Drake Maye flashes upside in Patriots preseason finale after Jacoby Brissett leaves with shoulder injury

With New Englands Jacoby Brissett got banged. quarterback competition still ongoing, up and Drake Maye. Jacoby Brissett got banged flashed his upside in. up and Drake Maye the Patriots preseason finale. flashed his upside in against the Washington Commanders. the Patriots preseason finale Sunday night. Brissett got. against the Washington Commanders the start against Washington. Sunday night.

Brissett got backups and sustained what. the start against Washington the Patriots announced was. backups and sustained what a right shoulder injury. the Patriots announced was on New Englands first. a right shoulder injury drive of the game.. on New Englands first Commanders defensive end K.J.. drive of the game. Henry ran through the. Commanders defensive end K.J. New England backfield untouched. Henry ran through the and sacked Brissett, driving. New England backfield untouched his body into the. and sacked Brissett, driving turf. Brissett grimaced after. his body into the the hit but remained. turf.

Brissett grimaced after in the game to. the hit but remained complete the drive. He. in the game to threw two more passes. complete the drive. He before a Patriots punt.. threw two more passes When New Englands offense. before a Patriots punt. took the field next,. When New Englands offense Maye was at quarterback.. took the field next, How serious is Brissetts. Maye was at quarterback.

injury? Cameras, meanwhile, caught. dir="ltr">How serious is Brissetts Brissett clutching his shoulder. injury?

Cameras, meanwhile, caught on the sideline, but. Brissett clutching his shoulder it wasnt clear how. on the sideline, but much the decision had. it wasnt clear how to do with injury.. much the decision had Head coach Jerod Mayo. to do with injury. said prior to the. Head coach Jerod Mayo game that Brissett was. said prior to the only expected to play. game that Brissett was a series or two.. only expected to play The Patriots eventually announced. a series or two.

in the second quarter. dir="ltr">The Patriots eventually announced that Brissett sustained a. in the second quarter right shoulder injury. He. that Brissett sustained a was officially listed as. right shoulder injury. He questionable to return, and. was officially listed as he remained in pads. questionable to return, and on the sideline the. he remained in pads rest of the way,. on the sideline the but his night was. rest of the way, clearly done. Patriots coach. but his night was Jerod Mayo said after. clearly done.

Patriots the game that Brissett. coach Jerod Mayo said was only going to. after the game that play a series or. Brissett was only going two in the game. to play a series regardless. While he didnt. or two in the have a specific diagnosis,. game regardless. While he Mayo sounded confident that. didnt have a specific Brissett had avoided any. diagnosis, Mayo sounded confident major injury. And, had. that Brissett had avoided it been a regular. any major injury. And, season game, Mayo said. had it been a that Brissett would have. regular season game, Mayo been able to keep. said that Brissett would going. Maye shows off. have been able to arm, athleticism on first. keep going.

Maye shows drive Mayes first drive. off arm, athleticism on was his most impressive. first drive

Mayes first showing of the preseason.. drive was his most Facing third-and-14 inside New. impressive showing of the Englands 10-yard line after. preseason. Facing third-and-14 inside a sack, Maye found. New Englands 10-yard line a crease at the. after a sack, Maye line of scrimmage and. found a crease at broke free for a. the line of scrimmage 17-yard scramble through a. and broke free for Commanders defense playing to. a 17-yard scramble through stop a deep pass.. a Commanders defense playing Two plays later, Maye. to stop a deep showed off his arm.. pass.

Two plays later, On second-and-2 from the. Maye showed off his New England 33-yard-line, Maye. arm. On second-and-2 from found fellow rookie JaLynn. the New England 33-yard-line, Polk on a play-action. Maye found fellow rookie pass downfield out of. JaLynn Polk on a the reach of Commanders. play-action pass downfield out cornerback Noah Igbinoghene. The. of the reach of play went for 29. Commanders cornerback Noah Igbinoghene. yards and a first. The play went for down. A second-round pick. 29 yards and a in April, Polk projects. first down.

A as one of Mayes. second-round pick in April, top targets whenever he. Polk projects as one does take over New. of Mayes top targets Englands offense. Maye went. whenever he does take on to complete three. over New Englands offense.

more passes on the. dir="ltr">Maye went on to drive that ended with. complete three more passes a swing pass to. on the drive that running back Kevin Harris. ended with a swing for an 18-yard touchdown.. pass to running back Maye finished the drive. Kevin Harris for an completing 5-of-6 passes for. 18-yard touchdown.

Maye 71 yards and the. finished the drive completing score in addition to. 5-of-6 passes for 71 his 17-yard scramble. Deep. yards and the score Maye TD called back. in addition to his because of penalty Maye. 17-yard scramble.

Deep Maye went on to finish. TD called back because the first half for. of penalty

Maye went New England. The Patriots. on to finish the didnt score again, but. first half for New Maye further flashed his. England. The Patriots didnt upside with a deep. score again, but Maye touchdown that was nullified. further flashed his upside by a penalty when. with a deep touchdown given a chance in. that was nullified by the two-minute drill. Facing. a penalty when given second-and-10 at the Washington. a chance in the 48-yard line, Maye escaped. two-minute drill.

Facing second-and-10 pressure and scrambled to. at the Washington 48-yard his left before launching. line, Maye escaped pressure a deep downfield pass. and scrambled to his to K.J. Osborn, who. left before launching a was wide open near. deep downfield pass to the sideline at the. K.J. Osborn, who was 10-yard line. Osbrone then. wide open near the ran it in for. sideline at the 10-yard a would-be touchdown. But. line. Osbrone then ran an illegal formation penalty. it in for a on left tackle Chukwuma. would-be touchdown.

But an Okorafor nullified the play.. illegal formation penalty on The penalty was indicative. left tackle Chukwuma Okorafor of an offensive line. nullified the play. The that struggled throughout the. penalty was indicative of first half against Washingtons. an offensive line that backups. Maye finished the. struggled throughout the first first half completing 13-of-20. half against Washingtons backups.

passes for 126 yards. dir="ltr">Maye finished the first (6.3 yards per attempt). half completing 13-of-20 passes with a touchdown and. for 126 yards (6.3 no turnovers. He added. yards per attempt) with 17 yards on the. a touchdown and no ground. He did not. turnovers. He added 17 return for the start. yards on the ground. of the second half.. He did not return Again, Maye wasnt facing. for the start of NFL starters on defense.. the second half.

Again, But the effort was. Maye wasnt facing NFL certainly a confidence booster. starters on defense. But for a rookie quarterback. the effort was certainly fresh out of training. a confidence booster for camp. Bailey Zappe and. a rookie quarterback fresh Joe Milton finished out. out of training camp.

the rest of the. dir="ltr">Bailey Zappe and Joe game at quarterback for. Milton finished out the the Patriots. The Commanders,. rest of the game behind a 17-point fourth. at quarterback for the quarter that included touchdowns. Patriots. The Commanders, behind from Michael Wiley and. a 17-point fourth quarter Martavis Bryant, pushed ahead. that included touchdowns from to grab the 20-10. Michael Wiley and Martavis win. Who will be. Bryant, pushed ahead to New Englands starting QB. grab the 20-10 win.

in Week 1? The. dir="ltr">Who will be New question now becomes: who. Englands starting QB in will start in Week. Week 1?

The question 1 against the Cincinnati. now becomes: who will Bengals? Maye — the. start in Week 1 No. 3 pick in. against the Cincinnati Bengals? Aprils draft — is. Maye — the No. the clear starter of. 3 pick in Aprils the future. But theres. draft — is the a strong case to. clear starter of the keep him on the. future. But theres a bench early in his. strong case to keep career. Early reports out. him on the bench of training camp were. early in his career.

that Maye was raw. dir="ltr">Early reports out of and could benefit from. training camp were that seasoning on the sideline.. Maye was raw and And theres no hurry. could benefit from seasoning in New England. This. on the sideline. And Patriots team is not. theres no hurry in built to win now. New England. This Patriots and doesnt project to. team is not built come close to contention. to win now and in the AFC East.. doesnt project to come Its an ideal situation. close to contention in to ease a young. the AFC East. Its quarterback into his new. an ideal situation to role — especially with. ease a young quarterback a seasoned veteran and. into his new role capable starter in Brissett. — especially with a on the roster. Maye. seasoned veteran and capable has taken steps forward. starter in Brissett on since the start of. the roster.

Maye has camp, including Sundays game. taken steps forward since and in a Week. the start of camp, 2 preseason effort against. including Sundays game and the Philadelphia Eagles that. in a Week 2 drew praise from Mayo.. preseason effort against the "He definitely took a. Philadelphia Eagles that drew step forward," Mayo said. praise from Mayo.

"He after the Eagles game.. definitely took a step "The competition isnt over.. forward," Mayo said after Theyre still going to. the Eagles game. "The go out there, and. competition isnt over. Theyre they have to show. still going to go not only themselves and. out there, and they their coaches but also. have to show not their teammates. So, its. only themselves and their definitely still a competition.". coaches but also their Of course if Brissett. teammates. So, its definitely is genuinely injured, that. still a competition."

Of changes the calculus on. course if Brissett is Mayos decision. The preseason. genuinely injured, that changes is over, and the. the calculus on Mayos Patriots will have two. decision. The preseason is weeks off from competition. over, and the Patriots before their Sept. 8. will have two weeks season opener — a. off from competition before span in which Mayo. their Sept. 8 season will name a starting. opener — a span quarterback. Mayo called Maye. in which Mayo will the "second-best quarterback" on. name a starting quarterback. their roster right now. Mayo called Maye the after Sundays game, which. "second-best quarterback" on their gives a clear idea. roster right now after of where hes headed.. Sundays game, which gives The question in the. a clear idea of meantime isnt so much. where hes headed.

The whether or not Maye. question in the meantime has earned the starting. isnt so much whether job — but whether. or not Maye has he should start this. earned the starting job early in his career. — but whether he or spend more time. should start this early developing from the bench.. in his career or Jacoby Brissett got banged. spend more time developing up and Drake Maye. from the bench.

flashed his upside in.