Drake Maye rips long TDs on roller-coaster day

FOXBORO — This was the quarterback you missed.

The quarterback you’ve gotten been ready to see.

Drake Maye tossed not one, however two, touchdowns of fifty+ yards throughout Saturday’s coaching camp follow, the Patriots’ fourth and best to this point. Maye first hit speedy receiver Javon Baker down the center to assist shut a 7-on-7 interval, then discovered DeMario Douglas on a scramble-drill play in 11-on-11s.

Round these throws, although, Maye and his offense took a step again. Combining all of his cross makes an attempt in group drills, Maye accomplished simply half his throws, together with a pair that had been dropped. He handled fixed stress, and fired some passes properly broad of his supposed receivers.

All advised, this follow teased the potential of the Patriots’ offense and provided some reminders of how and why it’d battle. Credit score, in fact, can be resulting from Mike Vrabel’s protection, which tallied a number of sacks, a couple of cross breakups and its second interception of camp.

Elsewhere, Stefon Diggs endured a down day, two linebackers obtained their arms in passing lanes, two undrafted rookies took reps with Maye and a defensive lineman starred.

Listed below are the Herald’s full follow observations:

Attendance

Absent: CB Carlton Davis, WR Ja’Lynn Polk

Restricted: RB Rhamondre Stevenson, OT Morgan Moses, LB Jahlani Tavai

PUP: TE Austin Hooper, OT Vederian Lowe, WR Mack Hollins

NFI: S Josh Minkins

Notes: Stevenson and Moses missed their first portion of follow for causes unknown and returned as full members in 11-on-11s. Moses was on a pitch depend in group drills by the primary three practices. Davis missed his second follow out of 4 to date in coaching camp, and one among his attended practices was a walkthrough. No signal but of Polk, Hollins, Hooper, Lowe or Minkins.

Play of the Day

Drake Maye throws 50-yard TD off one foot

As he has typically in coaching camp, Harold Landry tore off the sting and closed shortly on Drake Maye early in an 11-on-11 interval. However this time, Maye didn’t hope to discover a receiver earlier than Landry reached him.

He purchased himself a while.

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Breaking proper out of the pocket, Maye saved his eyes downfield, cocked his arm as he neared the sideline and launched a throw off one foot. He’d watched DeMario Douglas flip up the sideline after realizing the play had damaged down right into a scramble drill. With security Kyle Dugger in tow, Douglas caught the cross on the 10-yard line and celebrated, along with his arms outstretched, as he crossed the objective line.

Landing.

Participant of the Day

DL Keion White

Two sacks in group intervals and a large win in 1-on-1 cross rush.

Sure, it was a great day to be Keion White.

The previous second-round decide did injury as an edge defender and inside rusher, twice breaking free for what would have been sacks of Maye in a recreation setting. He additionally ripped previous heart Garrett Bradbury on his ultimate rep of pass-rushing drills. To this point, so good for the uber proficient defensive lineman.

QB Nook

Be aware: The passing stats under had been tallied throughout aggressive 11-on-11 intervals solely. The stats in parentheses signify the quarterbacks’ camp-long efficiency.

Drake Maye: 8-of-17, 4 sacks (30-of-41, 12 sacks)

Joshua Dobbs: 7-of-10, INT (18-of-28, 2 INTs, sack)

Notes: After finishing 4 of seven passes in 7-on-7s, Maye stepped into full-team drills and initially struggled.

He had his first cross knocked away, making an attempt for tight finish Hunter Henry down the left seam. Then, Robert Spillane, who pressured that incompletion, batted his subsequent try down over the center. Maye would have taken a sack courtesy of Harold Landry dashing off the appropriate edge on his subsequent snap, however in the end linked with Henry on a right-to-left crosser for a completion.

Maye then took two consecutive would-be sacks, one by Milton Williams who let up simply earlier than he hit Rhamondre Stevenson on a checkdown and one other by Keion White whose stress resulted in a useless play. Once more, Maye ended on a excessive notice, sticking a shallow-cross completion to Douglas, regardless of good protection from Alex Austin.

Subsequent, Maye uncorked his 50-yard bomb to Douglas, fired low and incomplete for Kayshon Boutte on an intermediate in-breaking route and watched Douglas high-point a completion over Marcus Jones within the left flat. That led to a 1-of-4 stretch highlighted by an ideal intermediate ball to Boutte by visitors and over the outstretched arms of Spillane. His final three makes an attempt had been dropped quick passes to Stefon Diggs and TreVeyon Henderson, then an overthrow of Henderson on a wheel route.

To complete follow, Maye accomplished a swing cross, hit Diggs within the hand on a crossing-route throw that fell incomplete, missed rookie Kyle Williams on a curl route, dumped a checkdown to Stevenson and overthrew Henry after one other would-be sack from White.

Total, a extra aggressive day for Maye, who didn’t try a single cross longer than 10 yards within the group’s final aggressive follow Thursday.

Studs

LB Robert Spillane

The subsequent defensive captain of the Patriots pressured incompletions on the primary two snaps of 11-on-11 work. Spillane was all over the place.

WR DeMario Douglas

It’s early, however Douglas has been the Patriots’ finest receiver at coaching camp. He constructed on his quick begin with 4 catches on 5 targets in group drills Saturday, together with the 50-yard landing and a contested catch over Marcus Jones.

Duds

WR Stefon Diggs

Diggs obtained his arms on all three targets he noticed throughout 11-on-11s, however solely caught one among them, a swing cross within the left flat. He was too informal on one other throw over the center, the place he didn’t carry the ball to his chest earlier than linebacker Harold Landry reached from behind to knock it out. Later, Diggs shot his proper hand out to catch his final goal and bobbled the ball whereas finishing his crossing route towards the sideline, the place it fell incomplete.

He additionally secured 1-of-3 targets in 7-on-7 drills.

C Garrett Bradbury

The veteran heart went 0-2 in particular person cross rush, shedding matchups to Keion White and Khyris Tonga. He additionally break up extra reps with third-round rookie Jared Wilson in group intervals than he did by the primary three practices.

Offensive notes

Prime targets in group drills: RB TreVeyon Henderson 4/7, WR Stefon Diggs 2/6, WR DeMario Douglas 4/5

Drops: Diggs 2, Henderson

Prime offensive line: LT Will Campbell, LG Cole Unusual, C Garrett Bradbury, RG Mike Onwenu, RT Morgan Moses

1-on-1 cross rush winners: C/G Jared Wilson, OT Demontrey Jacobs, OL Mike Onwenu

1-on-1 cross rush losers: C Garrett Bradbury, OG Mekhi Butler

Working backs

• TreVeyon Henderson earned his paycheck Saturday. The rookie noticed a team-high seven targets throughout 7-on-7s and 11-on-11s and took a number of snaps with the highest two offensive models. Henderson didn’t, nevertheless, catch a cross from Drake Maye.
• Henderson’s longest catch got here towards a busted protection and left him on their own downfield, both on the finish of a go route or wheel. The quarterbacks and working backs drilled wheel-route throws all through follow, however had scant success.
• Rhamondre Stevenson led off most intervals after lacking the preliminary a part of follow. He completed with two catches, each on checkdowns.
• Earlier than Stevenson appeared, Antonio Gibson changed him at the beginning of a walkthrough 11-on-11 interval. Gibson in any other case had a quiet day.
• Not a great day for undrafted rookie Lan Larison, the supposed goal on Joshua Dobbs’ interception. Larison admitted after follow he must have damaged away from Jack Gibbens’ man-to-man protection as a substitute of sitting over the center, the place Gibbens reached round him to tip the ball up.
• Undrafted rookie fullback Brock Lampe took a handful of reps with the beginning offense, one other sturdy signal for his possibilities of making the 53-man roster.

Extensive receivers

• No adjustments to the highest of the depth chart, the place Stefon Diggs, DeMario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte stay the clear-cut starters early in camp.
• Third-round rookie Kyle Williams didn’t catch both of his targets in group drills, shedding a Dobbs throw to a cross breakup and any hope of a reference to Maye on an errant ball that sailed broad of his curl route. Williams hung out with each the highest models in camp, however has cooled since a powerful debut Wednesday.

• Hi there, Javon Baker! The 2024 draft decide caught his first cross from Maye in coaching camp after splitting two deep safeties down the center and reeling in a 60-plus-yard throw in 7-on-7s. He later added a brief catch from Dobbs.
• One other quiet, however stable, day from Kendrick Bourne. He tallied a camp-high three catches in group intervals, together with one from Maye.
• Late in follow, undrafted rookie Efton Chism III rotated into the beginning offense. His finest reps could have been the hassle he confirmed blocking downfield on runs and screens. He completed with one catch in group intervals, a brief crosser from fellow undrafted rookie Ben Wooldridge.

Tight ends

• No backup tight finish has seen extra targets than undrafted rookie Gee Scott, who sadly took a step again with the remainder of the offense Saturday. He couldn’t escape linebacker Jack Gibbens in 7-on-7s and watched his solely goal get batted away. Later, Dobbs lobbed Scott’s solely goal properly over his head.
• In any other case, Hunter Henry secured one among three targets. Solely two had been catchable, together with the primary he misplaced in a battle with Robert Spillane.
• Nothing of notice from present No. 2 tight finish Jack Westover or the opposite reserves.

Offensive line

• Other than TreVeyon Henderson, maybe no participant took extra snaps in group drills than fellow rookie Jared Wilson.
• Once more, the teaching workers put Wilson at left guard after the beginning offense’s first three snaps in group intervals, then bumped him to heart so he might snap to Drake Maye earlier than the second-string offense entered.
• With the second-string offense, Wilson additionally performed proper guard. It’s clear the Patriots are going to present the Georgia product each probability to win a beginning job.
• Round Wilson, Morgan Moses didn’t take part in 1-on-1 cross rush, however his occasional alternative, Demontrey Jacobs, starred. Jacobs is working because the Pats’ subsequent swing deal with.
• Good begin for first-round rookie Will Campbell, who dealt with Keion White early in particular person cross rush drills. Campbell had an up-and-down displaying in group intervals, as did a lot of the offensive linemen.
• Extra snaps for 2024 third-round decide Caedan Wallace at left guard. Wallace, a longtime offensive deal with, seems to be headed for a full-on place change.

Defensive notes

Prime personnel throughout group intervals: defensive linemen Milton Williams, Christian Barmore, Keion White, Jeremiah Pharms Jr., Khyris Tonga and Joshua Farmer; linebackers Robert Spillane, Jahlani Tavai, Christian Elliss, Jack Gibbens, Harold Landry and Ok’Lavon Chaisson; defensive backs Christian Gonzalez, Alex Austin, Marcus Jones, Marcellas Dial Jr., Miles Battle, DJ James, Kyle Dugger, Jabrill Peppers, Jaylinn Hawkins, Craig Woodson and Marcus Epps.

Interceptions: S Jabrill Peppers

Move breakups: LB Robert Spillane 2, LB Jack Gibbens 2, CB Christian Gonzalez, OLB Harold Landry, CB DJ James

Would-be sacks: DL Keion White 2, Workforce 2, DL Milton Williams, CB Marcellas Dial Jr., Landry

1-on-1 cross rush winners: DL Christian Barmore, DL Joshua Farmer

1-on-1 cross rush losers: OLB Harold Landry, DE Truman Jones

Defensive linemen

• Keion White, wrecking ball. It’s onerous to challenge how White will carry out this season, given his hot-and-cold tape. However his begin to coaching camp has been scorching.
• Milton Williams carried out higher in 11-on-11s than particular person cross rush, drawing a double-team after he collected his solely would-be sack. The alternative held true for Christian Barmore, who cruised by 1-on-1 cross rush.
• Strong practices for backup tackles Khyris Tonga and Jaquelin Roy. After shedding his head-to-head battle with Roy throughout particular person drills, he plowed by him on one of many final reps of 11-on-11s.
• The Patriots fielded Williams, Barmore and Tonga on the sphere for stretches, one other signal they intend to leverage Williams and/or Barmore at a number of spots throughout the defensive position.
• Fourth-round rookie Joshua Farmer did his finest work in 1-on-1 cross rush, scoring two wins.

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Linebackers

• Have a day, Robert Spillane and Jack Gibbens. The ex-Titan LBs recorded two cross breakups apiece in group drills.
• One other day, no change: Christian Elliss taking snaps subsequent to Spillane and forward of Jahlani Tavai on the different inside linebacker spot. Each are forward of Gibbens on the depth chart.
• Surprisingly, veteran edge rusher Harold Landry misplaced twice to Demontrey Jacobs in particular person cross rush drills. However Landry did tally a would-be sack in group intervals.
• Ok’Lavon Chaisson whipped out a good spin transfer in 1-on-1 cross rush to finest rookie offensive deal with Marcus Bryant.
• Fifth-round rookie Bradyn Swinson break up his 1-on-1 cross rush matchups with third-string offensive deal with Yasir Durant.

Defensive backs

• Jabrill Peppers’ interception was the spotlight of the day for this secondary, an instinctive play he made after Jack Gibbens tipped a checkdown throw into the air. Peppers’ decide additionally highlighted his reps with the second-team protection late in follow.
• In his place, the teaching workers sometimes paired rookie Craig Woodson alongside Kyle Dugger. Woodson, for now, initiatives to assist in dime packages with six defensive backs, although he was victimized alongside veteran Jaylinn Hawkins when Maye discovered Javon Baker for an extended landing.
• One other absence for cornerback Carlton Davis left Alex Austin absorbing snaps in group intervals reverse Christian Gonzalez. Austin allowed a number of catches over the course of follow, as did nickelback Marcus Jones.
• Christian Gonzalez obtained the perfect of Stefon Diggs in 7-on-7s, beating him to the ball on the finish of a comeback route for a cross deflection.