Here's How Alabama QB Mac Jones Responded To Tom Brady Comparison

ESPN Draft expert Mel Kiper compared Alabama QB Mac Jones to Tom Brady during a media conference call on Thursday...

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“You can say super-super intelligent, super-super accurate, super competitive, then that’s all the things that allowed Tom Brady to be successful,” Kiper said on Thursday, via the Mercury News. “That’s not saying he’s going to be Tom Brady-successful. And that’s not saying he’s going to be Tom Brady.”

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Here's how Jones responded...

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“I don’t like to compare myself to him, I’ve got a long way to go,” Jones told Kirk Herbstreit in an interview on ESPN, via Pro Football Talk. “But coming out of college it was, doesn’t have arm strength, can’t throw a spiral, can’t move. I can do that stuff, but it’s more like the intangible stuff. . . . He’s got the fire still, and that’s why he’s so good.”

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(The Spun)