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Patriots Mailbag: Can Drake Maye be the best QB in 2024 draft class? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Patriots haven’t won two games in a row in over two years. Can that change Sunday at Gillette Stadium against a Rams team traveling cross-country on a short week after a Monday night loss to the lowly Dolphins?
Before we preview Patriots-Rams, we’ve got mailbag questions to answer. Let’s dive right in…
Do you believe the coaching staff deserves more credit with their handling of Drake Maye despite the lack of talent on offense? After watching Chicago this last weekend, I feel quite lucky to have our coaches compared to theirs.
— Geoffrey_Locket (@frizzaud) November 12, 2024
The coaching staff certainly deserves credit. Not only do Drake Maye’s fundamentals look better — is anyone spending much time talking about bad footwork or the “hitch” in his throwing motion that received a lot of attention before the season? — but he also appears to have a good understanding of the offensive concepts being thrown his way.
The ball is either out on time, or he recognizes he has to make something happen quickly and he does. While he’s been one of the best off-script quarterbacks in football this year, and while he has to go off-script on a fairly regular basis behind a patchwork offensive line, he certainly looks more comfortable in the Patriots scheme when compared to Caleb Williams and what he’s been asked to do in Chicago.
When it comes to the coaching staff, things haven’t been perfect. No question. But another point in this staff’s favor is that you could argue they have the NFL’s least talented group of offensive players around the quarterback position, and yet they have been better this season than they were last season — with a very highly-regarded offensive coordinator in Bill O’Brien on the staff — in a number of key situations where good coaching is critical.
With Maye behind center, the Patriots are better on third down (34 percent versus 30 percent in…
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Publish date : 2024-11-15 18:19:52
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