The New England Patriots will look to rookie quarterback Drake Maye to right the ship when they welcome the Houston Texans to Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
Maye replaces veteran signal-caller Jacoby Brissett as the Patriots’ starting QB with the team aiming to snap a four-game losing skid. The third-overall draft pick made his official NFL debut at the end of New England’s Week 3 loss to the New York Jets, but Week 6 will mark his first career start.
Will Maye’s presence give the Pats offense a much-needed jolt? Or will the North Carolina product experience struggles similar to Brissett’s with a porous offensive line and a lack of weapons at his disposal? Our partners at Strat-O-Matic simulated Sunday’s game once with Maye and once with Brissett to see how much of a difference the young QB makes.
Here were the results. . .
While Maye doesn’t light the world on fire in his first NFL start, he gives the …