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Patriots Mailbag: The Drake Maye dilemma, expanding the offense and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Drake Maye era in New England has officially begun. But plenty of fans are wondering why that era is beginning this Sunday against the Houston Texans, and not later (or earlier).
Let’s hit your questions on the new QB1 and more in a new Patriots Mailbag.
Question: How would you rank this among the dumbest moves a team could make, given this offensive line and the Texans pass rush?
— Steve Leibowitz (@StevenL57) October 8, 2024
What changed? We’ve heard all about “the plan” and how they’ll stick to it in the face of pressure. Yes the performance from Jacobi cost them the Miami game, but this doesn’t appear to be “the plan,” so what happened behind the scenes? Is Maye that good in practice? Mutiny afoot?
— Trent (@tre_fal) October 8, 2024
I completely understand this question when it comes to the difficulty of this upcoming game. Your logic is sound there. It’s a bad situation for a young quarterback. They’re about to see an excellent opposing defense with a ferocious pass-rush. Doesn’t add up.
But I think the question discounts the human expectations in the human environment that is an NFL locker room. The assumption for the people there is that decision-makers will do whatever they can to help the myriad folks who make up that particular ecosystem to win football games.
The Patriots have staved off this decision for as long as they can. They made alterations to the receiver corps. They’ve changed personnel on the offensive line — sometimes by choice, sometimes not — every week. Their passing game remained dysfunctional.
The last and most obvious lever to pull was to go to Drake Maye.
He’s healthy. He’s practicing well. The team knows what kind of talent he possesses. From afar, it’d be easy to argue they should wait just one more week. When you’re in it, though, and when you have to constantly gauge the buy-in and motivation levels of…
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Publish date : 2024-10-10 21:03:39
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