A top-five choose is meant to begin for his group, proper?
Which may not be the case in New England this season.
The Patriots will enter their fifth season since Tom Brady left the franchise, and for the second time, they are going to be beginning over with a quarterback they drafted. They picked Mac Jones fifteenth total within the 2021 NFL Draft, and he began for almost all of three seasons in New England, earlier than being shipped to Jacksonville this offseason.
Now enter Drake Maye.
New England picked Maye third on this yr’s draft, after he spent three years lighting it up at North Carolina.
However is he able to mild it up on the most important stage?
Let’s take a look at the chances that Jones begins for the Patriots subsequent season, by way of FanDuel Sportsbook, as of June 2.
PATRIOTS WEEK 1 STARTING QB
Jacoby Brissett, -350 (wager $10 to win $12.86 complete)
Drake Maye, +255 (wager $10 to win $35.50 complete)
Not solely is the veteran Brissett favored to begin in New England subsequent season, he is the appreciable favourite to begin.
Brissett, 31, is coming into his ninth skilled season, after spending his rookie season in New England, spending 4 seasons in Indianapolis, after which spending the previous three seasons with Miami, Cleveland and Washington.
As a starter, he is 18-30 over the course of his profession, with an 85.3 passer score.
Regardless of Maye’s pedigree coming into the league, there may be precedent for a participant of his draft standing to begin the season on the bench.
And all it’s important to do is return to the 2021 NFL Draft.
That yr, Jacksonville took Trevor Lawrence with the highest choose, the New York Jets chosen Zach Wilson at No. 2, and each signal-callers began proper out of the gate.
With the third choose, San Francisco chosen Trey Lance, who began simply twice in his rookie season. It was veteran QB Jimmy Garoppolo who served because the starter for the opposite 15 video games.
May the case be comparable for Maye in New England?
Drew Bledsoe’s recommendation to Patriots rookie QB Drake Maye
By way of different Maye betting props, at FanDuel, he is at +2000 to win Offensive Rookie of the Yr (tied for sixth on the oddsboard) and at +1100 to steer all rookies in passing yards (fifth on the oddsboard).
His Over/Below passing yard complete is about at 2,650.5.
The Patriots’ Over/Below win complete for this season is about at 4.5, the bottom within the NFL.
Not too long ago, on an episode of the “All Info No Brakes With Keyshawn Johnson” podcast, former Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe gave his ideas on Maye forward of his inaugural NFL season, saying that Maye will probably be one step forward due to his present offensive coordinator, former longtime backup QB Alex Van Pelt.
“I’ve really talked to Alex about [Maye] a bit bit. What Alex has stated is there’s tons of capacity there, however he simply type of unmolded clay. That is why I believe he is bought an ideal benefit, as a result of Alex Van Pelt was my backup quarterback in Buffalo. … Alex is a kind of guys that you just play with that you just simply know is gonna be a coach when he is finished.
” … I believe that Drake is in a really helpful state of affairs due to Alex.”
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