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The Drake Maye Report: Mayo leaves door open for rookie to take QB job originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO — Jerod Mayo wants people to know that there’s still a quarterback competition underway in New England.
“We still don’t know right now,” Mayo said Monday when asked who his starter will be. “We have another preseason game, and then a week after that. When I know, I’ll let you know.”
But the way in which the quarterback position has been handled, it seems as though Brissett still has a good handle on the starting gig.
Drake Maye saw some half-speed reps on Saturday with David Andrews at center — his first snaps with the unquestioned starter in the middle of the Patriots offensive line — but since then he hasn’t seen any plays with the first-team line.
That would be as strong an on-field indication as any that the Patriots were considering Maye to start Week 1, but it hasn’t happened to this point.
That said, Maye has seen an improved line in front of him at times over the last two practices. While the top line — Chukwuma Okorafor at right tackle, Mike Onwenu at right guard, Andrews, Sidy Sow at left guard and Vederian Lowe at left tackle — continues to get the early work with Brissett, they’ve been broken up at times to give Maye a couple of starters in his huddle.
On Monday, for example, during a hurry-up period, Maye worked behind a line that included Okorafor at right tackle and Sow at left guard. (During Brissett’s hurry-up period, he had Caedan Wallace at right tackle and Layden Robinson at left guard.)
Despite taking a sack from blitzing safety Dell Pettus in his hurry-up work, having a couple of veterans blocking for him would represent an upgrade for Maye over what has occurred for the vast majority of camp.
Maye’s line in two of the three 11-on-11 periods of practice Monday included Wallace at right tackle, Michael Jordan at right guard, Liam Fornadel at center, Robinson at left guard and Kellen Diesch at left tackle. Those are the…
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Publish date : 2024-08-19 21:08:22
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