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Maye reacts to costly turnovers in Patriots’ Week 11 loss to Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
There’s been a lot to like about New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s rookie season.
It’s a small sample size, but the early returns would suggest the Patriots made the right decision by taking him with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. He absolutely has franchise QB potential.
One area where Maye has a lot of room for improvement is ball security. It’s not an uncommon problem for first-year players, but it’s often a costly one, and that was the case in Sunday’s Week 11 game against the Los Angeles Rams at Gillette Stadium.
Maye fumbled in the second quarter and threw a game-ending interception late in the fourth quarter as the Patriots lost 28-22 to drop their record to 3-8 at the bottom of the AFC East standings.
“Yeah, just can’t hurt our defense on the fumble, third down. Got to get the ball out,” Maye told reporters in his postgame press conference Sunday.
“Can’t take a sack there. Same thing I talked about in previous press conferences. Punt, ending the drive with a kick, Coach Mayo preaches ending every drive with a kick. I thought we did some good things, but at the end of the day just wasn’t good enough.”
The interception on the Patriots’ final drive looked like a miscommunication between Maye and his intended target DeMario “Pop” Douglas. Maye threw a pass deep down the middle of the field and the second-year wideout didn’t look back for the ball. Rams safety Kamren Kinchens stepped up and picked off the pass to seal the victory.
What happened on that play?
“It was a two-high look and Pop’s up the middle, and they’re pretty good up front rushing five,” Maye explained. “I tried to kind of put it on them and kind of hit them over the linebacker, and Pop was thinking probably deep, but at the end of the day, just got to be on the same page, and I think Pop did the right thing, I guess, got to just talk through more conversations.
“Just goes back…
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Publish date : 2024-11-17 23:08:16
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