It sounds like New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye will be on the sidelines to begin his NFL career.
The Patriots brought back Jacoby Brissett on a one-year deal in free agency and traded Mac Jones to the Jacksonville Jaguars at the start of the new league year. Then with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Pats drafted North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye.
In a surprise move, New England also used a sixth-round pick (193rd overall) on Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton. And according to a new report, it’s actually Milton who’s performed better among the rookie QBs in training camp.
Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reports that the North Carolina product “continues to underwhelm while Joe Miton impresses.” Volin states that Milton has been the better QB over New England’s first six practice sessions with several “wow” plays:
“Drake Maye continues to underwhelm while Joe Milton impresses. I wrote after last Thursday’s practice that Milton is the “wow” quarterback at camp — the guy with the best size, best athleticism, and biggest arm. Now I’ll take it a step further: Milton outplayed Maye over the first six practices of camp…
Maye is running second on the depth chart and getting a ton of work, but he hasn’t made many noteworthy throws. He was the only quarterback not to throw a touchdown pass in a red zone drill Tuesday, while Milton, in limited reps, threw touchdowns on consecutive plays, one on a drag to Polk and another on an RPO slant to JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Meanwhile, Milton wows the crowd every day with his tantalizing arm and standing backflips. After Maye struggled in the red zone, Milton promptly came in and completed a nice pass to Kawaan Baker on the sideline.”
