{"id":962630,"date":"2026-08-02T23:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/962630\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:51:17","slug":"patriots-drake-maye-shares-update-on-chemistry-with-a-j-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/962630\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Drake Maye Shares Update on Chemistry with A.J. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Drake\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

With Training Camp underway for the New England Patriots, quarterback Drake Maye shared an update on his relationship with A.J. Brown.<\/p>\n

After a long offseason for the New England Patriots<\/a> trying to land wide receiver A.J. Brown<\/a>, now is the time to integrate him into the offense. That\u2019s exactly been the goal during Training Camp.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest keys in all of that is finding a way for Brown to establish a good relationship with quarterback Drake Maye<\/a>. In particular, their chemistry, which is going to show up on the field once the season begins.<\/p>\n

Maye recently appeared on Up and Adams. There, he shared an update where the pair are in their relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cA guy like A.J., I think you gotta give him chances,\u201d Maye said<\/a>. \u201cHe can make you throwing the football look good. Just put it in his area and he\u2019ll make plays on it. Just find ways to give him the football, short, intermediate, deep. It is my job to execute the play. It\u2019s on all 11 of us when [Josh McDaniels] calls a play. And there\u2019s a play, a player, or a spot, he may get the ball more often than not, but it\u2019s not specifically my job. I\u2019m just trying to execute the plays. Oftentimes, number one is gonna be open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake Maye, A.J. Brown Had a Slow Start to New England Patriots Training Camp\"A.J.<\/p>\n

GettyNew England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown<\/p>\n

For the anxious New England Patriots fans, there were some concerns when Drake Maye and A.J. Brown seemingly got off to a slow start at Training Camp.<\/p>\n

At one point, in team drills, Maye had only completed one of seven passes intended for Brown. That includes throwing an interception. It\u2019s their first Training Camp together and they are in the process of building chemistry, but it still had plenty of people concerned that something was wrong.<\/p>\n

Around that time, Brown shared that he was confident. However, he also admitted that he knew he was still growing in the offense and hadn\u2019t entirely learned it yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offense is \u2014 I\u2019m in a good spot, a pretty good spot,\u201d Brown said<\/a>. \u201cI want to say I\u2019m like 90 percent and it\u2019s really about executing and getting on the same page with Drake each and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

There had also been some concern about Brown\u2019s knee. In particular, a degenerative condition that became a topic of conversation when the Patriots were in the process of trading for him.<\/p>\n

All of those seem like concerns of the past now, though. Maye and Brown have seemingly broken out of that<\/a> shell in recent days.<\/p>\n

Maye made completed eight throws in a row during 11-on-11s. His only miss during that period, in fact, came when he was attacking Christian Gonzalez<\/a>. Among those completions, three went to Brown for touchdowns. Later, while working on team drills in the redzone, Maye completed four of five passes to Brown, including for two more touchdowns.<\/p>\n

The pair still have plenty of room to grow, but there\u2019s also still time in the offseason to do that. So, the pair will need to take advantage.<\/p>\n

Patriots HC Mike Vrabel on Where Drake Maye Can Still Improve\"Drake<\/p>\n

GettyNew England Patriots QB Drake Maye<\/p>\n

The Patriots were thrilled with the massive jump that Drake Maye took going into the 2025 season. Now, head coach Mike Vrabel wants to see him take another leap in his third season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore urgent and get everybody functioning just a little bit quicker,\u201d Vrabel\u00a0said\u00a0to reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maye now enters his second season under offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. That should help with Maye to get the Patriots offense functioning quicker like Vrabel wants, as he continues learning it and improving within it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDan Morrison<\/a> After graduating from UMass in 2019, Dan Morrison quickly began a career in sports journalism and digital media. That has seen him work both as a contributing writer at several publications, as well as spending time on the National News Desk at On3. During that time, he has spent the majority of his time covering football, both at the college and NFL levels. Currently residing in Central Florida, his focus with Heavy is on the NFL. More about Dan Morrison<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty With Training Camp underway for the New England Patriots, quarterback Drake Maye shared an update on his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":["post-962630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-football","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117028604229063089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962630","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=962630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}