FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo stated Friday that Jacoby Brissett stays the staff’s beginning quarterback, praising his toughness regardless of a flurry of safety breakdowns in Thursday’s 24-3 loss to the New York Jets.
Mayo’s declaration got here a day after he inserted rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 total decide within the draft, into the sport late within the fourth quarter so he may expertise his first regular-season motion.
“Jacoby is our quarterback till I say he’s not the quarterback,” Mayo stated Friday morning. “I assumed he confirmed numerous toughness, numerous grit.”
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Brissett, who completed 12-of-18 for 98 yards, was sacked 5 instances and in-game statisticians charted that he was hit 15 instances because the Jets turned to a blitz-heavy strategy to take advantage of the Patriots’ short-handed offensive line. Within the first three video games, he’s 42-of-69 for 368 yards with one landing and no interceptions. The Patriots are 1-2.
Instantly after the sport Thursday, Mayo shared his teaching philosophy that each participant is all the time competing for his job, and he stated he deliberate to fulfill with the teaching workers to debate the staff’s quarterback plans.
That features offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, who advised reporters Friday that he believes Maye will profit extra from remaining the backup to Brissett presently.
“I nonetheless assume it is by watching. I feel there’s so much to be discovered but, and that is the place I will stand on that,” Van Pelt stated, including that he is inspired about Maye’s future. “Jacoby is our starter, like Coach stated, till that modifications, I feel we obtained to do every little thing we are able to to get the starter able to win a sport on [Sept. 29 in San Francisco].”
In his one drive, Maye was 4-of-8 for 22 yards and he added two rushes for 12 yards. The drive started on the Patriots’ 42-yard line and ended with a sack after advancing to the Jets’ 7-yard line.
“Coming off the bench at the moment is all the time robust, it doesn’t matter what place, however particularly the quarterback place and I assumed he dealt with himself properly and tried to place a drive collectively,” Mayo stated, noting Maye’s athleticism and skill to make each throw. “It is one thing to construct off.”
In observe, the Patriots have been giving Maye 30% of the first-team repetitions, in line with Mayo. The plan is to stay with that strategy.
“Proper now, I might say it is nonetheless established order. I stated it earlier — Jacoby continues to be our beginning quarterback and now we have to be able to help him, 11 guys on the market on offense. It is everybody,” Mayo stated.
