The Drake Maye Report: Sacks pile up for rookie QB on physical Day 10

The Drake Maye Report: Sacks pile up for rookie QB on physical Day 10 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

FOXBORO — Monday was the most physical practice of the summer for the Patriots. They wore full pads in heat that reached up over 90 degrees. They tackled to the ground at times. They spent a period executing goal situations with full contact.

The action could’ve been described as violent at times. At the end of the session, safety A.J. Thomas blew up wide receiver JaQuae Jackson on a pass over the middle. Jackson held on but met with trainers soon after after taking a jarring shot to his midsection.

A practice like that one is useful, of course, to measure play in the trenches. It’s helpful when trying to check in on short-yardage effectiveness for both the offense and defense. And if you want to gauge player toughness quotients, this was the practice for you.

It wasn’t the most friendly of circumstances for quarterback evaluation, with much of the focus going to the run game, but that’s what we’ll do here anyway in The Drake Maye Report for Day 10.

The rep report

In 11-on-11 work, Jacoby Brissett took 22 competitive reps. Drake Maye, meanwhile, took 21. (Some of those reps featured only half the defense of line rushing the passer, perhaps in an effort to limit the workloads for some of the big bodies at the line of scrimmage.)

Crunching the numbers

Maye finished his competitive reps going 4-for-7, with four sacks and two snaps that resulted in scrambles.

The sack number there is a glaring one. The Patriots defense worked throughout the practice on games and stunts at the line of scrimmage. Despite seeing those looks many times, the second unit offensive line had difficulty blocking them.

Of the four sacks on the day, three came thanks to stunts on the defensive line. The fourth was credited to Davon Godchaux after he powered through Caedan Wallace, and forced the rookie tackle’s back to bump up against the rookie quarterback.

Jacoby Brissett went…

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Publish date : 2024-08-06 14:33:29

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