{"id":48485,"date":"2025-05-14T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/48485\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T04:08:11","slug":"first-look-at-drake-maye-hand-off-to-patriots-rookie-rb-treveyon-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/48485\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Drake Maye hand-off to Patriots rookie RB TreVeyon Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first image of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New England Patriots<\/a> quarterback Drake Maye handing the ball off to rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson emerged on social media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson, a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, is expected to play a key role in the Patriots&#8217; offense right out of the gates. Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski even went as far saying the former Ohio State standout could potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/patriots-legend-thinks-rookie-could-011832507.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:challenge Rhamondre Stevenson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">challenge Rhamondre Stevenson<\/a> for the starting job on Day 1.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no denying that Henderson is a potential home run threat every time the ball is in his hands. That kind of elite playmaking ability has been missing from New England&#8217;s offense for years.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s hope it could be returning with Henderson in the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson could take some of the pressure off Maye with his explosive playmaking abilities. He should also be a weapon in the passing game as a receiver and pass protector.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Henderson, Stefon Diggs and Kyle Williams, along with the offensive line improvements, should give Maye and the Patriots a chance to compete in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2025\/05\/13\/first-look-drake-maye-hand-off-patriots-treveyon-henderson\/83607804007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:First look at Drake Maye hand-off to Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">First look at Drake Maye hand-off to Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first image of New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye handing the ball off to rookie running back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[833,7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,4120,8567,531,596,351],"class_list":{"0":"post-48485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-drake-maye","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots","16":"tag-rhamondre-stevenson","17":"tag-rob-gronkowski","18":"tag-stefon-diggs","19":"tag-treveyon-henderson","20":"tag-will-campbell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114504224543042008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}