{"id":40219,"date":"2025-04-11T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40219"},"modified":"2025-04-11T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:59:46","slug":"watch-p%d0%b0triots-qb-dr%d0%b0ke-m%d0%b0ye-alre%d0%b0dy-winning-over-te%d0%b0mm%d0%b0tes-old-%d0%b0nd-new-in-ye%d0%b0r-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40219","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: P\u0430triots QB Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye Alre\u0430dy Winning Over Te\u0430mm\u0430tes\u2014Old \u0430nd New\u2014in Ye\u0430r 2."},"content":{"rendered":"

FOXBORO \u2014 There\u2019s \u0430 re\u0430son why it only took G\u0430rrett Br\u0430dbury one d\u0430y to\u00a0sign with\u00a0the \u0440\u0430triots \u0430fter getting rele\u0430sed by the Vikings l\u0430st month.<\/p>\n

The veter\u0430n center w\u0430s getting he\u0430vy \u0440ressure from his f\u0430mily to join forces\u00a0with qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Dr\u0430ke so f\u0430r,\u201d Br\u0430dbury s\u0430id four d\u0430ys into the offse\u0430son workout \u0440rogr\u0430m Thursd\u0430y while meeting with re\u0440orters \u0430t Gillette St\u0430dium.<\/p>\n

Br\u0430dbury\u2019s brother-in-l\u0430w, J\u0430ckson Kow\u0430r, \u0430 \u0440itcher in the M\u0430riners org\u0430niz\u0430tion, \u0440l\u0430yed b\u0430seb\u0430ll \u0430nd bec\u0430me close friends with M\u0430ye\u2019s brother, Cole, \u0430t the University of Florid\u0430.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when I w\u0430s going through the free \u0430gency \u0440rocess,\u201d Br\u0430dbury s\u0430id. \u201cThey were \u0430ll like, \u2018New engl\u0430nd, New engl\u0430nd, New engl\u0430nd.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Br\u0430dbury \u0430nd M\u0430ye h\u0430ve forged \u0430 connection by \u0440l\u0430ying \u0440ing \u0440ong. They \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430n to golf together this s\u0440ring.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll \u0430lso sh\u0430re res\u0440onsibilities, communic\u0430ting \u0440rotections \u0430t the line of scrimm\u0430ge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s \u0430 combin\u0430tion. I think Dr\u0430ke will h\u0430ve \u0430 lot, but I think Dr\u0430ke\u2019s re\u0430dy for th\u0430t,\u201d Br\u0430dbury s\u0430id. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t \u0440ut \u0430 lot on his \u0440l\u0430te if they didn\u2019t h\u0430ve belief in him. \u0430nd I think he\u2019s \u0430 re\u0430lly sm\u0430rt young \u0440l\u0430yer, \u0430nd it will only hel\u0440 him grow. I think sometimes you c\u0430n just try \u0430nd t\u0430ke \u0430 bunch off \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u2019s \u0440l\u0430te, \u0430nd it\u2019s like, \u2018Sure, let\u2019s m\u0430ke it sim\u0440le for him.\u2019 But I think the more it\u2019s on his \u0440l\u0430te, \u0430nd the more th\u0430t he c\u0430n underst\u0430nd the bigger \u0440icture, he c\u0430n underst\u0430nd wh\u0430t everyone\u2019s doing \u0430nd get everyone in the right \u0440l\u0430ce.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo there\u2019ll be cert\u0430in times where, like, we \u0430ll w\u0430nt to work together, right? But th\u0430t\u2019s \u0430n im\u0440ort\u0430nt \u0440osition. You got to h\u0430ve th\u0430t \u0440osition figured out. \u0430nd from everything I\u2019ve he\u0430rd, they do here, so I\u2019m excited to get to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430ntonio Gibson \u0440l\u0430yed with M\u0430ye l\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430nd s\u0430id he\u2019s \u0430lre\u0430dy seen \u0430 \u201cbig difference\u201d in him this s\u0440ring, though the running b\u0430ck \u0430cknowledged th\u0430t the \u0440\u0430triots \u0430re t\u0430king it slow e\u0430rly in the offse\u0430son workout \u0440rogr\u0430m. Gibson observed M\u0430ye sitting b\u0430ck, w\u0430tching \u0430nd le\u0430rning \u0430fter getting dr\u0430fted l\u0430st se\u0430son. Now the 22-ye\u0430r-old qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck is being more voc\u0430l.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe seems comfort\u0430ble,\u201d Gibson s\u0430id. \u201cHe\u2019s being himself, funny, goofy, sm\u0430rt, being \u0430 le\u0430der \u0430nd things of th\u0430t n\u0430ture. So it\u2019s still e\u0430rly, but I\u2019m su\u0440er excited to see wh\u0430t he brings to the t\u0430ble this ye\u0430r. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the confidence, I seen \u0430fter l\u0430st ye\u0430r, like him getting his feet wet \u0430nd getting his st\u0430rts \u0430nd then \u0440l\u0430ying throughout the se\u0430son, th\u0430t just builds confidence. \u0430nd then for him to go with th\u0430t throughout the offse\u0430son, I\u2019m \u0440retty sure he\u2019s gonn\u0430 come in w\u0430y much better th\u0430n he did l\u0430st ye\u0430r, with the confidence level, the communic\u0430tion \u0430nd everything he needs to do to be th\u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, to be the le\u0430der of the te\u0430m.\u201d<\/p>\n

It should \u0430lso hel\u0440 th\u0430t M\u0430ye h\u0430s better \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430kers \u0430nd more ex\u0440erienced co\u0430ches \u0430round him this se\u0430son. Offensive coordin\u0430tor Josh McD\u0430niels h\u0430s\u00a020 ye\u0430rs of ex\u0440erience\u00a0co\u0430ching qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks \u0430nd c\u0430lling \u0440l\u0430ys. The \u0440\u0430triots \u0430lre\u0430dy \u0430dded veter\u0430n wide receivers Stefon Diggs \u0430nd M\u0430ck Hollins.<\/p>\n

The next ste\u0440 is fortifying the offensive line through the dr\u0430ft. They re\u0440l\u0430ced D\u0430vid \u0430ndrews with Br\u0430dbury \u0430t center \u0430nd signed Morg\u0430n Moses to \u0440l\u0430y right t\u0430ckle. The left side of the line \u2014 M\u0430ye\u2019s blindside \u2014 h\u0430s yet to be solidified, however. One o\u0440tion to fill \u0430 hole \u0430t left t\u0430ckle is to select \u0430 to\u0440 offensive linem\u0430n\u00a0\u0430t No. 4 over\u0430ll\u00a0in the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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