{"id":4919,"date":"2026-07-14T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:03:40","slug":"patriots-quarterback-preview-theres-every-reason-for-drake-maye-to-excel-again-in-2026-will-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4919","title":{"rendered":"Patriots quarterback preview: There\u2019s every reason for Drake Maye to excel again in 2026. Will he?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span><i>With training camp set to start at the end of the month, we\u2019ll provide a position-by-position breakdown of where the Patriots stand. We start with the quarterbacks.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4917\">Ranking Bruins\u2019 top 10 prospects: Who stands out in Boston\u2019s growing pipeline?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Roll call:<\/b> Drake Maye (72 percent completion rate, 4,394 yards, 31 TDs, 8 INTs; 450 rushing yards, 4 rushing TDs), Tommy DeVito, Behren Morton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>By the numbers: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span><b>3:<\/b> The number of quarterbacks who have won an NFL MVP award before the age of 25 \u2014 Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Dan Marino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>23:<\/b> The number of first-place votes Maye got for MVP last season. He finished second in the balloting to Rams\u2019 quarterback Matthew Stafford, who had 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>31:<\/b> The number of touchdown passes Maye threw during the 2025 regular season. He was just the eighth player under the age of 24 to finish a season with 30-plus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>72:<\/b> Maye\u2019s completion percentage was the best in franchise history for a single season, breaking the previous mark of 69 set by Tom Brady in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>The skinny: <\/b>Coming off a regular season where almost everything went right for the youngster, it\u2019s on the 23-year-old Maye to figure out how he can take his game to the next level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Going into 2026, it\u2019s clear he\u2019s been set up for success as well as any young quarterback: The Patriots added veteran receivers A.J. Brown and Romeo Doubs, creating the sort of depth to the room the likes of which hasn\u2019t been seen in Foxborough in a decade. In addition, they have invested heavily in the offensive line, taking a tackle in the first round the last two years while bringing in veteran free agents to augment the depth chart. And for the first time in his adult life, Maye has the benefit of having the same offensive coordinator (Josh McDaniels) for consecutive seasons. On paper, it all bodes well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That being said, Maye has work to do if he wants to improve, including finding a way to hold on to the ball. As brilliant as he was at times last year, giveaways were a legitimate issue. He fumbled 16 times \u2014 nine in the regular season and seven in the playoffs, including four in the divisional round against Houston \u2014 losing seven of them. Some of that can be tied to protection issues, but it\u2019s something that needs to be addressed if Maye and the Patriots want to reach their ultimate goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4915\">Christian Pulisic might have the talent to be USA\u2019s No. 1 soccer star, but he certainly lacks elsewhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m just focused day-to-day, and really not trying to pinpoint an area. I\u2019m trying to get better in all areas,\u201d Maye said when quizzed this spring about possible areas of improvement. \u201cI think it\u2019s hard to pinpoint that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think one thing is just making the right decision in the first few seconds I have the ball in my hand. Making the right decision, knowing sometimes incompletions are the best plays, not trying to hold the ball too long and get out of the habit of really trying to extend plays just because I feel like I haven\u2019t extended a play in a while.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If he can find a way to minimize the giveaways and lean on the extraordinary level of offensive talent that\u2019s been placed around him, there\u2019s no reason to think he shouldn\u2019t be in the MVP conversation again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe talent speaks for itself. He can make any throw,\u201d Brown said of Maye. \u201cBut I think what\u2019s more impressive to me is that he knows what he\u2019s doing. To be that young and to understand the defenses and to understand every little check, the hots [routes], the blitzes \u2026 all those things, so young, so fast. It\u2019s very impressive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Meet Bedford\u2019s Ryan Paganetti, a former NFL coach bringing analytics from the headset to the masses<\/div>\n<p><span><b>How does this position rate against the rest of the league? <\/b>Excellent. Providing Maye stays healthy, and the Patriots find the right personnel combination up front, he\u2019s an MVP candidate. He makes it a top-5 group. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Quote of note:<\/b> \u201cIt\u2019s nice getting another year in the same offense. It\u2019s been the first time for me in maybe four years. So, it\u2019s great to have that and have an offensive mind [like] coach McDaniels, and our offensive coaches are great. So, I\u2019m really looking forward to that.\u201d \u2014 Maye on having the same offensive coordinator in back-to-back seasons for the first time since he was at North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Biggest story lines:<\/b> Can Maye build on his impressive 2025? Can he avoid the hangover that can accompany a Super Bowl loss? How quickly can he build chemistry with new receivers Brown and Doubs? And how will DeVito fare when it comes to moving from third  string to QB2?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4913\">Jannik Sinner keeps evolving his game \u2014 just like Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic before him<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s clear last season&#8217;s near MVP has been set up for success as well as any young quarterback in the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patriots quarterback preview: There\u2019s every reason for Drake Maye to excel again in 2026. 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