FOXBOROUGH — After Drake Maye logged all of six snaps against the Panthers in New England’s preseason opener last week, Jerod Mayo acknowledged that the Patriots’ porous offensive line might have played a factor in those limited reps.
“That’s always a consideration,” Mayo said when asked if New England’s offensive line depth chart played a part in Maye’s light workload. “If he’s in there, you want him in there with the starting offensive line. We gotta protect that guy. Not saying that we don’t have to protect the other guys, but that absolutely did go into it.