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Should Pats draw up designed runs for Maye? Devin McCourty weighs in originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots appear to have something special in their rookie quarterback Drake Maye. Through his first six NFL starts, the third-overall draft pick has already made big plays both through the air and on the ground. But with Maye still in the early stage of his development, the Patriots have yet to utilize their young QB’s skill set with designed run plays. All of Maye’s carries to this point have come on scrambles.
Protecting Maye this season makes perfect sense, but adding designed QB runs to the playbook would add another dimension to the Patriots offense. Former Pats safety Devin McCourty joined Phil Perry on the latest episode of the Next Pats Podcast and discussed whether New England should experiment with designed runs for Maye.
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“I think they’re trying to balance, ‘Alright, how much do we put on this kid? How much do we run him?’ I think they’re trying to find that happy medium,” McCourty said. “I do think personally, when you have quarterbacks who are physical runners, the red zone is the time to run them. We’ve seen that throughout the league, guys are running less. Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts and those guys, they’re trying to be smart. They get in the red zone, you can see those guys, their eyes get big. It’s like, ‘Hey, let’s go score a touchdown.’
“You even see that with Jayden Daniels and he’s not a big guy, but they understand when we get in the end zone, even if we do it a time or two for the whole season, it creates this whole other element.”
Perry asked McCourty whether putting designed runs on tape would put hesitation in the backs of minds of opposing defenders when going up against the Maye-led Pats offense.
“No doubt about it,” McCourty answered. “I mean, think back to our 2020 year with Cam (Newton)….
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2024-11-21 00:01:00
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