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A lot may change once the "experts" pick apart his game at the combines and workouts (if allowed). I have read some that question his arm strength. He appears to have enough arm strength to get the job done. There is usually a lot of skepticism around Alabama QBs as they have a lot of advantages many other QBs do not have in the way of protection and weapons as well as typically large leads in games with less pressure.
I don't think a player should be blamed or diminish because of the strength of the team he played with. If this was the case, then Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence should have the same question marks.
Mac Jones is a solid player. How solid is he as a prospect? I don't know. This is a really difficult question to answer.
Looking back at Alabama's prospects, both AJ McCarron and Tua Togavailoa were solid players (in a way similar to Jones).
The draft process regarding Jones will be so interesting, and I am not thinking about his athletic capabilities, but about dissecting him at the field. Is it the player? the offense? both?
A chicken vs the egg kind of question. But at the end, he will be picked by the coach he feels more comfortable with him as a player and as a person.