New England Patriots fans will have to wait to see Drake Maye start games.
Maye, the third overall pick of the NFL Draft, will sit and watch Jacoby Brissett, at least to start the season. In a team meeting Thursday morning, head coach Jerod Mayo named Brissett their Week 1 starter, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. New England starts the season at the Cincinnati Bengals.
The decision was more complicated than picking the best quarterback. Patriots coach Jerod Mayo admitted Maye outplayed Brissett in the preseason. New England has resisted elevating Maye to QB1, likely because of a poor situation around the quarterback.