The Patriots are still in on Jimmy Garoppolo going in to April. Yet the offense was supposed to be built to run a Baltimore RPO offense, or was it? It very much looks like the early Gronk-Hernandez Patriots roster.  So going after Garoppolo makes sense if the Patriots still wanna run a more Dink and Dunk play action offense. 

That leads to the draft. Unless the Patriots over pay, Garoppolo should only cost a third round pick and maybe a player. Thus the Patriots could still be in on a quarterback. 

With the Patriots still being interested in Garoppolo, that suggests that the Patriots want either a mobile pocket or west coast quarterback. 

At first glance that would appear to be Trey Lance but hold the phone. Former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa gives reason to keep an eye on another quarterback.

“I would say he’s (Mac Jones) a sly kind of athletic person. He’s a more mobile Tom Brady. He’s very athletic, very smart too," Tua told Yahoo Sports.

When Tua compares him to Brady, it's the style of play he's talking about. Mel Kiper has basically said the same thing but what Tua is getting at is that teams have to pay attention to Mac Jones because if he wants to sneak out of the pocket he can. With the talent he had at Alabama, he didn't need to.

Now Lance's offense looked similar to the 49ers offense, which is why the 49ers will probably take him. He needs a little development time to pick up terminology among other things but he also seems to fit what the Patriots might be looking for.

Here's what Dylan Chappine, who compared Lance to Donovan McNabb had to say. "Overall, Lance is a dangerous dual-threat quarterback that has shown enough natural accuracy to feel good about him developing into a high-end starter in the right situation. I think Lance’s best fit would be in a West Coast offense that also takes advantage of his ability as a runner."

Now whomever is selected probably wont play in 2021 unless Cam Newton is the only real experienced veteran quarterback on the Patriots roster but that doesn't mean they won't see playing time. 

It's now very likely that the Patriots are looking to run a more mobile version of the Brady offense similar to what they ran in the early years of Gronk's career, instead of changing to a Baltimore, Auburn, Carolina RPO offense for Cam Newton and a rookie. If the Patriots were looking to be more of an RPO offense, they would've started implementing it in 2020.