What We Learned From Week 10 in the N.F.L.

Mac Jones is leading the Patriots back into the A.F.C.’s elite and Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are winless so far this November.

Each year, the N.F.L.’s draft generates needless hype around the selection of college athletes into the pros, turning most all observers into pseudo-general managers.

Mock drafts are spewed out at unhealthy levels, with quarterbacks drawing the bulk of the scrutiny.

Last April, no quarterback prospect was ridiculed more than Alabama’s Mac Jones.