Bedard: Team thinks Maye has made a huge leap forward this offseason.

PATSYLICIOUS · May 19, 2026

He should take another leap just based off the improvement in ol and wr once the brown trade is completed. If hes actually improved his game in itself then look out

mikey m · May 19, 2026

I think it was apparent in the playoffs, that despite how great his season was, he and Josh need to figure out the quick passing game for when the OL goes through stretches where it can’t hold up. If that’s where improvements are made, I’ll be very optimistic on that side of the ball

The Brandon Five · May 19, 2026

mikey m said:
I think it was apparent in the playoffs, that despite how great his season was, he and Josh need to figure out the quick passing game for when the OL goes through stretches where it can’t hold up. If that’s where improvements are made, I’ll be very optimistic on that side of the ball

Tom was so good at that. The ball was out of his hands before the ends could even turn the corner.

n1997y · May 20, 2026

mikey m said:
I think it was apparent in the playoffs, that despite how great his season was, he and Josh need to figure out the quick passing game for when the OL goes through stretches where it can’t hold up. If that’s where improvements are made, I’ll be very optimistic on that side of the ball

Josh needs to get Drake to reverse the order of his reads. Instead of disliking being “Checkdown Charlie” Drake should be striving yo be “Quickdraw Drake Maye” treating the quick short passing game like it’s a long handoff complementing the running game. Use that to set up the deep kill shots.

Last year it seemed screens and the short passing game were much less effective parts of the Patriots offense than they were during the glory days. If Drake can get the offense clicking on that part of the game things will look much better.

Best part of it, I think he can do it with or without AJ Brown.

DarrylS · May 20, 2026

It has been said that McDaniels offensive system has been stigmatized as complex and challenging to learn and run. Last year was Drake's and our current corps of receivers & RB's first year into it, so progress is anticipated.
Consider the progress from '24 (15 td's, 10 int's) to '25 (31 td's, 8 int's) there is no reason to not believe he will have an even better year in '26.

Nunchucks · May 20, 2026

He was bad in the playoffs. I need to see it

rkarp1 · May 20, 2026

if Maye can accept a net neutral play, and cut his int's from 8 to 6, his fumbles from 8 to 4 and his sacks from 47 to 20, I would be thrilled.
simply cut the negative plays in half.
learn to "live for the next play".

FCB02062 · May 20, 2026

Maye is turning heads in the film room

Ross12 · May 20, 2026

Curious what changed between early February and mid May. Only three months. Did Drake really deepen his understanding of the offense that much more during his time off? Did he develop his own skillset somehow?

imahobgoblin · May 20, 2026

Ross12 said:
Curious what changed between early February and mid May. Only three months. Did Drake really deepen his understanding of the offense that much more during his time off? Did he develop his own skillset somehow?

I don't think so. It is too early. That does not mean it can't happen. I think he learned what he did wrong last season and what blame he deserved in the losses. The corrections are coming still. I don't believe anything Bedard says. He is not strustworthy.

Rob0729 · May 20, 2026

mikey m said:
I think it was apparent in the playoffs, that despite how great his season was, he and Josh need to figure out the quick passing game for when the OL goes through stretches where it can’t hold up. If that’s where improvements are made, I’ll be very optimistic on that side of the ball

I am not sure if the playoffs were a good example. The oline was so bad that I think even Brady would have had a lot of problems.

But they do need to give Maye a safety valve where he can quickly dump off the ball ala James White or Kevin Faulk etc. They need to speed up Maye's processing speed at times (I assume this is where they see some advancement). I also think they need to design more roll out plays for Maye. Let him buy more time with his legs in a designed way.

moosekill · May 20, 2026

Nunchucks said:
He was bad in the playoffs. I need to see it

He played in 2 blizzards, perhaps if you watched the games you could add some comments.

Betterthanmost · May 20, 2026

mikey m said:
I think it was apparent in the playoffs, that despite how great his season was, he and Josh need to figure out the quick passing game for when the OL goes through stretches where it can’t hold up. If that’s where improvements are made, I’ll be very optimistic on that side of the ball

Give him shift players who can get open quicker than his OL find themselves on their behind and then we can talk all this.

rkarp1 · May 20, 2026

Ross12 said:
Curious what changed between early February and mid May. Only three months. Did Drake really deepen his understanding of the offense that much more during his time off? Did he develop his own skillset somehow?

if X is to be believed, it looked like Maye and the Mrs were on a very extended vacation.

Ross12 · May 20, 2026

rkarp1 said:
if X is to be believed, it looked like Maye and the Mrs were on a very extended vacation.

Sure, sure, but what were they DOING on vacation? Were they deep in the playbook every night? Maybe Drake had Anne Michael running routes so he could work on throwing passes to smaller receivers? Did they work on ball security? Who can say?

Wozzy · May 20, 2026

He needs to be better. Better efficiency, better pressure recognition, more command of the offense.

TommyD4207 · May 20, 2026

FCB02062 said:
Maye is turning heads in the film room

I heard he had a towel over his head.

sb1 · May 20, 2026

Wozzy said:
He needs to be better. Better efficiency, better pressure recognition, more command of the offense.

I think he will be. We saw a nice second year leap... now it's time for the third year leap.

sb1 · May 20, 2026

moosekill said:
He played in 2 blizzards, perhaps if you watched the games you could add some comments.

The Super Bowl wasn't in a blizzard and he only started moving the offense and putting up numbers after the Seahawks defense called off the dogs. Not all his fault obviously but there are lots of things he can get better at and I think he will.

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