Perry: Pats coaches are ‘aligned’ on Drake Maye plan originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Is the New England Patriots’ unwillingness to start Drake Maye amid their 1-3 start causing a rift in the locker room?
Head coach Jerod Mayo adamantly stated after the team’s Week 4 loss to the San Francisco 49ers that Jacoby Brissett remains “the best choice” to start at quarterback. Apparently, the ongoing QB conversation has contributed to a “mutiny” inside the building.
“Right now they are teetering on mutiny in that locker room. And I don’t want to be an alarmist or (hyperbolic)… I don’t,” Patriots.com senior reporter Evan Lazar said on the “Catch 22” podcast. “But I was in that locker room after the game on Sunday. The defense is mad at the defense, the offense is mad at the offense. You have young receivers who are literally throwing tantrums on film. …
“You’re at the point now with 52 other guys in that locker room that all watch both these two quarterbacks practice every single day. That all know that they drafted Drake Maye third overall. And at what point in time do some of these guys say to themselves, ‘Why am I going out there and getting my butt kicked every single Sunday and Drake can’t?”
Lazar’s eye-opening comments made waves, especially since he works for the organization. Our Patriots insider Phil Perry reacted to the remarks and shared his take on the Pats’ QB situation on Friday’s Early Edition.
“I’ve said what Evan was trying to get to at the core of his comments, which is, it’s gonna get weird if you continue not to play Drake Maye and the offense continues to be at the bottom of the league,” Perry said. “So I have to be consistent and say, I sort of agree with him on that point. I do not agree with him on the point yet that it is ‘teetering on mutiny.’ I think that’s just too strong.”
Perry also provided intel on where Mayo and the Patriots coaching staff stand on playing Maye this season. He believes the plan is to play the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-05 01:05:50
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