Drake Maye will experience a lot of new in his second season with the Patriots, including the dynamic in the quarterback room.<\/p>\n
As a rookie, Mayed worked alongside veteran Jacoby Brissett and fellow first-year signal-caller Joe Milton III. Brissett left the Patriots in NFL free agency, while Milton\u2019s brief New England tenure ended when he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> on April 3.<\/p>\n Almost one full month after the deal, Maye issued his first public comments<\/a> on Milton becoming Dak Prescott\u2019s new backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I texted Joe,\u201d Maye told reporters Thursday, per a team-provided video. \u201cMe and him came in together, we learned the offense together. We were competing every day to see who could outthrow the other in practice. He\u2019s got a big arm. For him to go and get a chance to be a backup \u2014 I think you saw in the Bills game his potential. He\u2019s got a different play style, a little bit. It was fun relating to our similar college offenses. It was cool to be in the room and have somebody to bounce off ideas. So, cool for Joe and you never know, maybe we\u2019ll play him again. I\u2019ll see him down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n Multiple reports indicated a main reason why the Patriots traded Milton<\/a> was because the 2024 sixth-round pick fancied himself as a <\/a>starter<\/a>. Mike Vrabel simply wrote off the transaction as \u201cbest for the team,\u201d<\/a> but New England\u2019s head coach did acknowledge Milton\u2019s reps figured to decrease as the offseason progressed if he stuck around.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n