Patriots’ Drake Maye Focuses On Not Repeating On Field Mistakes

Drake Maye has been the best offensive player since taking over as the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots.

Over the last five games, Maye has completed 82 passes for 770 yards and run for an additional 209 yards on 21 carries. He’s thrown six touchdowns and scored one on the ground.

But despite all the success, the Patriots are still 2-7 on the season, and the rookie signal-caller has also made his share of mistakes. Maye has a pair of fumbles and four interceptions, including his game-ending pick against the Tennesse Titans on Sunday.

Maye admitted he’s learning from his mistakes on the field but won’t allow them to change the type of player he is when he joined the WEEI Afternoon Show on Monday.

“Yeah, I think just store in those mistakes and learn from them and hopefully not be a repeat offender of these mistakes,” Maye told the show. “I think that’s the biggest thing that Coach (Jerod) Mayo preaches, is not being a ‘repeat mistake guy.’ And that’s what I’m trying to do back there in these games. These plays turned out to be huge for the outcome of the game.

“… So little things like that that go a long way into impacting the game, I think you’re learning that and realizing, ‘Hey, you know, not every play needs to be a home run.'”

The first-year quarterback admitted there is a fine line between staying aggressive on the field and not forcing the ball when receivers are in double coverage.

“I think there definitely is. I think that side of me, I’m not gonna lose ever,” Maye said. “I think that’s hard to take away the playmaker and the aggressiveness of me. So, just being smarter with when not to be, I think that’s the biggest thing.”