Drake Maye saw increased reps at OTAs this week, which begs the question - could Drake Maye be the starting QB sooner than we thought? Greg Bedard and Nick Cattles break it all down and assess the Patriots evaluation of Maye's progress,
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00:00So Mayo talked to you guys and then you had AVP Alex van Pelt step to the mic and
00:06He sounded pretty impressed by a Drake May and the progression that the rookie has made your thoughts on van Pelt's comments today
00:13Yeah, you know I I I
00:16Thought they were good. I
00:19think that
00:21You know, we also have to remember and and it's not like I'm saying that you know
00:26Drake that Alex van Pelt isn't telling the truth, but
00:31You know you
00:32You do have to take it a little bit with a grain of salt because Drake May was the third overall pick probably a lot
00:38of these guys
00:39Wanted the Patriots to take Drake May so I don't exactly expect them to come out and say
00:46Holy crap. This guy has just not met our expectations whatsoever. He has stunk up the joint for the first like month. So
00:54Right, you know it
00:56It's good. I think that
00:58You know when he talked about things about calling plays from the huddle the rhythm
01:04being in time when your feet
01:06He said that Drake May's making strides and and I would say that is the case
01:10I just do think that Drake May has a ways to go, but it's good to see him
01:16progressing what you want to see out of a young quarterback, especially is a guy who
01:21Makes even if it's incremental progress
01:24Steady progress in the right direction day after day, and it seems like that's what he's doing
01:30With that in mind, I know a lot of people maybe I shouldn't say a lot
01:34At least some people have made note of the quarterback
01:37Rotations and how many snaps each guy is getting between 11 on 11s and 7 on 7s
01:43Today there was a bit of a change, right? It looked like Drake May
01:47Was now firmly behind Jacoby Brissett at least for this set of OTAs
01:53Do you think that means anything Greg?
01:57No, I you know in my opinion Nick and and I could be wrong because again, this is a new regime
02:03You know, I I think they wanted to see I think they wanted to see Drake tackle a little bit more
02:10In this practice and that that doesn't mean that it's like solidified this way
02:14I just think that you know, maybe he's earned the opportunity to get a few more reps
02:19You know, I do think Bailey's happy did did well with the reps that he did have
02:25but I think they were just
02:27Giving me a little bit of a carrot and we'll have to see whether it continues
02:30I remember something similar along these lines. I want to say I don't know if it was with Mac Jones
02:37You know sort of towards the tail end of OTAs his rookie year sort of right before mandatory minicamp
02:43They they gave him an increase in reps and it looked at that was a good thing for
02:49For Mac and you know, we saw him flourish and eventually win the job
02:54after that, but I think that
02:56I wouldn't read a whole lot into it
03:00But look, it's it's sort of once you start once they start giving Drake May things as the third overall pick
03:06It's hard to take them back. So I don't want to say it's not significant, but I don't want to say it's overly significant
03:13Let me ask you this. Do you think what happens today happens if?
03:18May is not progressing if they don't see that
03:22Improvement even if it's as you said, you know
03:25Baby steps step by step that improvement
03:28Do you think they would give him this opportunity to slide behind?
03:32Brissett if he was struggling a little bit more if he wasn't showing that progress to his coaching staff
03:38Probably not
03:40And I think it's a good point by you I think they would have
03:43Probably just left him where he was and just say, you know, let's let's see him
03:48You know keep making some sort of progress or at least get going in the right direction
03:53More consistently and to me that they made this decision, you know does back up some of the things we've heard
04:00You know, not only from Alex van Pelt but from you know, other people like, you know, Albert Breer said there, you know
04:06They're really happy with him. So I think I think this is a sign that
04:11He's tackling what they're what they're giving him
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05:04Does he look cleaner to you Greg, you know what I mean does when you go back and again
05:09It this has been a very short period of time
05:11I'm not expecting gigantic leaps here
05:14But as far as you you said he looks a little bit more in rhythm with the footwork
05:17How about the whole package does he look a little bit cleaner today compared to two three weeks ago?
05:25I
05:26Guess I would say yes, you know a little bit. I still I still don't love his motion
05:32I don't like the hitch. We'll see whether that's a problem. Some guys have it and they're just so
05:38Talented that they overcome it especially because of arm strength
05:42So he could be one of those guys and I wouldn't say the the whole hitch thing is a is a huge concern right now
05:48I just I do worry about you know, when those type of things kind of get exposed
05:54in the heat of camp against the first-team defense and really experienced guys and
06:00You know even today and I will say in seven on seven Drake looks very clean, which is good and
06:08I wouldn't I wouldn't necessarily say you expect that
06:12But certainly the chances are increased because you're not dealing with a pass rush. You're not dealing with the offensive line
06:19But like once the offensive line came on the field today
06:22It was a complete train wreck for the offense and it wasn't just Drake. I mean he did throw two interceptions
06:29One was a great diving play by Kyle Duggar the other one
06:31I couldn't tell whether he wanted to go short to juju and but there was an over
06:37Receiver as well, and he ended up just throwing it in between them right to some cornerback. I've never heard of
06:44and
06:45you know, so I
06:47you worry about
06:49The stress of the situations that of the pass rush and the offensive line and navigating all that stuff
06:55You know whether that that
06:57Eliminates the progress that he makes with the has made with his footwork and things like that
07:02Because I think that's that's the whole thing. That's the biggest thing when we talk about how early can he start?
07:08You're just worried about if things aren't right around him
07:11Does he just revert back to what he was and does is that really the wisest thing for the New England Patriots?
07:25You