{"id":696262,"date":"2026-01-22T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696262\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:31:14","slug":"why-patriots-star-drake-maye-says-his-future-kids-wont-specialize-in-one-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696262\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Patriots star Drake Maye says his future kids won\u2019t specialize in one sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOXBOROUGH \u2014 Growing up in Huntersville, North Carolina, Drake Maye <\/a>was an excellent football player.<\/p>\n

He was also a terrific basketball player and pretty good on the baseball diamond, too. In an age of increased specialization, the Patriots<\/a> quarterback was a three-sport athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever season it was, that was my favorite sport,\u201d Maye said. \u201cI think I got that from my brothers. They all three played them all.\u201d <\/p>\n

Maye believes both baseball and hoops translated to his quarterbacking. Throwing a baseball, Maye could experiment with arm angles and distances. By high school, Maye was down to basketball and football. He thinks being a point guard is very similar to being a signal caller.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust having the ball in your hands and making decisions with space and seeing defenders,\u201d Maye said. \u201cMaking split-second decisions is kind of the biggest thing in basketball. You make split-second decisions, and that\u2019s my job at quarterback. You make really fast decisions, gotta see the defense and decide if you want to pass, shoot, drive, whatever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maye understands why some athletes specialize in one sport, but looking back on it, he\u2019d never change his path to the NFL. <\/p>\n

\u201cI loved playing sports growing up, all three,\u201d Maye reiterated. \u201cSpecializing, I think that\u2019s become more and more of a common thing now. Whether it\u2019s right or wrong, it kind of works for different people. But I know, Lord willing, if I have some kids, they\u2019ll be playing a bunch of sports. So I look forward to that.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOXBOROUGH \u2014 Growing up in Huntersville, North Carolina, Drake Maye was an excellent football player. He was also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,83630,1917,255,2321,2097,6],"class_list":["post-696262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-football","tag-jets","tag-jets-football","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115938766712191116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696262","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=696262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}