threw four interceptions<\/a> in his first spring practice open to reporters three weeks ago. The 2024 third overall pick hasn\u2019t turned the ball over in three subsequent practices open to the media.<\/p>\nOn Monday, the Patriots worked heavily in the red zone. Maye completed his first four passes in red-zone work and was 6-of-9 overall near the goalline.<\/p>\n
Maye was picked off by Gonzalez during the first week of OTAs. But he knows he has to continue to target Gonzalez and Davis in practice for them to improve.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, it\u2019s great. Gonzo wants work,\u201d Maye said. \u201cTry to throw him a back shoulder if he\u2019s staying on top, or trying to throw him on a slant when he\u2019s sitting inside, or throw him on an incut when he\u2019s back in the end zone. I think stuff like that, it gives him good work. And I think, when the season comes, it\u2019s gonna help out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maye said Monday that he feels like he\u2019s beginning to hit his stride in McDaniels\u2019 offense. The UNC product completed 66.6% of his passes for 2,276 yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season while working under offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt. Van Pelt, along with most of the Patriots\u2019 coaching staff, was fired after the season.<\/p>\n
Some elements of the offense could still be familiar to Maye, however. McDaniels has been receptive to new ideas, and quarterbacks coach Ashton Grant comes from the same Browns system that Van Pelt came from.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s been good. I\u2019m starting to kind of really kind of find a stride and kind of bummed out we\u2019re about to leave,\u201d Maye said.<\/p>\n
The Patriots have one more day of minicamp on Tuesday. Players will be in the facility on Wednesday, but head coach Mike Vrabel canceled the third day of minicamp practice.<\/p>\n
The team will then break for six weeks before returning for training camp in late July, at which point Maye and the rest of the offense will have weeks to continue jelling before the season begins.<\/p>\n
Maye hasn\u2019t just shown progress under center. Head coach Mike Vrabel also sees an emerging leader.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re always trying to evolve in what we do, whether that\u2019s leadership, whether that\u2019s learning the other side of the football, whether that\u2019s learning each other,\u201d Vrabel said. \u201cDrake, I think it\u2019s a unique position being 22; it\u2019s kind of unique in that sense. So, I think that there is a lot of room to grow. I think there\u2019s a lot of natural leadership qualities. I think I have to encourage him, continue to encourage him and to put him in those positions to do that so that the players understand that there\u2019s a different version of all of us. There\u2019s one that\u2019s maybe off the field, that there\u2019s one in the meeting room, and then there\u2019s a version on the field, which we all have to understand is somewhat different than what it may be off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maye believes his leadership can take a significant jump from last season, when he was a rookie and began the year as a backup to veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett.<\/p>\n
Maye is not the unquestioned starter ahead of veteran backup Joshua Dobbs and rookie undrafted free agent Ben Wooldridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think from last year being a rookie, trying to come in here and earn my stripes, earn my keep through hard work,\u201d Maye said. \u201cI think this year is the same approach. You got new guys in here, new staff, got to keep on getting to know everybody, show my work ethic. From there, as the season comes around, try to take the next step in leadership and leading the offense and hopefully leading this football team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Expectations are high for Maye in 2025, and the young quarterback is embracing them in Year 2. From a four-interception start to the spring, Maye appears to have already taken major strides in McDaniels\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n
Now he\u2019ll have to carry that momentum over after a six-week break from football.<\/p>\n
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