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Published June 5, 2024 at 12:39 am ET
The Patriots’ starting quarterback job appears to be Jacoby Brissett’s to lose.
New England offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt named Brissett, not third overall pick Drake Maye, as the franchise’s QB1 during the team’s minicamp on Tuesday, according to The Athletic.
“Jacoby, again, is our starter,” Van Pelt said, according to the outlet. “He’s playing excellent football for us in the spring. And Drake is coming. Until that changes, we will stick with what we have.”
Jacoby Brissett is the Patriots’ starting quarterback, for now. fake images
The Patriots will take it easy on Maye, the 21-year-old North Carolina product, Van Pelt said.
“I think of it as a marathon over a sprint. You just don’t go out and run a marathon. You have to train properly for a marathon. It’s the same thing with a quarterback,” Van Pelt said of Maye’s development, according to KeynoteUSA. “There is a process. We follow that process. We trust that process. You can’t just leave a guy out there and expect him to succeed without proper training.
“We are moving in the right direction.”
Maye took reps as the second signal caller Tuesday after taking reps behind Brissett and Bailey Zappe during workouts earlier this spring.
“Me, Jacoby and Bailey, we’re fighting,” Maye said Tuesday. “Confusing who goes with who each day. It’s not necessarily ‘Hey, you’ll go first, you’ll go second.’ Jacoby is in first place and from there we are going to play it by ear,” Maye said. “Obviously, it matters how you behave when you’re there.”
Drake Maye will have to earn the Patriots starting quarterback job over Jacoby Brissett. fake images
Brissett, an eight-year veteran, is entering his second stint in Foxborough after spending the 2023 season with the Commanders.
Van Pelt noted that Brissett has “great command of the offense” during his media availability Tuesday.
The Patriots are entering a new era in 2024 under Jerod Mayo after parting ways with longtime head coach Bill Belichick, who led the team for 24 seasons and six Super Bowl victories, and trading away 2021 first-round pick Mac Jones, to the Jaguars for a sixth-round pick.
New England had its worst season in more than three decades last season, going 4-13 and finishing last in the AFC East.
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