<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-drake-maye-not-accepting-moral-victories-after-loss-first-nfl-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Drake Maye not accepting moral victories after first start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Maye-silence-on-replacing-Jacoby-Brissett-as-New-Englands-starting-QB.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Drake Maye not accepting moral victories after first start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T21:52:28-07:00">October 13th, 9:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T22:03:17-07:00">October 13th, 10:03pm</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a>Conor Roche is a sports journalist that has covered Boston sports for a few years and has worked on the Patriots beat since the 2022 season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Drake Maye <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-brutally-honest-admission-drake-maye-first-start">showed signs of promise</a> in his first NFL start, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-beats-jacoby-brissett-first-start">it wasn’t anywhere near enough</a> for the New England Patriots to get a win against the Houston Texans as they fell, 41-21.</p><p>The Patriots’ rookie quarterback seemed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-first-td-tom-brady-replacement">to recognize some of the good things</a> that came from Sunday’s game. However, Maye <a href="https://x.com/Patriots/status/1845560175744430386" rel="noopener">was more concerned</a> with the final result than anything else when he met with reporters after the game.</p><p>“Most of my friends and family after a loss, they’ll still worry more about the loss than kind of encouraging plays,” Maye said when asked about his emotions following his first start. “That’s kind of the people I’m around. We care about winning. Just hate losing. That’s the big thing.</p><p>“I think there’s some good things to take away from it today, and I think back with Coach [Jerod] Mayo, we’ve got to play complementary football, and we haven’t done that.”</p><p>Maye wasn’t spectacular against the Texans, committing three turnovers (two interceptions and a lost fumble) in the loss. He provided Patriots fans with plenty of moments to think that he might be a legitimate franchise quarterback moving forward, though. He completed 20 of 33 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns.</p><p>The first of those three touchdowns was arguably Maye’s best pass of the day. He hit receiver Kayshon Boutte on a go route for a 40-yard touchdown right before the half, making a throw that Patriots quarterbacks in recent years haven’t been able to make.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/DrakeMaye2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrakeMaye2</a>'s first <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFL</a> TD is to <a href="https://twitter.com/KayshonBoutte1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KayshonBoutte1</a> 🏈</p><p>📺: CBS <a href="https://t.co/Oi7BpFvq6H">pic.twitter.com/Oi7BpFvq6H</a></p><p>— New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href="https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1845532192505766208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Maye said that the Texans’ decision to play in man coverage on that play gave him the opportunity to make that deep throw. He also thinks the personnel that the team has at receiver will allow him to make deep passes moving forward.</p><p>“I felt like in this group we can push the ball down the field and make plays in the passing game, so we’ve just got to keep repping it and see what you like and I’ve got to make the throws, that’s the bottom line,” Maye said. “Make better throws.”</p><p>That throw was part of a two-minute drill where the Patriots went 84 yards on just five plays and 48 seconds. Maye shared that he was actually pretty comfortable during that two-minute drill.</p><p>“I think the two-minute time is a great time for a quarterback to kind of get some passes and get some plays that we’re comfortable with under my belt,” Maye said. “It was a lot easier in two-minute than in practice when the guys actually come back there and tackle me in the back. Able to make some plays.</p><h2><b>How Drake Maye assessed his performance in his first start as the Patriots QB</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Maye-1.jpg"><figcaption>Oct 13, 2024; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) throws the ball against the Houston Texans during the first half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Prior to the touchdown pass to Boutte, Maye and the Patriots’ offense had struggled to move the ball down the field. They were being shut out to that point and had yet to get the ball into Texans’ territory. Maye admitted that he was a little “amped up” to start, but that touchdown pass allowed him to settle in a bit.</p><p>“The guys around me were great trying to settle me down, and Jacoby [Brissett] was a big part of that, slowed me down on the sideline pregame,” Maye said. “Once we got that first drive, it was three-and-out, and I could have probably checked it down on the under. But we’ve got some stuff to look back and learn from, but I also feel like we did some good things.”</p><p>Still, Maye harped over the miscues that he and the offense made.</p><p>“I think we just hurt ourselves today. I think that’s the biggest thing,” Maye said. “I think we put the defense in bad spots, and with how good our defense is, that’s the last thing we can do. We can’t – when the ball is in the red zone, giving the other team the ball in the red zone just makes it hard on them. It starts with me, and I feel like I wish I could have some throws back, and especially the first interception.”</p><p>Maye will look to play a cleaner game in his second career start in Week 7. He and the Patriots will travel to London to take on the 1-5 Jacksonville Jaguars.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots’ Drake Maye not accepting moral victories after first start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-brutally-honest-admission-drake-maye-first-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Jerod Mayo makes brutally honest admission about Drake Maye’s first start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jerod-Mayo-makes-brutally-honest-admission-about-Drake-Mayes-first-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Jerod Mayo makes brutally honest admission about Drake Maye’s first start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T16:23:41-07:00">October 13th, 4:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T16:23:41-07:00">October 13th, 4:23pm</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a>Conor Roche is a sports journalist that has covered Boston sports for a few years and has worked on the Patriots beat since the 2022 season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jerod Mayo came away impressed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-beats-jacoby-brissett-first-start">with Drake Maye in his first start</a>. So much so that he felt some remorse for the rookie quarterback following the New England Patriots’ 41-21 loss to the Houston Texans.</p><p>The Patriots coach was blunt in his assessment of the New England’s performance outside of Maye on Sunday, saying <a href="https://3.basecamp.com/5767866/buckets/36793780/card_tables/cards/7915561980" rel="noopener">that the team failed him</a>.</p><p>“I thought he showed a lot of poise,” Mayo told reporters. “I thought he went out there and controlled the huddle, got those guys out of the huddle and once again, made some plays. It’s definitely encouraging. From a team-wide perspective right now, we let him down. It was his first game, and I feel like I let him down.”</p><p>“I’m sure all the coaches feel like we let everyone down,” Mayo continued. “We’ve just got to be better.”</p><p>Maye didn’t necessarily have the most spectacular outing on Sunday, but he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-first-td-tom-brady-replacement">gave the Patriots a handful of moments </a>to be optimistic about. He completed 20-of-33 passes for 243 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions with an 88.3 passer rating. He also gained 38 yards on five scrambles, but he also had a lost fumble.</p><p>In relation to how the Patriots’ offense has performed this year, Maye’s performance on Sunday was arguably the best of any player on the offense in 2024. New England’s offense also set a season-high in points scored while Maye threw for more touchdowns in Sunday’s game than Jacoby Brissett did in the Patriots’ first five games combined.</p><p>Mayo seemed all-around impressed with the third overall pick’s performance.</p><p>“I thought Drake made some good decisions out there,” Mayo said. “I thought he had some good reads. I thought he tried to get the ball out of his hands. I thought he did a good job extending plays with his legs, picking up first downs. Just got to be better.”</p><h2><b>Jerod Mayo backs Drake Maye after first start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Maye_e84961.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>One of the major points against starting Maye this early in the season was the state of the Patriots’ offensive line. Their offensive line has had a different starting combination in each game this season due to injuries. They also gave up 19 sacks through the first five weeks while Brissett had the highest pressure rate of any quarterback in the league.</p><p>Maye took four sacks on Sunday, with his lost fumble coming on a strip sack. However, Mayo believed the offensive line did at least an adequate job of giving May the requisite time to make plays.</p><p>“There were some good pockets to start with up front,” Mayo said. “I thought the offensive line at times definitely had some good pockets to allow the quarterback to make those throws. But once again, it’s a team-wide sport, and we don’t feel very good about anything right now.”</p><p>Maye certainly had a pocket good enough to make a deep throw on his first career touchdown pass, launching a 40-yard touchdown to Kayshon Boutte right before halftime. Plays like that gave Mayo optimism that the rookie will continue to progress.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/DrakeMaye2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrakeMaye2</a>'s first <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFL</a> TD is to <a href="https://twitter.com/KayshonBoutte1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KayshonBoutte1</a> 🏈</p><p>📺: CBS <a href="https://t.co/Oi7BpFvq6H">pic.twitter.com/Oi7BpFvq6H</a></p><p>— New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href="https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1845532192505766208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“We fully anticipate or expect him to be better going forward,” Mayo said when asked about the touchdown throw to Boutte. “It was his first start. Obviously here at home there was a lot of expectations on him. I thought he handled it well. Got to build on it.”</p><p>Mayo didn’t give a letter grade on Maye’s performance, but it certainly sounded like he would’ve given him a high grade if he did.</p><p>“His reads were good all day,” Mayo said of Maye. “I thought his reads were good. I’ll watch the film, obviously, but I thought he did a good job.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots’ Jerod Mayo makes brutally honest admission about Drake Maye’s first start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-drake-maye-beats-jacoby-brissett-first-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Drake Maye beats Jacoby Brissett in first start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Patriots-news-Drake-Maye-beats-Jacoby-Brissett-in-first-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Drake Maye beats Jacoby Brissett in first start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T13:53:24-07:00">October 13th, 1:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T13:53:24-07:00">October 13th, 1:53pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New England Patriots fans have to be happy with what Drake Maye has given them so far. In his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-reveals-why-new-england-starting-drake-maye-over-jacoby-brissett">first career start</a>, Maye did not lead the team to victory but gave the offense a new life with his inspiring inaugural performance.</p><p>During the team’s Week 6 home game against the Houston Texans, Maye accounted for all three of the team’s touchdowns. His three touchdown passes in the game <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1845551805373055125" rel="noopener">surpassed Brissett’s total touchdown count</a> for the season in his five previous starts, per NFL reporter Ari Meirov.</p><p>In the losing effort, Maye threw for 243 yards, more than Brissett managed in any single game of the year to that point. Maye’s 20 completions on 33 attempts were also the most of a Patriots quarterback on the season.</p><p>Of Maye’s 243 passing yards, 92 of them went to leading receiver Demario Douglas. Douglas also accounted for one of Maye’s three touchdown passes with Kayshon Boutte and Hunter Henry bringing in the other two.</p><p>After guiding the team to an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-patriots-arent-a-true-playoff-contender-after-crazy-upset-over-bengals">upset victory in Week 1</a> over the Cincinnati Bengals, Brissett lost his next four starts to give the team a 1-4 record. In all five of his starts, the Patriots struggled to move the ball offensively, prompting head coach Jerod Mayo to turn to Maye, the No. 3 overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.</p><h2>Patriots fall to 1-5 with loss to Texans</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Maye.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Even with Maye giving the Patriots hope on the offensive side of the ball, the team could not end their current losing streak against the Nico Collins-less Texans in Week 6. The New England defense was uncharacteristically out-matched by CJ Stroud, who threw for three touchdowns in the game.</p><p>In Collins’ absence, veteran Stefon Diggs stepped up as the de facto No. 1 target by reeling in six catches for 77 yards and a touchdown. Second-year wideout Tank Dell was right behind him with his best game of the year, posting seven catches for 57 yards and a score.</p><p>On just 13 carries, Joe Mixon torched the Patriots on the ground with 102 rushing yards and a touchdown. Mixon added a receiving touchdown to give him two total while his backup, Dameon Pierce, also found the end zone on a 54-yard dash.</p><p>Aside from their poor defensive showing, the Patriots were limited by a non-existent running game with Rhamondre Stevenson out due to a foot injury. Maye led the team with 38 rushing yards, all on scrambles. Backup running back Antonio Gibson had the most carries on the team with 13 but turned those opportunities into just 19 rushing yards.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots’ Drake Maye beats Jacoby Brissett in first start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-drake-maye-first-td-tom-brady-replacement');   ga('set', 'title', 'Drake Maye’s first TD has fans believing they finally have a Tom Brady replacement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Mayes-first-TD-has-fans-believing-they-finally-have-a-Tom-Brady-replacement.jpg"></figure><h1>Drake Maye’s first TD has fans believing they finally have a Tom Brady replacement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T12:05:22-07:00">October 13th, 12:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T12:05:22-07:00">October 13th, 12:05pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In a slow first half <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-vs-patriots-prediction-odds-pick-for-nfl-week-6-2024">against the Houston Texans</a>, New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye aced a 40-yard <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1845532261170421775" rel="noopener">touchdown pass</a> to Kayshon Boutte with seconds to go before the second half. The touchdown made the score 14-7 going into halftime.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drake Maye with a BEAUTIFUL throw for his first career TD 🔥<a href="https://t.co/QSebe80pl1">pic.twitter.com/QSebe80pl1</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1845532261170421775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Bill Speros of the Boston Herald was <a href="https://x.com/billsperos/status/1845531897285521635" rel="noopener">a little hyperbolic</a> in his praise for Maye.</p><p>“Drake Maye is the first @Patriots QB since Tom Brady who could have thrown that pass.”</p><p>Another fan came away impressed with how the Pats <a href="https://x.com/jeffphowe/status/1845531978998677541" rel="noopener">finished the first half</a>.</p><p>“Drake Maye capped his best drive with an absolutely perfect deep-ball TD. He looked much better in the hurry-up — gave him a chance to just play and put the nerves aside. Nice glimpse of his potential.”</p><p>And here’s another Tom Brady reference for <a href="https://x.com/ViewsFrom02108/status/1845531776254452092" rel="noopener">good measure</a>.</p><p>“OMG DRAKE MAYE IS TOM BRADY”</p><h2><b>Drake Maye settling in for Patriots  during first start vs. Texans</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Patriots-Drake-Maye-delivering-the-pass-vs.-the-Texans.jpg"><figcaption>© Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Early into the third quarter, Maye is 9-of-16 for 106 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He’s also added 15 yards on two carries,  sacked three times and lost a fumble. This type of performance shouldn’t come as a big shock. The Texans defense has been better than expected to start the season, ranking third in defensive DVOA.</p><p>Houston appears happy to sell out to stop the run, limiting RB Antonio Gibson to 13 yards on nine carries.</p><p>It didn’t take long for the Patriots to move away from Jacoby Brissett. But more than a month on the sideline <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-reveals-the-biggest-lesson-he-learned-from-jacoby-brissett">served Maye well</a>, according to what he learned, per a <a href="https://www.patriots.com/news/transcript-drake-maye-press-conference-10-9" rel="noopener">recent press conference</a>.</p><p>“Yeah, down the sideline, you get more of a view of the defensive structure, trying to see techniques up front from the defensive line, trying to see safeties, and trying to see back-end stuff,” Maye told reporters. “At the same time, you get the back view of what the quarterback’s thinking. I try to do that, or try to stand behind Jacoby. I think that was my mindset, trying to get a feel of playing back there behind him, what it would be like, and you don’t get a great view as you do in practice standing right behind him. I’m just trying to replicate that and play the game while I’m on the sideline.”</p><p>When asked, head coach Jerod Mayo said he believed the rookie gave them the best chance to win.</p><p>“Going forward, I think now, Drake gives us the best chance to win now and going forward,” Mayo said. “He’s been getting better every single week, as I’ve said before. At the end of training camp, he actually was trending at a very high rate. That has continued through the early part of the season.</p><p>“So, it was solely my decision to make this choice. I had a conversation one-on-one with Jacoby. I had a conversation with Drake. We’re all on board.”</p><p>With 8:20 left remaining in the third quarter, the Texans have a 21-7 lead over the Patriots in Week 6.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Drake Maye’s first TD has fans believing they finally have a Tom Brady replacement

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-drake-maye-reveals-the-biggest-lesson-he-learned-from-jacoby-brissett');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Drake Maye reveals the biggest lesson he learned from Jacoby Brissett');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Patriots-news-Drake-Maye-reveals-the-biggest-lesson-he-learned-from-Jacoby-Brissett.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Drake Maye reveals the biggest lesson he learned from Jacoby Brissett</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T16:03:14-07:00">October 12th, 4:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T16:03:14-07:00">October 12th, 4:03pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After spending the first five weeks of the 2024 NFL season riding the bench, throwing just eight passes in one lone relief opportunity, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-make-1st-nfl-start-texans">Drake Maye is set to make his debut</a> for the New England Patriots in Week 6 against the Houston Texans.</p><p>Is Maye ready for the opportunity? Debatable, as he’ll still be playing in front of a bad offensive line with questionable offensive weapons, but that doesn’t mean the pride of North Carolina hasn’t been putting in work to get where he wants to be ahead of this debut. Talking to reporters during his weekly media session, Maye revealed everything he’s learned from Jacoby Brissett over the past few months and how he<a href="https://www.patriots.com/news/transcript-drake-maye-press-conference-10-9" rel="noopener"> plans to translate that to his own on-field play</a>.</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-jacoby-brissett-breaks-silence-on-being-benched-in-favor-of-drake-maye">Brissett didn’t have a ton of success for the Patriots</a> in 2024, he did provide some veteran leadership under center for a team making the most consequential coaching changes of the last 20 years. If his insight can help Maye to see the field better ahead of his NFL starting debut, it should play a massive role in the Patriots’ long-term future.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Drake-Maye-on-the-field-for-the-Patriots.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Jerod Mayo has seen improvements in Drake Maye at practice</b></h2><p>So what has head coach Jerod Mayo seen from Maye that he likes enough to give him the nod in Week 6? Well, in his own media session, Mayo noted that he’s really seen an improvement in how his young QB sees the offense over the past few weeks and now<a href="https://www.patriots.com/news/transcript-jerod-mayo-press-conference-10-9" rel="noopener"> feels comfortable in his play</a>.</p><p>Will Maye fare better than Brissett in Week 6? Debateable. Are the Patriots making a mistake playing him with a bottom-10 supporting cast? Debateable. But hey, if Mayo believes in his young QB, why shouldn’t fans? If nothing else, they will get a glimpse at the team’s future, even if the Pats are still a few years away from contention.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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