It's a new era of football for the New England Patriots, as they have a new head coach in Jerod Mayo, and a new quarterback of the future in Drake Maye. However, even though the team selected Maye with the third overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, that doesn't necessarily mean he will start over veteran free agent signing Jacoby Brissett come Week 1.
After they completely failed with their Mac Jones project, the Patriots are going to be far more cautious with Maye under center this time around.