{"id":139389,"date":"2024-08-18T06:08:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=139389"},"modified":"2024-08-18T01:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T05:37:59","slug":"patriots-notes-quotes-and-anecdotes-is-it-already-drake-mayes-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/patriots-notes-quotes-and-anecdotes-is-it-already-drake-mayes-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots notes, quotes, and anecdotes: Is it already Drake Maye’s time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Good morning, happy Sunday, and welcome back into another edition of \u2018Patriots notes, quotes, & anecdotes\u2019<\/i>. We\u2019re back with another\u00a0column hitting on all of the happenings surrounding the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n

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— Drake Maye showed up on Thursday… so now what?<\/h3>\n

After playing just one drive and seven snaps in his NFL “debut” against the Panthers in Week 1 of the preseason, Drake Maye was put to the test in Week 2 against the Eagles — and passed.<\/p>\n

New England’s rookie No. 3 overall pick played four offensive drives on Thursday night, turning them into 10 points and scoring a rushing touchdown in the process. Overall, finished the night with 47 yards through the air, 15 on the ground, and plenty of hope running through Patriots nation.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s an awesome opportunity,” Maye said of getting meaningful preseason reps. “I think definitely it\u2019s the things I can clean up. I had some good things, had some bad plays. Like I said, the dropped snaps, inexcusable for me. Other than that, probably just sometimes I feel like I\u2019m scrambling when I can probably sit in there and hang on and try to make a throw. So definitely a lot of things to learn from. Good to get out there. Like I said, I get some tape to learn from. But other than that, I thought the guys fought. I think we played hard. You can look at a lot of things, but the one thing you can\u2019t question is our effort, and that really starts it all.”<\/p>\n

Maye’s play on Thursday certainly warranted some first-team reps moving forward.\u00a0 The question now becomes: will it?<\/p>\n

We got somewhat of an answer on Saturday as, according to multiple reports<\/a>, he was given some walkthrough reps with New England’s first-team offense in a walkthrough setting.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s practice, set for 11:00 a.m. and assumed to be higher intensity, will be the tell if there’s an actual QB competition in Foxborough.<\/p>\n

— Matthew Judon trade officially signals rebuild alarm.<\/h3>\n

There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it — the Patriots traded their best player this week.<\/p>\n

In an unsurprising move after an animated contract dispute, New England sent LB Matthew Judon to the Falcons on Wednesday in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick.<\/p>\n

The Pats, strapped with plenty of cap space, young talent, and an unproven head coach & front office, sent yet another sign to the NFL that they’re building for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cA successful season, in my eyes, is really about the foundation,\u201d Mayo told the media in his training camp-opening press conference just under one month ago. \u201cHave we put together a good foundation of a combination of young and older players to really start competing? It would be great to get up here and say we\u2019re going to win a Super Bowl, but once again, it\u2019s about the process. I tell the guys all the time: it\u2019s about process and progress and moving forward.”<\/p>\n

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Have there been some promising revelations in rookies Drake Maye, Ja’Lynn Polk, and even Caedan Wallace? Absolutely. But ultimately, this is team for 2025 & beyond — something I’ve been saying from the start.<\/p>\n

— Ja’Lynn Polk = Randy Moss?<\/h3>\n

Speaking of promising rookies, second-round pick Ja’Lynn Polk made somewhat of a statement prior to Thursday night’s preseason game, showing up to Gillette Stadium in a Patriots Randy Moss jersey:<\/p>\n

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1 rocking 81.@jpolk_22<\/a> | @RandyMoss<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yzr7YG8DxK<\/a><\/p>\n

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n