FOXBORO — Drake Maye handled his business on Thursday night. Now it’ll be interesting to see how the Patriots coaching staff handles him moving forward.
Jerod Mayo has been very clear throughout the summer when detailing how he’ll handle player workloads: You get what you earn when it comes to your role and your reps.
The Patriots head coach reiterated that point after Maye’s performance in two quarters during a 14-13 preseason loss to the Eagles.
“For me, we always talk about competition,” Mayo said, “and that’s at all spots… If he’s better than Jacoby [Brissett], then he’ll play. He’ll start.”
Maye couldn’t have won the job from Brissett in 30 minutes of exhibition action. He completed six of his 11 attempts for 47 yards. Brissett, meanwhile, went 3-for-7 for 17 yards with an interception.
But could the rookie have earned more practice snaps with the first-team offensive line, at least?
The No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft showed against Philadelphia that when he has time and space …