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Jayden Daniels highlights a path Patriots could have taken with Maye originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Watch the highlights of Jayden Daniels’ latest masterpiece with the Commanders, and you’ll notice that most plays start the same way: with Daniels running for his life.
Washington’s offensive line stinks, and it doesn’t matter, because there’s a playmaker under center. Daniels threw for 238 yards and rushed for 82 more in a 34-13 victory over the Browns on Sunday, and here’s hoping the Patriots were paying attention.
Instead of fearing what fate might befall Drake Maye if he plays behind five bags of fertilizer, maybe they should see if he can elevate this no-good, worst-in-the-league, it’s-starting-to-look-like-a-mutiny operation.
That’s what Daniels is doing in Washington, where the Commanders are off to their best start (4-1) in 16 years. He’s not just playing like the runaway Rookie of the Year, he might earn MVP votes, too.
He’s the latest example of the wisdom of drafting a quarterback in the top 10 with the intention of starting him immediately, and Washington’s plan — a phrase which only applied to crossings of the Delaware during Daniel Snyder’s miserable ownership — already looks like a home run.
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It’s enough to make you wonder why the Patriots have been so afraid of playing Maye, and what price they’re going to pay for not treating him as the starter since Day 1 when he inevitably takes Jacoby Brissett’s job. It sounds like that day is looming after Sunday’s hideous 15-10 loss to the Dolphins.
In an alternate reality, the Patriots could’ve given Maye every first-team snap of training camp, or at the very least, let him genuinely compete for the job. (In an alternate, alternate reality, they never would’ve beaten the Broncos on Christmas Eve and cost themselves a shot at Daniels, but I digress.)
Instead, they handed the keys to…
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Publish date : 2024-10-07 18:29:15
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