FOXBORO — For years in New England, a Josh-McDaniels-run offense meant a quarterback below middle, drop-back passing, choice routes and a downhill dashing assault.
However that was with Tom Brady at quarterback, and now it seems McDaniels, returned for his third stint, will adapt his scheme to the skillset of second-year professional Drake Maye. Which means permitting his quarterbacks to make use of their athleticism on bootlegs, choices, designed runs and scrambling to throw or take off.
“Josh has defined he desires to make use of our ability set and athleticism on the QB place as one other method to maintain the protection on their heels,” backup QB Joshua Dobbs stated Tuesday. “And so clearly, situationally, after we want it, we’ll be capable to pull it out and make performs with our legs. However outdoors of that, we’ll ensure that we’re in the proper play to select defenses aside. And undoubtedly, we simply need to have ahead momentum each time we take the sector.”
Tuesday’s follow featured Maye finishing a move to broad receiver Stefon Diggs on a bootleg. Two performs later, Maye stored the ball on a learn choice.
“He’s athletic,” Dobbs stated of Maye. “I imply, I feel our whole QB room is athletic, and that’s why it matches us nicely. We watched a few his tape from final 12 months, like scrambles, making throws on the runs, and everyone knows the kind of arm that he has. He’s capable of make performs outdoors of the scheme of the offense. I feel all of us carry that ability set to this offense, and that’s what’s actually thrilling. And so now it’s like, ‘how can we use that situationally when the protection will get us, hardly ever, how can we make a play when one thing isn’t there, but in addition maintain the soccer?’”
Maye stated he’s trying to scramble to throw, quite than scrambling to run, extra this season. We noticed a glimpse of it early in camp when Maye rolled out to his proper and threw a downfield strike to DeMario Douglas.
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Patriots coaches final season have been hesitant to make use of Maye on too many designed runs. Of 54 complete dashing makes an attempt, simply 9 got here on designed runs, with the remaining scrambles.
It appears McDaniels can be extra keen to unleash Maye’s full ability set this season.
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