{"id":29074,"date":"2025-07-27T22:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29074"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:42:15","slug":"breaking-news-patriots-drake-maye-wants-to-do-less-of-this-during-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29074","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#8217; Drake Maye Wants To Do Less Of This During Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/Drake-Maye-2.jpg\" alt=\"Patriots' Drake Maye Wants To Do Less Of This During Second Season\" \/><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\"><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2041847\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->Drake Maye identified a specific area he hopes will lead to improvement in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots quarterback doesn\u2019t want to abandon passing plays to run as often this season, per ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemaining a passer longer when I scramble, I think that\u2019s big,\u201d Maye said. \u201cI feel like I had times last year where I had some guys deep that I may have missed them or took off running instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reiss cited a training-camp play where Maye accomplished that goal. During Saturday\u2019s practice, he scrambled to his right but kept looking downfield to throw a 60-yard touchdown to wide receiver DeMario Douglas.<\/p>\n<p>Maye tallied 421 rushing yards last season, the ninth-most among quarterbacks. He ran for a season-high 95 yards during a Week 9 overtime loss to the Tennessee Titans and scored two touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy football investors may not like Maye\u2019s 2025 plan, but Patriots supporters shouldn\u2019t mind if the 22-year-old progresses in the pocket.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Maye completed 66.6 percent of his passes during his rookie campaign. The No. 3 overall pick didn\u2019t produce many explosive plays, averaging a tame 6.7 yards per pass attempt while never reaching 300 passing yards in a game.<\/p>\n<p>New England ascertained some receiving help for Maye by signing Stefon Diggs and drafting Kyle Williams in the third round. Rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson could also become a valuable safety valve to target on extended plays, and first-round offensive tackle Will Campbell will hopefully give Maye more time to search for an open man.<\/p>\n<p>Maye\u2019s mobility isn\u2019t a skill the Patriots should entirely waste. While Maye would rather keep plays alive to pass, Josh McDaniels could dial up some designed runs for his young quarterback.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye identified one of his goals to improve during his second season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#039; Drake Maye Wants To Do Less Of This During Second Season - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29074\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#039; 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