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Why McCourty thinks Patriots made right decision not to start Maye originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots aren’t going to throw rookie quarterback Drake Maye into the fire to begin the 2024 NFL season.
The team named veteran Jacoby Brissett the starting QB last week in a decision that many pundits and former players have agreed with. There are plenty of examples of quarterbacks drafted in the first round who didn’t play to begin their rookie year and went on to have productive careers. Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Jordan Love are three notable examples from the last seven years.
You can include Patriots legend Devin McCourty among the group that thinks the team made the right decision to sit Maye to start the season. He explained why on the latest episode of NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast with Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry.
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“You go into a preseason game and he looks great, plays well, then you go into a third preseason game, he plays well again. And I think everyone’s like, oh my goodness, he needs to be out there,” McCourty said. “And in a real game setting, there were four illegal formations (against the Commanders). Jacoby got absolutely killed on the first drive of the game. When you look at that, you’re now this young quarterback — he would have to overcome some things that happened in the game without him doing anything wrong, not making any rookie mistakes.
“I think you got to be careful of telling a quarterback, hey, we know you’re young, but we need you to save the day every single play. You need to make sure you can put us in the perfect play, i.e Tom Brady put us in a perfect play. Get us out of a bad play, get us into a good play. Hey, see the adjustments. Hey, understand the coverage. We need you to do that every single time. And hey, David Andrews is going to be great for you, but if David Andrews…
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Publish date : 2024-09-03 22:25:22
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