The change from the veteran Brissett to the rookie Maye comes after the nine-year vet accomplished 52.9% of his passes for 160 yards in a 15-10 loss to an injury-plagued Miami Dolphins staff on Sunday. The Patriots' passing offense is lifeless final in the league, with Brissett having but to throw for 200 yards in a recreation and connecting for simply two landing passes.
Following a surprising season-opening upset of the Cincinnati Bengals, the Patriots have misplaced 4 in a row with an offense that is thirty first in factors scored and hasn't scored greater than 20 factors in a recreation.
The speedy hope will likely be for Maye to inject some life into the offense and the fanbase.
More cell than Brissett and maybe ready to get the ball out faster, Maye could lead on an uptick in manufacturing. He outplayed Brissett down the stretch of the preseason, however Mayo and Co. went the veteran route, which appeared to be the plan all alongside.
However, the offense's struggles are hardly on Brissett's shoulders alone. He was hammered on a weekly foundation thanks largely to a porous New England offensive line. Brissett's been pressured on a league-high 50% of his dropbacks, greater than 4 share factors above second-place Will Levis at 45.9%, per Next Gen Stats.
So, there's clearly a danger to throw Maye to the proverbial wolves — who will likely be the likes of the Texans' Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson Jr. on Sunday. The different aspect of the coin is the perception that the finest means to get Maye prepared to take over as the Patriots' franchise QB will likely be stay reps.
Thus, whereas the Patriots' struggles in the right here and now have possible pushed the timing of the change, it is a long-view resolution.
It's now Maye's time to take over, to start maturing as an NFL quarterback with huge potential and ample stress to lead a proud franchise again to the glory days which have so shortly dissipated since the departure of Tom Brady.
Sunday is not going to be Maye's NFL debut.
That got here throughout rubbish time of a 24-3 Week 3 defeat towards the New York Jets. Maye was 4 of 8 for 22 yards with two rushes for 12 yards, however there was little to take away from the cameo.
It will likely be in Week 6 that Maye will actually start to make his first impression.
He will likely be the fourth of a much-ballyhooed 2024 first-round quarterback draft class to notch his first NFL begin this season, following the Chicago Bears' Caleb Williams (No. 1 general), the (*3*) Commanders' Jayden Daniels (No. 2) and the Denver Broncos' Bo Nix (No. 12). The Atlanta Falcons' Michael Penix Jr. (No. 8) stays his squad's backup, whereas the Minnesota Vikings' J.J. McCarthy (No. 10) is out for the season with a knee harm.
Williams, Daniels and Nix have all begun to settle in with promising-to-outstanding outcomes, having been their groups' starters since the season dawned. Maye, nonetheless, clearly has much less expertise surrounding him and his mettle and toughness are possible to be examined as a lot as his abilities. Ready or not, although, his time has arrived.
The Patriots and Texans kick off Sunday at 1 p.m. ET and so too will the Maye period.
