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The New England Patriots are ready for the future. Rookie No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye will assume starting quarterback duties this coming Sunday for the team’s Week 6 game against the Houston Texans, CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones confirms. Earlier this week, head coach Jerod May insisted that Brissett would remain his starter, but the team has apparently reversed course.
Maye out-performed Brissett during the preseason, which Mayo admitted before naming Brissett the opening-day starter, but the team elected to keep him on the bench to begin his career. That was likely owed at least in part to the supporting cast Maye will have around him as he steps into the lineup. (The Pats’ decision to give him 30% of the first-time reps in practice while he was still operating as the backup supports that theory. Starters usually get 95% of those reps or more.)
New England’s offensive line has been a disaster all season, and just lost its best player in center David Andrews. The corps of skill-position players is also one of the weakest in the NFL. The plan was seemingly to have Maye wait behind Brissett until he was truly ready and the team could ensure he was put in a position to succeed, but Brissett’s performance through the first month of the season made that untenable.
Brissett has completed just 58.5% of his passes at an average of 5.2 yards per attempt, with 2 touchdowns against 1 interception. He did not top 168 passing yards in any of New England’s five games, during which the team went 1-4 and maxed out at 20 points.
Maye came into one of those losses late in the game and went 4 of 8 for 22 yards. He was also sacked on 2 of his dropbacks and scrambled twice for 12 yards. He was consistently under pressure even…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-10-08 20:41:14
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