Pats' No. 3 decide Drake Maye wraps up first style of NFL at rookie minicamp

New England quarterback Drake Maye’s day at rookie minicamp wasn’t finished, not by an extended shot.

The No. 3 total decide within the NFL draft was simply getting began after wrapping up apply on Saturday. In any case, Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo stated Maye had been on the group facility “all night time” on Friday.

“We’ll be right here until 7, 8, 9 o’clock. Go in for a elevate, then we now have some conferences,” Maye stated after apply at Gillette Stadium. “One of the best factor about minicamp is being across the guys for the primary time. We’re on the resort collectively. We’re proper throughout the hallway from one another, so we’ll watch the movie and have a look at the scripts for the subsequent day collectively.

“We’ve obtained nothing else to do up right here. Why not concentrate on soccer?”

The laser focus already has rubbed off on fellow rookies, together with extensive receiver Ja’Lynn Polk, who was drafted one spherical after Maye.

“Man can sling it. Very assured and vocal. He’s a frontrunner,” Polk stated. “He’s setting the tone in apply, making an attempt to get guys transferring round and working at a excessive degree. That is new to all of us. We’re nonetheless studying and making an attempt to get to know one another so everyone can get on the identical web page.”

At one level Saturday, Maye was underneath middle with Polk lined as much as his left and two extra rookie receivers — one drafted (Javon Baker) and one undrafted (David Wallis) — lined as much as his proper. There wasn’t reside contact or a go rush to anticipate. However for Maye, it is about absorbing as a lot information as potential.

At occasions throughout apply, Maye talked with Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt. He additionally chatted with quarterbacks coach T.C. McCartney and offensive assistant coach Ben McAdoo, who has been round his share of top-flight quarterbacks — particularly Eli Manning with the New York Giants and Aaron Rodgers with the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

“T.C. is speaking to us through the conferences. Coach Van Pelt will chime in when he must. Coach (McAdoo) is superior,” Maye stated. “All three of them know a variety of soccer.”

Specializing in fundamentals, particularly footwork, is a precedence for Maye since arriving in New England.

“I’m making an attempt out two new stances that I’m getting used to. Simply getting extra reps at it,” Maye stated. “Footwork is big. It’s one thing that’s not simple.”

The training curve after enjoying in faculty at North Carolina will embody changing into conversant in the area’s climate patterns. Follow featured a gusty breeze, a potential preview of coming points of interest when November and December roll round.

“He has rather a lot to work on, however I’ve little question that he’ll put the time in,” Mayo stated.

Belichick’s Substitute

The Patriots are going with Eliot Wolf to inventory their roster after 20 years with Invoice Belichick in cost.

The group on Saturday named Wolf, 42, the manager vp of participant personnel, giving him the formal title of the job he had principally been dealing with since Belichick was fired. Wolf will management the 53-man roster and handle the wage cap.

Proprietor Robert Kraft stated he needed to watch the connection between Wolf and coach Mayo earlier than making it formal.

Wolf is the son of Corridor of Famer Ron Wolf, the previous Packers basic supervisor. Eliot Wolf has labored 20 seasons with Inexperienced Bay, Cleveland and the Patriots. He spent the final two seasons as New England’s director of scouting.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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