Training camp stock watch: Maye, Brissett continue to trend in opposite directions originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO — It’s a game week. Sort of.
Patriots coach Jerod Mayo explained on Wednesday that the team will prepare for its Sunday night preseason game with the Washington Commanders by going through three practices this week in a manner similar to the way game-week practices will be approached in the regular season.
But it’s a “hybrid” week, Mayo said. That means the evaluations of players are ongoing as Mayo and Eliot Wolf prepare to put together their initial 53-man active roster. And those evaluations will include that quarterback spot, where there has been no starter decision made, according to Mayo. That should come by Monday night or Tuesday, Mayo said.
It certainly looks like the Patriots are leaning in one direction when it comes to their upcoming quarterback decision, which we’ll get to in our latest edition of Stock Watch…
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Drake Maye, quarterback
The rookie quarterback continues to trend in the right direction. Over the course of the last two weeks, Maye has looked like the most decisive and accurate quarterback on the Patriots roster.
He saw just three reps with starting center David Andrews on Wednesday, but that represented a shift, as he has not taken competitive snaps with the starting offensive line yet in practice. (He has worked with Andrews and other starters in preseason games.)
And it wasn’t just his practice usage that was worthy of attention. His play was rock solid, completing his first six competitive passes and having his next two passes hit the hands of his intended targets before falling incomplete. One Maye deep shot bounced off DeMario Douglas’ mitts. That might’ve been his best throw of the day, thanks in part to the fact he had to field a bad snap from backup center Nick Leverett before surveying the defense.
A shorter throw glanced off Jaheim Bell’s hands before bouncing off the turf. He went 6-for-8 in…
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Publish date : 2024-08-21 23:39:41
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