Within the eyes of New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo, rookie quarterback Drake Maye “outplayed” veteran Jacoby Brissett within the preseason.
Mayo expressed as a lot when he appeared on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Present” Monday morning. Mayo’s radio look took place 12 hours after Maye impressed in New England’s 20-10 preseason highway loss to the Washington Commanders.
Brissett (2-for-4, 19 yards) performed one sequence earlier than he suffered a shoulder harm. Maye took over and accomplished 13 of his 20 passes for 126 yards and one landing over 5 first-half sequence.
“I am not going to get too far down the highway on if Jacoby might play or could not play,” Mayo mentioned. “What I’ll say is, it is a true competitors. It wasn’t fluff or something like that. It is a true competitors. And I’d say at this present level, Drake has outplayed Jacoby. Now in saying that, we’ve to absorb the total physique of labor, going all the best way again to the spring and starting of coaching camp. And we’ll see the place we find yourself.”
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Mayo expanded on these feedback when he met with the media on a video convention Monday morning.
“It begins in apply and likewise within the sport the place Drake has performed higher,” Mayo mentioned. “Now, in saying that, everybody needs to know who the starter goes to be. I feel there are a number of elements that sort of have to enter this choice. One is the whole physique of labor, whether or not we’re speaking concerning the spring or the whole lot of coaching camp. And I’d additionally say oftentimes we overlook concerning the total expertise {that a} man like Jacoby has, which may even be weighed within the choice we’ve to make right here within the close to future.”
Mayo mentioned Maye has grown extra snug with the offense and gamers round him, elements which helped him carry out higher in latest weeks. Mayo didn’t level to a particular time in coaching camp when Maye began to outperform Brissett, however the confidence of the pinnacle coach and Patriots teammates appeared to extend following Maye’s efficiency towards the Philadelphia Eagles in mid-August.
Maye impressed in joint apply when not underneath the specter of a Philadelphia pass-rush, and carried out higher than Brissett within the preseason sport towards Eagles backups.
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The Patriots anticipated to determine on the quarterback place both Monday or Tuesday, however Mayo indicated it could not be made public till after the staff was knowledgeable. New England has till 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday to trim its roster from 90 to 53 gamers.
