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Drake Maye made his New England Patriots debut within the waning moments of a 24-3 loss to the New York Jets on Thursday.
The No. 3 general choose noticed restricted motion however made the a lot of the minutes he did play. He accomplished 4 of his eight passes for 22 yards whereas choosing up 12 yards on two rushes, a type of rushes being for 11 yards.
Maye’s debut got here as starter Jacoby Brissett struggled, throwing for simply 98 yards within the blowout loss.
After the sport, head coach Jerod Mayo wasn’t positive about Brissett’s standing as QB1 and indicated the employees will at the very least think about a quarterback change:
Doug Kyed @DougKyed
Would Jerod Mayo think about a Patriots QB change? “I do not know. We discuss it each single week, you are competing for a job. We’ll get collectively as a training employees.”
Whereas Patriots followers have seen little of Maye thus far, they’re prepared for New England to advertise him to QB1.
Mia @realmiaaa
It is nearly like… Drake Maye is an effective QB who can drive the ball down the sector whatever the OL in entrance of him… hm
Ben Belford-Peltzman @thepatriotsbeat
Drake Maye offers the Patriots the perfect probability to win.
Travis @Travman6746
I do know the sport simply ended however I varieties really feel like we have to get Drake Maye to begin the following recreation already. I am prepared for him, Brissett simply struggled once more far an excessive amount of #NEPats #PATRIOTS
It has been a less-than-ideal begin to the yr for Brissett, who has simply 270 passing yards and a landing with a 58.8 completion proportion via three video games.
Whereas followers are able to see Maye beginning for the Patriots, New England’s Week 4 matchup towards the San Francisco 49ers may very well be an inopportune time to provide him his first begin.
The Patriots’ offensive line has struggled this yr, giving up 11 sacks via three video games, together with seven on Thursday. Maye was within the recreation for only one drive and was sacked twice. If Maye begins towards the 49ers subsequent week, he would seemingly take a handful of sacks towards a powerful defensive position, which is not an excellent scenario for a rookie quarterback.
However, getting Maye below heart as quickly as potential may very well be the perfect factor for his improvement, and that would issue into Mayo’s choice.
