After the Patriots finished their preseason training on Sunday evening, head coach Jerod Mayo said called Drake Maye is the second-best quarterback on the roster, but did not name Jacoby Brissett the team’s starter at that position.
Brissett injured his right shoulder during the game against the Commanders and an injury would obviously play a role in any decision. Mayo said on Sunday that Brissett can continue play if it had been the regular season, but he said on The Greg Hill Show on Monday that Brissett might report something different about his condition upon his return to the team facility.
Mayo also said that Maye played better than Brissett in the preseason, which is another factor in New England’s playoffs.
“Jacoby can come in here today and say his shoulder is not good,” Mayo said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “So I’m not going to look too far into the future as to whether Jacoby could play or not. What I will say is this is a real competition, and I would say that at this point, Drake has outperformed Jacoby. Now, in saying that, we have to take into account all the work that goes back to the spring and the start of training camp. And we’ll see where we land, but those are the conversations that will be had here over the next few days.”
Brissett has significantly more experience than the first-round pick, and that made him seem like a likely starter for the entire offseason, but it remains to be seen how Mayo and the Patriots will weigh all the variables involved in making a very important decision.
