After rolling with Jacoby Brissett as New England’s starting QB for the first five weeks of the 2024 NFL season, Jerod Mayo and the Patriots opted to finally switch things up last week.
Even though New England fell to the Texans, 41-21, on Sunday afternoon, Drake Maye gave the Patriots’ offense a much-needed spark.
After Brissett tossed just two touchdowns in his five starts, Maye found the end zone three times against Houston — including a pair of scores to Kayshon Boutte and DeMario Douglas that went for 35 or more yards.
Despite the expected growing pains with a rookie QB making his first NFL start (three turnovers), Maye had New England’s offense looking far more explosive than it was throughout the first few weeks of the 2024 season.