Drake Maye made his New England Patriots’ debut a bit sooner than anticipated.
The rookie quarterback changed veteran Jacoby Brissett in rubbish time of New England’s 24-3 loss to the New York Jets. Maye performed the ultimate four-plus minutes and orchestrated a 16-play drive, which led the Patriots into the pink zone for the primary time within the contest.
“I simply thought it was a very good alternative for him to go on the market with those and put just a few drives collectively,” Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo instructed reporters, per a team-provided video.
Mayo saved the door open on a quarterback change.
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However let’s not act just like the Patriots ought to begin Maye as an alternative of Brissett due to these four-plus minutes. Any insinuation of such would fully overlook how New England fared through the 55 minutes earlier than Maye entered.
The Patriots allowed seven sacks whereas the Jets compiled 15 quarterback hits. Brissett took 5 of these sacks whereas Maye was sacked twice through the garbage-time drive. The third general decide took just a few large hits, too.
New England’s offensive line regarded as dangerous Thursday evening because it has at any level this season. The Patriots began their third completely different left sort out as third-round rookie Caedan Wallace, a proper sort out in faculty, took over for the injured Vederian Lowe. Wallace, like the remainder of the group, struggled.
The Patriots allowed three quarterback hits and two sacks in opposition to unblocked rushers throughout their first three drives.
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Why would the Patriots need to put Maye in such a scenario?
There’s additionally the argument that Brissett hasn’t finished something to lose the job. The veteran signal-caller was pressured greater than 60% of the time Thursday evening and sacked simply 5 instances. He did not flip the ball over for the third straight recreation.
Maye, in the meantime, practically had his first skilled go intercepted. Maye telegraphed a ball to tight finish Austin Hooper, who discovered a spot in between a pair of Jets defenders on a curl route. New York cornerback Michael Carter II practically took it for a pick-six. That definitely would have made for some completely different storylines following the loss.
Maye regarded tremendous. He moved the chains along with his legs and transformed 4 of his eight passing makes an attempt on brief routes. However pointing to Thursday’s recreation as a cause why the Patriots ought to begin Maye over Brissett could be, nicely, ignoring the primary 55 minutes of Thursday’s recreation.
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