Drake Maye and the New England Patriots came up just short against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Regardless of the disappointing end result, Pats followers should be inspired by the upside their rookie quarterback confirmed in his fourth NFL begin.
Maye accomplished 29 of his 41 passes for 206 yards, one landing, and two interceptions. He led the workforce in speeding yards with 95 — the third-most by a Pats QB in franchise historical past — on eight carries.
The third-overall draft choose’s lone TD move was the play of the year for New England thus far. The Patriots had been down 17-10 on Tennessee’s five-yard line with 4 seconds left in regulation when Maye scrambled for 11 seconds and located Rhamondre Stevenson in the long run zone to ship the sport into OT.
Maye’s day ended on a bitter observe as his additional time interception sealed a 20-17 Titans victory. The 22-year-old turned the ball over thrice within the defeat, however our Tom E. Curran nonetheless got here away satisfied that New England has discovered its franchise QB.
“They could not cease the run, they could not run the ball, they’d penalties, they’d extensive receiver miscues all over, they allowed stress on Drake Maye. However you come out of this sport feeling so wholly completely different than you probably did in different video games that had been affected by errors as a result of you’ve gotten an important place in skilled sports activities capably staffed, it seems, for the following nevertheless a few years,” Curran stated on Patriots Postgame Reside.
“Want he did not have a pair picks, want he did not have a strip-sack, stated earlier at this time I used to be going to lift my expectation stage and say that you need to pursue wins. However to see that sort of efficiency — and that sort of clutch efficiency by Drake too — actually sells the child. I can throw out my receipt, I will take him.”
Former Pats linebacker Ted Johnson agreed with Curran’s level that Maye’s flashes of brilliance helped make up for the loss.
“I sort of come away with this sense OK concerning the end result due to what I noticed from the quarterback,” Johnson stated.
“Yeah, he threw a few interceptions. Yeah, he obtained strip-sacked. Yeah, he threw a very unhealthy interception in that first half. Having stated all that, he nonetheless introduced this workforce again. And never solely did he deliver him again, he introduced them again with some flare and a few athletic skill we have not seen at that place in a really, very very long time.”
Between Maye’s speeding skill and the spectacular athleticism he confirmed on his miraculous TD move, Curran expects the No. 10 jerseys to begin flying off the cabinets.
“That is the sort of sport that makes children purchase the jersey,” Curran stated. “That makes dads and mothers purchase the jersey and present up and it sells numerous Maye jerseys. And Mac Jones actually by no means had a sport like that the place he placed on the cape and introduced the workforce down the sphere. And Drew Bledsoe did not have numerous these early on in his profession till the nice finger sport, the final one in 1993, or the 70-attempt sport in 1994.
“These are the issues that basically captivate and seize your viewers. So in case you’re the Krafts proper now sitting in that field, you are saying to your self, ‘Alright, so we do stink, and we’re unsure on Jerod (Mayo). However man, we have got the fitting quarterback.’ “
Maye and the Patriots will look to get again within the win column after they go to the Chicago Bears subsequent Sunday.
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