The Patriots head coach added that he didn’t want to get into “hypotheticals” about possibly turning to Maye later in the season, saying, “We can’t go into the season saying [Brissett] is going to go ‘X’ amount of weeks. As long as Jacoby is going out there and performing in the way we all have confidence in him doing, he’ll be our quarterback this season.”
Last week, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, the lead voice in Maye’s development, spoke about Maye’s progress. One area Van Pelt gave Brissett the edge in was problem-solving defenses at the line of scrimmage, which comes with the experience of a nine-year vet.
“There’s certain things in this offense that Jacoby, having played in this offense, understands some of the tools that you can use to get out of certain situations, pressure situations, things like that. Drake is still learning,” Van Pelt said.
“The hardest position in sports is a quarterback, and especially for a rookie guy coming in and not seeing all the defenses that they’re going to see in the NFL, it’s tough. It’s hard to transition, and it takes a little bit of time. We’re going to be as patient as we can with that process,” Van Pelt concluded.
Maye has shown off his elite physical traits in the preseason, but the Patriots will face multiple playoff-caliber defenses out of the gate. Solving Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo’s scheme is a different beast than playing backups in the preseason. Brissett, on the other hand, beat the Bengals in a 32-13 win as the Browns starter in 2022. Brissett led Cleveland to victory with 278 passing yards, two total touchdowns, and an outstanding 82.0 total QBR.
Now, it’s totally understandable that some fans want to see the third-overall pick play. However, the Patriots need to look at the bigger picture of where they are offensively heading into the first season of the Mayo-Wolf era. On Wednesday, Mayo eluded there being several factors here.
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