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Patriots practicing what they preach with Drake Maye’s development originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO – The Patriots really haven’t breathed a syllable about Drake Maye being fast-tracked onto the field in 2024.
If anything, they’ve labored to tamp down that expectation. Ask about Maye, and eventually the answer will morph into something about Jacoby Brissett.
Their intention – their default setting – is to let Maye marinate until he’s seasoned to take the field with the faith of everyone he will do the right thing most of the time.
Look at what Mayo said about Maye a month before they drafted him.
“The exciting part about a guy like Drake Maye, there is really no ceiling with a guy like that,” Mayo said at the NFL owners meetings in March. “I know a lot of people look at the ceiling. But you also have to look at how low is the floor.
“I would say a guy like Drake Maye –he has a lot of room to grow. He’s a young guy. Honestly, he hasn’t played football nearly as much as these other guys. So that’s definitely something we’ve looked at, but he’s definitely going to develop.”
In other words, he’s way closer to his floor than his ceiling.
How quickly does he climb the ladder? Up to him. But for the time being, he’s looking up at Bailey Zappe on the depth chart. Which we saw Monday during the team’s first OTA. Brissett. Zappe. Maye. Joe Milton. That’s how it went in the drills. That’s how it went during 7-on-7s and 11-on-11s.
“So wait … the Patriots used the third pick in the draft on a guy they don’t think is better than Bailey Zappe?”
No, you bad-faith-arguing dolt. By the end of the book, Maye is the starting quarterback for the Patriots. But on May 20, 2024, Zappe’s taking snaps ahead of him, because no matter how inevitable the outcome is, you still go through the process. Especially when you’ve all but announced Maye is semi-redshirting.
So the guy with more NFL experience goes ahead of the rookies. And if you’re…
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2024-05-21 15:48:14
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