(Foxborough) Jacoby Brissett has won just one game since becoming the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots.
We will now know if he did his job as a mentor to the organization’s prospect Drake Maye.
The Patriots have indicated that Maye will be their starting quarterback in Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans, head coach Jerod Mayo announced Wednesday. He hopes to provide a spark that will revive his team, which is languishing at the back of the pack in the NFL.
“It’s a league where winning is everything, and we’re 1-4,” Maye said when asked about his organization’s decision to choose him over Brissett. And I think every guy in this locker room wants to win. »
Mayo said that’s why they made the change in the sixth week of the season, rather than after training camp – when, in Mayo’s opinion, many coaches, Maye has outclassed Brissett. The Patriots have lost four games in a row, and have been dominated in two of them.
“We try to win every game. At that point, we felt Jacoby gave us the best chance to win games, Mayo said Wednesday, twenty-four years after the decision began leaking into the media. Drake gives us the best chance to win now, and for the rest of the season. It is developing. He’s getting better week by week. »
The Patriots have been looking for a reliable quarterback since Tom Brady joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. They have banked on veterans, like Cam Newton and Brissett, as well as prospects, such as Mac Jones and now Maye.