Baker Mayfield's agent claims Patriots were willing to trade up to No. 2 to land him

Could Baker Mayfield have become the successor to Tom Brady in New England? Mayfield’s agent certainly believes so and speculated as much in a recent podcast.

Jack Mills, Mayfield’s agent, joined former Green Bay Packers executive and player agent Andrew Brandt on his podcast and revealed a major nugget on just how coveted Mayfield was by teams around the league.

The Patriots had two first-round picks and enough ammunition to shoot up and make the offer to the New York Giants at No. 2 overall that the Giants might not refuse.

Mills mentioned earlier in the podcast that the Denver Broncos specifically requested to have Mayfield on their team at the Senior Bowl in hopes of eventually landing him with the No. 5 pick. And the New York Jets admitted after the draft that Mayfield would have been their choice at No. 3 and was the reason why they traded up early in the draft process.

“You’re our guy if you’re there,” Mills quotes the Jets as telling Mayfield.

The full podcast is worth a listen, especially from about the 15-minute mark going forward.

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