Patriots QB Jacoby Brissett to remain starter, says Jerod Mayo

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo stated Friday that Jacoby Brissett stays the group’s beginning quarterback, praising his toughness regardless of a flurry of safety breakdowns in Thursday’s 24-3 loss to the New York Jets.

Mayo’s declaration got here a day after he inserted rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 general choose within the draft, into the sport late within the fourth quarter so he may expertise his first regular-season motion.

“Jacoby is our quarterback till I say he isn’t the quarterback,” Mayo stated Friday morning. “I assumed he confirmed a whole lot of toughness, a whole lot of grit.”

Brissett, who completed 12-of-18 for 98 yards, was sacked 5 occasions and in-game statisticians charted that he was hit 15 occasions because the Jets turned to a blitz-heavy strategy to take advantage of the Patriots’ short-handed offensive line. Within the first three video games, he’s 42-of-69 for 368 yards with one landing and no interceptions. The Patriots are 1-2.

Instantly after the sport Thursday, Mayo shared his teaching philosophy that each participant is all the time competing for his job, and he stated he deliberate to satisfy with the teaching workers to debate the group’s quarterback plans.

That features offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, who instructed reporters Friday that he believes Maye will profit extra from remaining the backup to Brissett right now.

“I nonetheless assume it is by watching. I believe there’s quite a bit to be realized but, and that is the place I am going to stand on that,” Van Pelt stated, including that he is inspired about Maye’s future. “Jacoby is our starter, like Coach stated, till that adjustments, I believe we obtained to do the whole lot we will to get the starter able to win a sport on [Sept. 29 in San Francisco].”

In his one drive, Maye was 4-of-8 for 22 yards and he added two rushes for 12 yards. The drive started on the Patriots’ 42-yard line and ended with a sack after advancing to the Jets’ 7-yard line.

“Coming off the bench at the moment is all the time powerful, it doesn’t matter what place, however particularly the quarterback place and I assumed he dealt with himself effectively and tried to place a drive collectively,” Mayo stated, noting Maye’s athleticism and talent to make each throw. “It is one thing to construct off.”

In observe, the Patriots have been giving Maye 30% of the first-team repetitions, in response to Mayo. The plan is to stay with that strategy.

“Proper now, I would say it is nonetheless establishment. I stated it earlier — Jacoby continues to be our beginning quarterback and we’ve to be able to help him, 11 guys on the market on offense. It is everybody,” Mayo stated.