{"id":67933,"date":"2026-06-08T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=67933"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:00:03","slug":"patriots-maye-an-upgrade-for-brown-he-can-make-any-throw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/patriots-maye-an-upgrade-for-brown-he-can-make-any-throw\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots’ Maye an Upgrade for Brown? – ‘He Can Make Any Throw’"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the biggest questions over the past five years has been how a young quarterback here in New England might look with a high-end target.<\/p>\n

For Drake Maye, it appears he’ll be the lucky one who will get to experience that heading into 2026.<\/p>\n

While Mac Jones had Hunter Henry, Jonnu Smith, Nelson Agholor, Jakobi Meyers, and Kendrick Bourne as his list of top targets, it’s safe to say that Maye’s group this season certainly exceeds that.<\/p>\n

Maye will take the field in 2026 with A.J. Brown, Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, Henry, Eli Raridon, and whoever wins out between Demario Douglas and Efton Chism.\u00a0 Kayshon Boutte might also be a factor, although his future is in doubt as he remains a trade candidate.<\/p>\n

But comparing the two, Maye’s group is certainly more talented and he also beats Jones in a landslide when it comes to his own talent.\u00a0 The former North Carolina is simply a more physically gifted player, with Maye able to make all the throws at every level of the field with relative ease.\u00a0 That’s something Jones couldn’t – and still can’t – do, with his inability to hit the perimeter being one of the things that ultimately remains his biggest obstacle after teams started figuring that out following Jones’ terrific 2021 season.<\/p>\n

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For Maye, he doesn’t have that problem.\u00a0 That’s what’s going to make having someone like Brown so interesting to watch.<\/p>\n

As good as Stefon Diggs was last season, Brown is a bigger, stronger target and he’s a more physical player than Diggs. He also arrives with the Patriots with familiarity with his head coach, having had the advantage of working with Mike Vrabel previously in Tennessee.\u00a0 That chemistry already brings an element Brown talked about last week as he watched his coach work with his new teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, that was this morning,” said Brown in his press conference<\/strong><\/a> when asked about any surreal moments from his first practice.\u00a0 “That was this morning when Vrabe\u2019s was getting on Will Campbell. He was getting on him, man. He was saying, he was like, \u2018Don\u2019t leave, I\u2019m about to get to my best part.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018I\u2019ve been around you a million times. I know what you\u2019re about to do to him.\u2019 You know? And so, that\u2019s when it kind of just started to set in, and I\u2019m around Vrabe\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown vs Diggs: Height\/Weight<\/strong><\/h4>\n