Now that the New England Patriots have drafted North Carolina’s Drake Maye to be their quarterback of the future, the rookie has a ton of work to do before he actually gets on the field.
He’ll have an offseason full of learning new offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt’s playbook as well as time to connect with his teammates and earn their respect.
On Thursday, Patriots captain David Andrews shared with the media exactly how Maye can do the latter.
“One, it starts with your work ethic,” Andrews said (via. MassLive’s Chris Mason). “Coming in. Working hard. Trying to do all the right things. There’s all the cliché things, and they are clichés, but they’re clichés for a reason — a lot of it works.”
From everything that’s been said about Maye so far, he should have no issues with getting in the building and working on his craft and alongside his teammates.
If his talent continues to show itself, the locker room will be the ones pushing for him to start by the time the regular season comes around. However, that’s easier said than done for a 21-year-old with 26 games of starting experience in college transitioning into the NFL.
