{"id":3955,"date":"2024-08-12T20:25:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2024-08-12T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:25:15","slug":"photo-patriots-rookie-qb-drake-maye-completely-disrespected-mac-jones-during-practice-this-week-and-fans-loved-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO: Patriots Rookie QB Drake Maye Completely Disrespected Mac Jones During Practice This Week, And Fans Loved It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drake<\/a>\u00a0Maye was all smiles after a fan handed him their old\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/mac-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mac Jones<\/a>\u00a0jersey while he signed autographs at practice.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie replaced Jones on the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a>\u00a0roster this year, though he isn\u2019t expected to start for the team next season.<\/p>\n<p>Things will be very different in Foxborough this year, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/mac-jones-trade-closes-book-bill-belichicks-final-patriots-misstep\/594140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both Bill Belichick and Jones gone<\/a>. New head coach Jerod Mayo will have his work cut out for him, and he\u2019s well aware that the quarterback position could make or break him.<\/p>\n<p>Maye, who was drafted third overall back in April, is the future of the Patriots franchise, but he\u2019s likely to be incorporated slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Given Jones\u2019 mostly disappointing spell with the team, fans are okay with the change. One of them brought their old jersey with the name crossed out to training camp to get signed. Maye, whose name was written at the top of Jones\u2019 X-ed-out name, couldn\u2019t hide how funny he found this as he handed out autographs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HILARIOUS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> rookie Drake Maye signing an old Mac Jones jersey.<\/p>\n<p>He was laughing very loudly<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83d\udcf8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatriotsCLNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatriotsCLNS<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fL6VzV1uqO\">pic.twitter.com\/fL6VzV1uqO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1823019461353570794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou gotta do what you gotta do, them jerseys are expensive\ud83d\ude02<\/em>,\u201d one fan joked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>\u201c<em>Wait, this is WILDD\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/em>,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Bro already knows he\u2019s better than Mac Jones<\/em>,\u201d someone else suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I love this guy\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/em>,\u201d remarked another.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-drake-maye-will-do-well-to-avoid-the-mac-jones-path\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drake Maye Will Do Well To Avoid The Mac Jones Path<\/h2>\n<p>Drake Maye has a lot riding on his shoulders. He will be expected to revive a franchise that has been floundering since\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tom-brady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Brady<\/a>\u2019s departure. Mac Jones clearly wasn\u2019t the answer, but Bill Belichick is mostly to blame, having made massive mistakes in his attempts at developing the quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Belichick didn\u2019t exactly put Jones in a position to succeed with his staff hires, so much so that the player sought advice behind his back.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will hope that Maye\u2019s career will be handled differently. It doesn\u2019t appear that he will be thrown into the deep end just yet, with Jacoby Brissett to start next season.<\/p>\n<p>But it won\u2019t be very long before fans get to see their lottery pick controlling things in the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake\u00a0Maye was all smiles after a fan handed him their old\u00a0Mac Jones\u00a0jersey while he signed autographs at practice. The rookie replaced Jones on the\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0roster this year, though he &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}