FOXBORO — The Patriots do not make a change to rookie Drake Maye at quarterback. Jacoby Brissett will stay New England’s starter till Jerod Mayo says in any other case.
“Jacoby is our quarterback till I say he is not the quarterback,” Mayo stated throughout his video convention with reporters Friday morning. “Final night time, he confirmed plenty of toughness and grit on safety breakdowns. As a staff, as a training workers, we simply need to be higher.”
Brissett took one other beating all through New England’s 24-3 loss to the Jets on Thursday night time, as he was sacked 5 instances by the New York protection. He was pressured on greater than half of his dropbacks, and threw for less than 98 yards.
That is been an ongoing theme for the Patriots over the primary three weeks of the season, with the offensive line failing to guard their quarterback. With the result settled late within the fourth quarter, Mayo opted to ship Maye on the market to complete the competition.
The rookie led the Patriots downfield into the pink zone, however the drive and the sport ended when he took a sack on his last snap. Maye was sacked twice and hit thrice on his 16 snaps.
After watching the sport movie and assembly together with his teaching workers, Mayo and the Patriots are sticking with Brissett underneath middle. Mayo admitted final week that Maye is getting roughly 30 % of the snaps with New England’s starters in apply, which is an unusually excessive proportion for a staff’s backup.
Mayo stated that Maye’s apply snaps will not be growing because the Patriots put together for his or her Week 4 recreation in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers.
“Proper now it is nonetheless established order,” Mayo stated of the QB reps. “Jacoby remains to be our beginning quarterback and we’ve got to be able to help him. There are 11 guys on the market on offense, so it is everybody. That is actually not into account that this time.
“All our focus proper now could be to get to 2-2,” Mayo added. “Every part is all the time underneath analysis, however simply to be clear, Jacoby remains to be our beginning quarterback till I say he is not.”
Jerod Mayo evaluates Drake Maye’s debut
Maye had an up-and-down debut, finishing 4 of his eight passes for 22 yards whereas speeding for 12 yards on a pair of scrambles. His first move was practically picked off, however he did make a pleasant throw to DeMario Douglas for 15 yards that set the Patriots up on the New York 7-yard line. Just a few performs prior, Maye picked up a primary down with an 11-yard scamper on a fourth-and-8.
Mayo was impressed with what he noticed out of the 22-year previous.
“One other man who has athleticism and he could make all of the throws. Coming off the bench at the moment is all the time robust regardless of the positions, however particularly at quarterback. He dealt with himself properly and tried to place a drive collectively,” stated Mayo. “It is one thing to construct off of. I believed it was alternative for him to go on the market and get some dwell reps.”
Whereas Maye received some precious expertise on Thursday night time, New England offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt believes one of the best improvement plan is to have the rookie stay on the sideline.
“I nonetheless suppose it is by watching. I feel there’s quite a bit to be realized but, and that is the place I will stand on that,” Van Pelt stated Friday.
“Jacoby is our starter, like Coach stated. Till that modifications, I feel we received to do every little thing we are able to to get the starter able to win a recreation [against the 49ers],” added Van Pelt.