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Curran: Maye’s performance vs. Titans ‘makes kids buy the jersey’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Drake Maye and the New England Patriots came up just short against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Despite the disappointing result, Pats fans have to be encouraged by the upside their rookie quarterback showed in his fourth NFL start.
Maye completed 29 of his 41 passes for 206 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. He led the team in rushing yards with 95 — the third-most by a Pats QB in franchise history — on eight carries.
The third-overall draft pick’s lone TD pass was the play of the year for New England to this point. The Patriots were down 17-10 on Tennessee’s five-yard line with four seconds left in regulation when Maye scrambled for 11 seconds and found Rhamondre Stevenson in the end zone to send the game into OT.
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Maye’s day ended on a sour note as his overtime interception sealed a 20-17 Titans victory. The 22-year-old turned the ball over three times in the defeat, but our Tom E. Curran still came away convinced that New England has found its franchise QB.
“They couldn’t stop the run, they couldn’t run the ball, they had penalties, they had wide receiver miscues all over the place, they allowed pressure on Drake Maye. But you come out of this game feeling so wholly different than you did in other games that were plagued by mistakes because you have the most important position in professional sports capably staffed, it appears, for the next however many years,” Curran said on Patriots Postgame Live.
“Wish he didn’t have a couple picks, wish he didn’t have a strip-sack, said earlier today I was going to raise my expectation level and say that you have to pursue wins. But to see that kind of performance — and that kind of clutch performance by Drake too — really sells the kid. I can throw out my receipt,…
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2024-11-04 01:52:09
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