FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo stated Friday that Jacoby Brissett stays the crew’s beginning quarterback, praising his toughness regardless of a flurry of safety breakdowns in Thursday’s 24-3 loss to the New York Jets.
Mayo’s declaration got here a day after he inserted rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 total decide within the draft, into the sport late within the fourth quarter so he may expertise his first regular-season motion.
“Jacoby is our quarterback till I say he’s not the quarterback,” Mayo stated Friday morning. “I believed he confirmed loads of toughness, loads of grit.”
Brissett, who completed 12-of-18 for 98 yards, was sacked 5 instances and in-game statisticians charted that he was hit 15 instances because the Jets turned to a blitz-heavy strategy to use the Patriots’ short-handed offensive line. Within the first three video games, he’s 42-of-69 for 368 yards with one landing and no interceptions. The Patriots are 1-2.
Instantly after the sport Thursday, Mayo shared his teaching philosophy that each participant is at all times competing for his job, and he stated he deliberate to satisfy with the teaching employees to debate the crew’s quarterback plans.
That features offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, who informed reporters Friday that he believes Maye will profit extra from remaining the backup to Brissett at the moment.
“I nonetheless assume it is by watching. I feel there’s rather a lot to be discovered but, and that is the place I am going to stand on that,” Van Pelt stated, including that he is inspired about Maye’s future. “Jacoby is our starter, like Coach stated, till that modifications, I feel we acquired to do all the things we are able to to get the starter able to win a recreation on [Sept. 29 in San Francisco].”
In his one drive, Maye was 4-of-8 for 22 yards and he added two rushes for 12 yards. The drive started on the Patriots’ 42-yard line and ended with a sack after advancing to the Jets’ 7-yard line.
“Coming off the bench at the moment is at all times robust, it doesn’t matter what place, however particularly the quarterback place and I believed he dealt with himself effectively and tried to place a drive collectively,” Mayo stated, noting Maye’s athleticism and talent to make each throw. “It is one thing to construct off.”
In observe, the Patriots have been giving Maye 30% of the first-team repetitions, in response to Mayo. The plan is to stay with that strategy.
“Proper now, I might say it is nonetheless established order. I stated it earlier — Jacoby remains to be our beginning quarterback and we’ve to be able to assist him, 11 guys on the market on offense. It is everybody,” Mayo stated.