Pump the brakes on Maye? Belichick weighs in on rookie’s preseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Did Drake Maye show he deserves the Patriots’ starting quarterback job by outperforming Jacoby Brissett in the preseason? That’s the common refrain in New England after the rookie’s performance on Sunday, but former Pats head coach Bill Belichick isn’t sold.
Belichick was asked to share his thoughts on the Patriots’ QB situation during Monday’s Pat McAfee Show. McAfee asked the future Hall of Famer how he would determine whether Maye — or any first-year signal-caller — is ready to start in the NFL.
“First of all, I don’t think you really know how anybody’s playing in preseason, especially at the quarterback position,” Belichick said. “The schemes are so simple from the other side of the ball, generally speaking. For the most part, you’re running very basic schemes. You’re trying to evaluate your players. You’re trying to get them to play the good fundamentals that they know how to play. You’re not disguising things. You just want your defensive players to be ready to react and play fast and quickly. …
“I think to come out of preseason and say, ‘This guy’s really playing good, that guy’s really playing good,’ I wouldn’t put much stock in that at all. I’d put more stock in what they’re doing in practice and let’s see what happens in the first three or four regular-season games when the opponents specifically attack certain players based on what they think they can and can’t get on them, and then let’s see how they’re playing then.”
“I don’t think you really know how anybody is playing in the preseason especially at the Quarterback position..
Most of those games are very basic and I put more stock in what the players are doing in practice” ~ Bill Belichick #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/U6z8eZN8Wu
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 26, 2024
Even if you throw out Maye’s impressive preseason finale, the Patriots’ third-overall draft pick has gained ground on Brissett…
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Publish date : 2024-08-26 23:16:21
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