Patriots practice report: Drake Maye works with starting o-line originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO – After watching an unpadded, no-contact practice for 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon, one hopes to have something to hang one’s hat on by the time he leaves.
So what does one have?
Actual practice snaps from center David Andrews to rookie quarterback Drake Maye.
Intrepid snap chronicler Phil Perry had this to say during our Quick and Dirty Practice Wrap mere moments after the aforementioned snaps occurred.
“At the end of practice, you saw Drake Maye taking some snaps from David Andrews,” said our guy Phil. “Mike Onwenu, Sidy Sow, (Chukwuma) Okarafor, Vederian Lowe — the same ‘starting offensive line’ we’ve seen out there for weeks (was out there at the time).
“That’s the first time Drake Maye has taken snaps behind that line in a practice setting. He got a handful in the first preseason game of the year, but that’s the first time I’ve seen David Andrews snap a football to Drake Maye.”
Quick and Dirty Practice Wrap from Saturday. Patriots work for 90 minutes in shells, juggle some OL personnel. Milder practice. Maye gets a few late half-speed reps with first OL pic.twitter.com/it0T6gCIv7
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Ascension????? Hold the phone, says Perry.
“That said, those were not — to me — competitive periods of practice. But we’ve been saying they need to give (Maye) more reps with the ones, those are technically reps with the ones.”
After Maye’s highly competent Thursday night performance in relief of starter Jacoby Brissett, Friday was spent lamenting Maye’s slow-tracking so far this summer. That included just six reps in the preseason opener and him being on the field with backup offensive linemen most of the time.
The line depth has been an issue, which head coach Jerod Mayo pointed out after the preseason game against the Eagles.
“I would say there’s a dramatic drop-off, not really physically,…
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Publish date : 2024-08-18 03:23:35
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