Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is now slowing down from his torrid tempo of enchancment this season.
The 2024 first-round choose has now strung collectively three straight wins to enhance the Patriots’ document to 4-2 on the season, and he ranks within the high 10 of most main passing classes.
Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was requested on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Present” about who deserves essentially the most credit score for Maye’s enchancment.
“Properly, I might say that the credit score goes to Drake,” Vrabel mentioned. “That’s what it all the time goes to. It’s not going to go to anyone apart from the participant that’s doing that and enhancing and understanding and making the performs. His capacity to throw off-platform and lengthen and maintain his eyes downfield. There have been some issues that we requested him to work on, that (offensive coordinator) Josh (McDaniels) and (quarterbacks coach) Ashton (Grant) requested him to work on popping out of Buffalo. I felt like he tried to do this.
“After which I believe that that’s when quarterbacks can really feel the push, but in addition see downfield and see issues develop, that that may be lethal. Simply, it’s exhausting to defend that, versus guys that you just see once they drop down. Their eyes go right down to the push. Now they’ll’t see guys open up and are available free on the third degree. So I believe his receivers, I believe he trusts these guys. I believe he trusts to unfold it round. I believe he doesn’t thoughts giving them an opportunity and placing it in some place the place solely they’ll get it. And so I believe that that’s an important mixture between Drake’s private improvement and belief within the receivers.”
Maye was 18-of-26 for 261 yards with three touchdowns in Sunday’s 25-19 win over the Saints. For the third consecutive recreation and fouth time general this season, Maye didn’t have any turnovers. He additionally rushed six instances for twenty-four yards.
Vrabel was additionally requested about Maye’s connectiong with McDaniels, who was introduced again to the Patriots this offseason to run the offense.
“II assume the connection is nice,” Vrabel mentioned. “I believe we’ve got a younger quarterback coach that we really feel very strongly about in Ashton Grant, and I believe he serves a distinct function than Josh. Josh has one relationship with the quarterbacks, and I believe Ashton has one other. And I believe that’s dynamic. I believe Josh continues to place issues on their plate, particularly Drake, and provides him issues to search for, have a look at, and proceed to develop.”
Maye proved this week that he’s not simply locking in with vast receiver Stefon Diggs, who’s coming off of two straight 100-yard performances. Wideout Kayshon Boutte caught 5 passes for 93 yards with two touchdowns, and slot receiver DeMario Douglas caught two passes for 71 yards with a rating. He additionally had a 61-yard landing erased by officiating.
