FOXBOROUGH — Jacoby Brissett didn’t mince words during his last address with the media earlier this month.
“It’s tough. I don’t think words can really describe how tough it is,” Brissett said on Oct. 10 after getting benched as New England’s starting QB.
Initially brought in as a veteran bridge starter and mentor to rookie Drake Maye, Brissett’s tenure as the Patriots’ QB1 lasted just five weeks.
After the Patriots averaged a league-low 119.4 passing yards per contest over the stretch, Maye leapfrogged Brissett on the depth chart — banishing the 31-year-old signal caller to the sideline.