FOXBORO, Mass. — Drake Maye served because the New England Patriots backup quarterback behind Jacoby Brissett throughout OTAs at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
It marked the primary time media was in attendance and Maye was behind solely the veteran. Within the earlier two open-to-media OTA classes, Maye was behind each Brissett and Bailey Zappe. Zappe on Tuesday labored third in entrance of Joe Milton III.
“I believe it’s a battle,” Mayo mentioned concerning the change. “Me, Jacoby and Bailey, we’re battling. They’re mixing up who goes with who every day and it’s not essentially ‘Hey, you’re going first, you’re going second.’ Jacoby is getting first and from there we’re taking part in it by ear. Clearly it issues the way you do while you’re in there, in order that’s the way it occurs.”
Brissett acquired extra aggressive reps (25) than Maye (14), Zappe (10) and Milton (4). However it was New England’s protection who had the higher hand in aggressive 11-on-11s within the purple zone. The defensive strain clearly bought to Maye and his quarterback counterparts. For what it’s value, although, the offense outperformed the protection in aggressive 7-on-7s.
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Maye went 3-for-6 in 11-on-11s, however threw a pair of interceptions. The primary got here when he threw over the pinnacle of JuJu Smith-Schuster at midfield and the second got here within the purple zone after a miscommunication between Maye and extensive receiver Demario Douglas. All three of Maye’s completions in 11-on-11s got here to working backs out of the backfield.
Maye mentioned he likes to suppose he’s proven progress through the eight OTA practices, however credited the protection for making it powerful on him and the offense.
“You noticed on the market as we speak, some throws I want I had again and a few throws I felt fairly good about,” Maye mentioned. “So, simply take it sooner or later at a time.”
Maye did carry out higher in 7-on-7s. He accomplished three of 4 passes with two touchdowns in his 4 reps. Maye threw a pleasant ball to Smith-Schuster, who hauled it in close to the pylon, and threaded the needle to Douglas on an in-breaking route the following snap. Maye’s lone incompletion through the stretch was meant for depth tight finish Jacob Warren and damaged up by cornerback Mikey Victor.
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Maye mentioned he’s feeling snug with the terminology, together with understanding the motions and formations. However he mentioned commanding the huddle and making his footwork align with the play idea are areas he’s working to get higher at.
Previous to observe Tuesday, Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt highlighted Maye’s footwork as the world he has proven the largest quantity of progress.
“I believe it’s a piece in progress and really feel fairly good about it,” Maye mentioned.
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The eighth OTA session Tuesday marked the ultimate open-to-media observe till obligatory minicamp begins Monday.
