Throughout an look on WEEI radio on Tuesday, NBC Sports activities Boston’s Tom Curran up to date the timeline for when rookie quarterback Drake Maye will get his first alternative to begin for the New England Patriots in the course of the upcoming season.
“My feeling is, [Maye starting is] in all probability not going to be any sooner than Week 8, and if [the Patriots] do nostril round .500, it is in all probability not going to be till December.”
Maye was chosen by New England with the No. 3 total decide on this 12 months’s NFL Draft and the staff is hoping he can emerge because the franchise’s subsequent nice quarterback.
From the sounds of issues, it would not look like the Patriots are in a rush to get the rookie out onto the sector. It may be disappointing for some New England followers to listen to, however after the staff’s failed try to show Mac Jones right into a dependable quarterback, they wish to get it proper this time.
Till Maye exhibits sufficient to the Patriots’ teaching employees that he is prepared to begin, the staff will roll with veteran Jacoby Brissett as their beginning signal-caller.
New England signed Brissett (who was initially drafted by the Patriots with a third-round choice in 2016) earlier this offseason to a one-year deal. The idea has been that he’ll play the function of the bridge quarterback whereas Maye develops and learns the offense.
Although the rookie is not anticipated to begin instantly for New England subsequent season, he is nonetheless been getting reps with the second-team offense in the course of the Patriots’ practices this spring.
So, New England’s present quarterback depth chart seems to be led by Brissett, with Maye now within the spot proper behind him. Bailey Zappe and rookie Joe Milton will battle it out for the No. 3 job this summer time if the staff finally ends up preserving three passers on their roster this 12 months.
By rolling with Brissett (who has a profession report of 18-30) as their starter, it is fairly clear that the Patriots aren’t actually involved with what number of wins they end with subsequent season.
The precedence in the course of the 2024 marketing campaign, at the least within the quarterback room, can be on ensuring Maye is allowed to correctly develop in order that he can have a profitable profession in a New England uniform at any time when he is able to take over because the staff’s starter.
