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Behind this Patriots offensive line, Drake Maye shouldn’t come anywhere close to starting

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Just minutes after making his NFL debut at MetLife Stadium, Drake Maye viewed his first reps through a critical lens.

“I can’t take stupid sacks,” Maye said. “We were trying to get the quick game, trying to get the ball out, and I can’t take sacks in that situation.”

It’s the type of accountable, clichéd musing one might expect from a young rookie QB trying to find his footing at football’s highest level.

But one doesn’t have to spend a lot of time reviewing Thursday’s game tape to see that Maye — and fellow QB Jacoby Brissett — were going to be doomed from the start at the Meadowlands.