How might Patriots handle Maye as rookie? Here’s what recent history says originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots drafted Drake Maye with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft to help the franchise return to prominence.
But that pursuit won’t begin with Week 1 of the regular season.
The Patriots announced Thursday that veteran Jacoby Brissett will be the starting quarterback. Maye outplayed Brissett in the preseason and in several practices over the last few weeks, but it wasn’t enough for him to win the No. 1 job.
The debate now is when will Maye finally see the field? Is it actually possible that he could sit the whole season?
Well, based on recent history, Maye not playing at all in his rookie season would definitely be an outlier.
“The whole thing on rookie quarterbacks changed in 2008 when Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco made the playoffs with their teams,” Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer said Thursday on NBC Sports Boston’s Early Edition, as seen in the video player above.
“There have been 16 draft cycles since then, from 2008 to 2023 and not including this year. Forty-eight quarterbacks have been drafted in the first round over those 16 drafts, and there’s been only three true redshirts — Patrick Mahomes in 2017, Jordan Love in 2020 and Jake Locker in 2011.
“What those guys all had in common was they were playing for teams that were contending to the very end, and they were playing behind accomplished veteran quarterbacks.”
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Mahomes sat behind Alex Smith, who was a very good QB and guided the Chiefs to the playoffs with an 10-6 record in 2017. Love was the backup for Aaron Rodgers, who won league MVP in 2020 and led the Packers to the NFC Championship Game. Locker played behind Matt Hasselbeck as the 2011 Titans went 9-7 and barely missed the playoffs.
Brissett is not someone who is going…
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Publish date : 2024-08-30 20:09:42
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