Patriots Mailbag: How Drake Maye is impressing teammates in practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots will head to Santa Clara as they look to pull off an upset against the San Francisco 49ers. Both teams enter the Week 4 matchup on two-game losing skids.
Jacoby Brissett will remain the Patriots’ starting quarterback on Sunday, but are his days of being ahead of rookie Drake Maye on the depth chart numbered? We’ll cover that topic and more in the latest Mailbag…
Kevin, I’ve said for a while now that some time in October would make sense. That would provide Drake Maye a base from which to work moving forward when it comes to the following: getting comfortable with installing a game plan, understanding how to break down film of an upcoming opponent, deciphering defensive tendencies, making adjustments between drives and much more.
Will he be fully ready to do all of those things immediately? Probably not. Will he be in better shape to handle those things than if he were asked to start Week 1? Definitely.
Here’s what we can tell you about how his development is going: The Patriots have been very encouraged by his progress. They knew back during training camp that he had the ability to process very quickly — getting from his first read to his second and beyond — in addition to everything he brings to the position physically. Those traits have only improved over time.
Maye’s teammates that I’ve spoken to this week have described his practice performance as impressive. Among the things that have stood out to them are Maye’s decision-making, his accuracy, and his ability to play within the structure of a given offense — whether it’s New England’s or someone else’s with him running the scout team.
Maye’s propensity to play on time and in rhythm stood out to the teammates I spoke to more so than the “wow” off-schedule plays of which they know he’s capable. They relayed that it can be easy for young quarterbacks to default to off-script…
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Publish date : 2024-09-27 00:00:49
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