After suffering their worst record in more than 30 years, it was an offseason of change in New England. The Patriots are hoping to get back to their winning ways sooner than later, and the organization will be counting on their No. 3 pick to help guide the way. The Patriots have selected North Carolina QB Drake Maye with the third-overall pick.
This is New England’s first selection in a post-Bill Belichick era. While de facto GM Eliot Wolf was reportedly open to making a trade, he was reportedly seeking an unprecedented haul. That’s why most signs pointed to the organization selecting a new franchise QB.
The team moved on from former first-round QB Mac Jones this offseason. They added a clear seat-warmer in Jacoby Brissett as a replacement, so it seemed pretty clear the Patriots would walk away from the draft with a rookie QB.
Sitting with the third-overall pick, the team seemed destined to select whichever QB was left over from the grouping of Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, and Maye. With Williams locked in at No. 1 and Daniels trending towards the No. 2 pick, there have been plenty of rumblings in New England surrounding their interest in Maye. There was some speculation that J.J. McCarthy could break into the top-three, but the Patriots didn’t end up straying from the projected pick.
Maye put himself firmly on the NFL map following a 2022 campaign where he earned ACC Player of the Year after passing for a school-record 4,321 yards. He didn’t put up nearly the same numbers during his follow-up 2023 season, but that didn’t end up hurting his draft stock.
The Patriots left the door open to a potential trade-down move, but they are not believed to have seen quality offers emerge. Teams like the Giants and Vikings were closely tied to Maye in recent days, but the Patriots — by virtue of their 4-13 record — held the right of first refusal once the Commanders chose Jayden Daniels. New England was never seriously connected to trading the pick, and the team will try again at QB after a rocky final two years with Jones.
After striking out on Jones, the Patriots will be hoping Maye provides the QB longevity they’ve been seeking since moving on from Tom Brady. With Brissett currently atop the depth chart, the team can bring Maye along slowly until he’s ready to go. New England’s arsenal of weapons leaves plenty to be desired, so with their future QB secured, it wouldn’t be shocking if the front office looks to improve their receiver corps ahead of the 2024 campaign.
I’m gonna be sick
The future, now get him some wide receivers and o line
Or literally anything else…
The future Ryan Leaf
Fake fan alert
Fake fan because I wanted them to take someone that helps them win? Lol. You and I have far different definitions of fake fan my friend. A real fan actually knows what they’re taking about instead of just blindly following behind media spin. Maye is not making this team better. He is at best Mitch Trubisky.
that’s just your opinion.
o·pin·ion
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a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Of course it’s my opinion. There has been no fact yet, the season hasn’t started. That’s what every prediction is. I have challenged anyone to present me with a fact or knowledge and gotten nothing. Everyone wants to come at me personally but no one wants to make an actual intelligent argument against my opinion. We’ll see. Make sure you all come back and apologize when I’m right.
There’s a big difference between educated opinions and being lazy and blindly following the idiot talking heads opinions. Mine is educated, and based on facts.
He just looks like a Patriot
Not your I understand what you mean. Doesn’t look like a 6x SB champ to me?
*sure
Mouth full of A talk. Go away pal
When Maye gets onto the field and looks the same as Mac and Zappe last year remember this conversation. Maye would struggle to be a successful QB on the 49ers, nevermind the Pats. I’m not a troll, I’m a heartbroken dedicated fan of the Pats for the last 40+ years. The truth that no one wants to face is that this team is going nowhere. Brady and Belichick are gone. I remember life before them. We’re going back there. Maye is not Brady or Mahomes. Maye is not going to overcome the fact that he has no protection and no open weapons to throw to. It is very naive to think a QB can come in and be the savior. They have holes everywhere. Who is the LT? Who is the #1 WR? How about #2? Is Henry going to suddenly become 25 year old Gronk overnight? If Mondre gets hurt who’s the bellcow? They need to fix a lot of issues, QB is obviously a big one, but without fixing the other holes how can any QB succeed? Belichick said for 24 years here teams should be built from the inside out. It all starts with the trenches. He did not say teams should be built with mediocre QBs that have to run for their lives on every snap. How would Brady’s career gone if when he took the field in 2001 he got sacked and hit and pressured on every play?
I do not want to talk trash and troll. I want to celebrate the great decisions my team makes that all add up to 6 SB rings. This is not the way. This is stupidity, and what’s crazy is that we’ve all witnessed the blueprint firsthand. It happened here. Right in front of us for the last 24 years, and now everyone has suddenly forgotten. That doesn’t make me a fake fan, or a troll, or a guy with a mouth full of A talk. That makes you all ignorant fanboys. If any of you can present one piece of evidence that Maye is the savior of this team I will gladly shut my mouth and go away. But my guess is that none of you actually watched him play. None of you have run the numbers and deep dives into his stats. None of you watched as he fell apart in the second half of games, made terrifying throws, and completed a below average percentage of his passes. Some idiot talking head said he could be Josh Allen or Justin Herbert and you all fell for it. The same talking heads compared Mac to Matt Ryan and Tony Romo. The truth is the most comparable player to Drake Maye is Mitch Trubisky. Ask Chicago and Pittsburgh how that worked out for them
Oh and understand when they explain it to you, that Mitch had a better O-Line, better weapons and a really good and more experienced coach than Drake will have in Foxboro
Mac Jones 2.0. pats fixing to ruin this kid
Tard
Mac threw for 4500yds with a 77% completion percentage with 41 TDs and 4 INTs against SEC defenses in his last year at Bama.
Maye threw for 3600yds with a 63% completion percentage with 24 TDs and 9 INTs against ACC defenses last year.
Bama had an all star team derp
Absolutely 100% true. So did many of the defenses they faced in the SEC. Mac had way better numbers against way better defenses with way better weapons and protection. Drake had lesser numbers against lesser defenses with lesser weapons and protection. So how confidant should we be that Drake has more success than Mac against way better NFL defenses than either faced in College with lesser weapons and protection than either had in College? That’s the whole point of my argument. Drake Maye cannot be the savior of this team, no one can. They need to fix the whole team.
They actually did it hahah
MISTAKE!!
Huge mistake!!!!