The New England Patriots face a quarterback conundrum heading into their remaining preseason sport, and it will likely be as much as head coach Jerod Mayo and his workers to make the correct name.
Mayo on Monday modified his tune in regards to the quarterback room when he famous that he had not but named a beginning quarterback. The language change got here after Drake Maye made strides in his second preseason sport whereas Jacoby Brissett appeared shaky in entrance of a weak offensive line.
Invoice Parcells isn’t any stranger to coping with murky QB rooms and the expectations of Robert Kraft and Patriots followers. The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy this month tracked down the previous New England head coach who famous that followers at all times need to see one thing new, “significantly should you’re dropping video games.” Whereas Shaughnessy did not particularly point out the Maye/Brissett state of affairs, followers may need to contemplate Parcells’ warning about younger signal-callers.
“Followers by no means contemplate the psychological make-up of the participant you are on the point of throw to the wolves,” Parcells instructed Shaughnessy. “What you actually have to guage is the timing and the prospect to succeed. Generally if they do not succeed, it destroys them.
Story continues under commercial
“So I believe you simply should see what you are coping with personally. What sort of temperament he appears to have. How does he reply to detrimental play conditions or exhausting teaching?
“Followers will say, ‘Effectively, if he cannot take it, we do not need him anyway,’ however when it is a excessive draft alternative, you have to do every part in your energy to permit him to have an opportunity to succeed. Economically, lately, it isn’t in your greatest curiosity if he would not succeed. It is unhealthy when you have plenty of expense and no manufacturing.”
Parcells drafted Drew Bledsoe first total within the 1993 NFL Draft and he began immediately. Scott Secules was not a significantly better different, which was why Parcells took his time with Phil Simms and Tony Romo.
Brissett has been mentored by Parcells since he was a 15-year-old excessive schooler in West Palm Seashore, however the two-time Tremendous Bowl-winning head coach admitted he wasn’t taking sides and easily will view issues from afar.
Story continues under commercial
“I haven’t got any recommendation for New England followers,” Parcells stated. “I am too sensible to provide them recommendation.”
Patriots followers must wait and see how issues play out within the preseason finale in opposition to the Washington Commanders on Sunday at Commanders Area.
