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NFL preseason Week 3 takeaways: How long can Patriots resist starting Drake Maye at QB?

The preseason is over and most of the questions have been answered or close, though some key contract holdouts are still lingering over everything.

Here are the top 10 takeaways from the final week of the preseason, including a complicated quarterback situation in New England:

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It's pretty hard to argue that Jacoby Brissett deserves to start over Drake Maye.

Maye, the third overall pick of the NFL Draft, is clearly the more talented option. And the production in the preseason really wasn't close. Brissett struggled badly over the preseason while Maye looked pretty good:

Maye: 21 of 32, 192 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 86.