The Drake Maye Report: Rookie gains more ground in Patriots QB race originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO — Drake Maye has a challenge on his hands that goes beyond honing his footwork or diagnosing whatever the Patriots defense throws his way in practice.
He turns 22 next week. He knows he’s one of the youngest players on the roster. He knows what he doesn’t know. He knows he has excellent resources in the veterans around him from whom he can learn.
But he’s also a quarterback. And the No. 3 overall pick from this year’s draft. He’s the leader of his rookie class. And soon he’ll be the leader of the entirety of the locker room at One Patriot Place.
When asked on Wednesday to single out the most difficult part of his job at the moment, he highlighted the fact that he’s living in those two separate worlds at the moment.
“Most difficult part of my job,” Maye repeated as he thought. “I think just balancing being there with vets that know what they’re doing or kind of helping me, and balancing me being the young guy in the rookie class kind of knowing the most and trying to teach the young guys.
“Balancing that quarterback (role), or hey there’s guys like David (Andrews) and Chuks (Chukwuma Okorafor) and K.J. (Osborn) who’ve played in games and played in playoff games that know all these things I’m trying to learn from them.
“Then for me, there’s the young guys here. Me and (Ja’Lynn Polk) and Javon (Baker) and Layden (Robinson) and Caedan (Wallace). Young guys that are trying to come up together. And I feel like as a quarterback it’s my job to try to kind of bring them along.”
Maye has already reached a fascinating point in his young career in that, over the last two weeks, he has put some pressure on assumed starter Jacoby Brissett.
That continued on Wednesday, as Maye went 6-for-8 and completed his first six passes in competitive team periods. His two incompletions probably should’ve been caught; a deep shot to DeMario Douglas glanced off his hands, and a…
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Publish date : 2024-08-22 15:34:06
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