What to make of the Patriots with Drake Maye Starting?

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The Patriots have announced that Rookie QB Drake Maye will start Week 6 against Houston. What does this mean for the game and beyond?

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00:00sources telling Ian Rappaport over at NFL Network that the

00:03Patriots are planning to start quarterback Drake May this

00:06Sunday when they take on the Houston Texans. Jacoby Brissette

00:09after five games is heading to the bench. So, it'll be Drake

00:13May now joining Caleb Williams, Jaden Daniels, and Bo Nix as

00:18the fourth rookie quarterback to start this season. Uh right

00:22now, the betting market, we have seen money coming in a

00:24little bit. I believe that over is getting bet so far in this

00:27game. Yeah, it was thirty-seven and a half a little bit earlier

00:29today. Now, thirty-eight, thirty-seven and a half is still

00:32the consensus but there's some thirty-eights out there in the

00:34market at a number of places. The side still holding steady

00:37at seven. I think that this is probably the proper number for

00:40the side. If anything, I would anticipate that the betting

00:43market maybe fades Drake May a little bit cuz usually the

00:46rookie quarterback making their first start, they go ahead and

00:49fade that player but uh the news, Drake May will be the

00:52starter for the New England Patriots. Um I'm curious to see

00:55just how this goes because Drake May is actually a really

00:59really good athlete and the New England Patriots need a

01:01quarterback who's a really really good athlete when you

01:04look at what they're doing on their offensive line. Now, the

01:06team is expected to be probably the worst team in the league

01:08and maybe Drake May goes out there and struggles but if May

01:11were ever good, like let's say that Drake May doesn't have to

01:13be what Jaden Daniels was doing in Washington but let's just

01:16say that Drake May is like, I don't know, on par with Caleb

01:19Williams like playing good football. If that's what it's

01:22gonna look like for the Patriots in a division that right now

01:25is a little bit in flux. I'm not making the case for this

01:29one. I wanna think about it. I wanna see what Sunday looks

01:31like but I tell you what, the AFC East is still wide open and

01:36crazier things have happened in the NFL and I just would not

01:40put it past New England Patriots that if Drake May takes

01:43them to another level that they could potentially win the

01:46AFC East cuz if you break it down, it's real simple. Like

01:48we've been talking about this all hour and Nick's about to

01:51talk gonna talk about it to coming up a little bit later to

01:53start his hour but Robert Sala no longer the head coach of

01:56the Jets. The Jets clearly in flux. The Miami Dolphins. Did

02:00anybody look about what the hell they were doing on Sunday

02:02against the Patriots? Miami was begging to lose that game.

02:04They don't have a special teams unit. They're completely

02:07atrocious. Mike McDaniel just looks like he's just gazing

02:09into outer space when he's on the sidelines. Like I don't

02:12know what's happening in Miami. So the Dolphins are also in

02:15flux. The Buffalo Bills have no passing game in a 60-minute

02:19football game. Josh Allen went nine of thirty. The Bills

02:23offense at least right now, not saying it can't improve but

02:26at least right now, the Bills offense has been figured out.

02:29People have caught on to what they were doing in the first

02:31few weeks of the regular season. So, I'm not saying to

02:35go out there and make a bet right now. I'm not advocating

02:38for the New England Patriots to win the division. I'm just

02:40talking this out in real time when I see this news that

02:43Drake May is now gonna start. If Drake May is as good as

02:46some people believe he is, maybe this does raise the

02:49ceiling for the New England Patriots and maybe just maybe

02:52they could be a team that goes from worst to first cuz we

02:54see it every year. The commanders look like they wanna

02:57be that team this season. Could the Patriots perhaps join

03:00them and what would that look like and what would it mean

03:02for other markets? I think it's a really really fascinating

03:05conversation. You know what I mean? Like my brain goes to

03:08the awards markets. I don't think Drake May can win

03:10offensive rookie of the year. Like that ship has sailed.

03:12He's missed too many games. Like five games that you're

03:14on the sideline for. You're just not gonna win it and also

03:16Jade Dales might be the MVP of the league. So like I think

03:19Jade Dales at least right now has that on lock but there

03:21are other award markets like coach of the year for Gerard

03:25Mayo. The bar for him to clear not that high for them to

03:29win the coach of the year award. Like the Patriots won

03:31three games last year. If he goes and wins nine or ten

03:34games which sounds absolutely far-fetched. I understand

03:38but let's just kinda play it out with a quarterback like

03:41Drake May. A lot of people thought he was a big time

03:43prospect. He was in Heisman discussions last year. If he

03:46elevates them and gives them much better play with the

03:49defense that they do have cuz like they actually do play

03:51really good defense with that defense. Maybe the New

03:54England Patriots can be kind of a surprise team as we head

03:56into the October and November months of this NFL football

03:59season. So just something to keep in mind. Not something

04:01to go out there and run out and bet but something to keep

04:03in mind with Drake May now as your starter at quarterback

04:06for the New England Patriots. Obviously the news of the day.

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