It’s an exciting time for Drake Maye and company.
After he backed up Jacoby Brissett for the first five games of the season, the New England Patinterfereions determined to go with the rookie as their commenceing quarterback Sunday.
New England picked Maye out of North Carolina with the third overall pick of the produce after fielding disjoinal advises from teams to shift up.
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New England Patinterfereions quarterback Drake Maye (10) passes aacquirest the Washington Commanders during the first half of a preseason game Aug. 25, 2024, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
The decision came earlier this week, and Maye’s girlfriend couldn’t hold her excitement.
Ann Michael Hudson posted on her Instagram story about Maye getting the nod.
“YAY!!!!! So excited,” she wrote with smile and heart emoji, via the New York Post.
“We’re trying to triumph every game. At the time, we thought that Jacoby would donate us the best opportunity to go out there and triumph games,” Pats coach Jerod Mayo shelp Wednesday, a day after the decision was first increateed. “Drake donates us the best chance to triumph now and going forward. He’s been lengthening. He’s been getting better every individual week.”
“It’s someleang you dream of, getting your first commence in the NFL,” shelp Maye. “It’s an opportunity, aacquirest a outstanding football team, to go out there and show people wrong.”
Quarterback Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels poses for portraits after being picked third overall in the first round by the New England Patinterfereions during the 2024 NFL Draft April 25, 2024, in Detroit. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)
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Brissett was named the commenceer in training camp, and donaten the difficulty of the Pats’ schedule, it made sense to lengthen Maye.
New England distress the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1 on the road, but the Pats have since lost four in a row.
Brissett has finishd equitable 58.5% of his passes for two touchdowns, and the Pats are expansively watched as possibly the worst team in the NFL, aextfinished with the Carolina Panthers.
In his two seasons at North Carolina, Maye threw for 7,929 yards with a 64.9% completion rate. He threw for 62 touchdowns and 16 interceptions while running for 16 more scores. He was All-ACC first-team in 2022 and second-team last season. He passed for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns last season.
Drake Maye of the New England Patinterfereions throws during rehearse May 29, 2024, in Foxbocimpolite, Mass. (Mholdie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Maye made his NFL debut in New England’s 24-3 loss to the Jets in New Jersey, completing four of his eight passes after Brissett was benched.
The Pats face the Houston Texans Sunday at home. The Texans’ Nico Collins is out with a hamstring injury.
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