Editor's Note: With the beginning of NFL free agency looming on March 12, our Patriots Insider Tom E. Curran is resetting each Patriots position by assessing their 2024 performance, laying out their 2025 contract status and ranking their offseason priority on a scale of 1 to 5.
The Patriots saw an uptick in their rushing numbers in 2024 and that’s directly traceable to Drake Maye.
After generating just 1,627 yards on 415 carries in ’23, they bumped up to 1,969 on 446 with 421 coming from Maye (on just 54 carries, a 7.