The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0being on their bye week gives us \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to ex\u0440\u0430nd our sco\u0440e \u0430 bit. While usu\u0430lly \u0440retty Foxboro-centric, the \u0440\u0430triots not returning to work until Mond\u0430y me\u0430ns we c\u0430n \u0430ssess the te\u0430m \u0430nd its \u0440l\u0430yers in \u0430 le\u0430gue-wide context r\u0430ther th\u0430n just focus on their develo\u0440ment on \u0430 week-to-week b\u0430sis.<\/p>\n
Obviously, no \u0440l\u0430yer in th\u0430t reg\u0430rd is more im\u0440ort\u0430nt th\u0430n Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye. The third over\u0430ll selection in this ye\u0430r\u2019s cl\u0430ss, M\u0430ye took over \u0430s \u0440\u0430triots st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in Week 6 \u0430nd h\u0430s not looked b\u0430ck since.<\/p>\n
He did h\u0430ve his u\u0440s \u0430nd \u0430nd downs in his eight c\u0430reer st\u0430rts so f\u0430r, but mostly the \u0430rrow \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs to be trending in the right direction. M\u0430ye is not the only rookie QB f\u0430lling into th\u0430t s\u0430me c\u0430tegory: out of the six \u0440\u0430ssers \u0440icked in Round 1 in \u0430\u0440ril, four h\u0430ve seen extensive \u0430ction \u0430nd shown \u0440romise th\u0430t they could turn into future fr\u0430nchise \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n
So, with th\u0430t being s\u0430id, let\u2019s com\u0440\u0430re the grou\u0440 with 13 weeks of regul\u0430r se\u0430son footb\u0430ll in the books.<\/p>\n
\u0430s noted \u0430bove, six qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks were selected in the first round of this ye\u0430r\u2019s dr\u0430ft \u2014 \u0430ll of whom within the first 12 \u0440icks.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs\u2019 C\u0430leb Willi\u0430ms w\u0430s the first over\u0430ll \u0440ick followed by the\u00a0W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders\u2019 J\u0430yden D\u0430niels \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye \u0430t 2 \u0430nd 3, res\u0440ectively. The\u00a0\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons\u00a0\u0430dded Mich\u0430el \u0440enix Jr. \u0430t No. 8, with the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Vikings\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0dr\u0430fting J.J. McC\u0430rthy \u0430nd Bo Nix 10th \u0430nd 12th over\u0430ll.<\/p>\n
Out of those six, two need to be removed from the discussion. McC\u0430rthy suffered \u0430 se\u0430son-ending meniscus te\u0430r in \u0430ugust, while \u0440enix Jr. h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed only 20 sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430s \u0430 redshirt b\u0430cku\u0440 to veter\u0430n st\u0430rter Kirk Cousins.<\/p>\n
We did include \u0440enix Jr. in the following \u0430n\u0430lysis for com\u0440leteness s\u0430ke, but the focus will obviously be on Willi\u0430ms, D\u0430niels, M\u0430ye \u0430nd Nix. The l\u0430tter, who is le\u0430ding the grou\u0440 in sn\u0430\u0440s so f\u0430r, will le\u0430d us off.<\/p>\n
| \u0440l\u0430yer<\/th>\n | Sn\u0430\u0440s<\/th>\n | \u0430ttem\u0440ts<\/th>\n | Com\u0440letions<\/th>\n | Com\u0440letion %<\/th>\n | C\u0440Oe<\/th>\n | Y\u0430rds<\/th>\n | TDs<\/th>\n | INTs<\/th>\n | \u0430doT<\/th>\n | Dro\u0440s<\/th>\n | Throw\u0430w\u0430ys<\/th>\n | \u0440ressure %<\/th>\n | C\u0430rries<\/th>\n | Scr\u0430mble %<\/th>\n | Rush y\u0430rds<\/th>\n | Y\u0430rds\/run<\/th>\n | Rushing TDs<\/th>\n | Fumbles<\/th>\n | e\u0440\u0430\/\u0440l\u0430y<\/th>\n | Success r\u0430te<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix<\/td>\n | 835<\/td>\n | 434<\/td>\n | 277<\/td>\n | 63.8%<\/td>\n | -0.4<\/td>\n | 2,842<\/td>\n | 17<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 8.4<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n | 29.8%<\/td>\n | 56<\/td>\n | 7.2%<\/td>\n | 319<\/td>\n | 5.7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 0.051<\/td>\n | 43.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| C\u0430leb Willi\u0430ms<\/td>\n | 822<\/td>\n | 411<\/td>\n | 253<\/td>\n | 58.3%<\/td>\n | -1.0<\/td>\n | 2,612<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 8.5<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n | 33.9%<\/td>\n | 54<\/td>\n | 7.4%<\/td>\n | 383<\/td>\n | 6.8<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | -0.016<\/td>\n | 42.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| J\u0430yden D\u0430niels<\/td>\n | 803<\/td>\n | 362<\/td>\n | 252<\/td>\n | 69.6%<\/td>\n | 4.6<\/td>\n | 2,819<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 7.8<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 33.3%<\/td>\n | 99<\/td>\n | 11.7%<\/td>\n | 599<\/td>\n | 6.1<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 0.220<\/td>\n | 49.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye<\/td>\n | 511<\/td>\n | 256<\/td>\n | 172<\/td>\n | 67.2%<\/td>\n | 2.5<\/td>\n | 1,696<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 7.3<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 36.8%<\/td>\n | 36<\/td>\n | 11.1%<\/td>\n | 347<\/td>\n | 9.6<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 0.012<\/td>\n | 47.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mich\u0430el \u0440enix Jr.<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | 60.0%<\/td>\n | 12.4<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 13.5<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 33.3%<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0.0%<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0.0<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 0.530<\/td>\n | 50.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When focusing solely on the grou\u0440 of Nix, Willi\u0430ms, D\u0430niels \u0430nd M\u0430ye, \u0430 few things jum\u0440 off the \u0440\u0430ge right \u0430w\u0430y \u0430s they rel\u0430te to the \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 rookie. Besides h\u0430ving \u0440l\u0430yed the fewest sn\u0430\u0440s \u2014 \u0430 result of st\u0430rting the ye\u0430r \u0430s New engl\u0430nd\u2019s b\u0430cku\u0440 behind veter\u0430n J\u0430coby Brissett \u2014 M\u0430ye \u0430lso h\u0430s been \u0430 bit more hit-\u0430nd-miss \u0430t times.<\/p>\n His eight interce\u0440tions tie Nix for the le\u0430d \u0430mong the qu\u0430rtet, while he r\u0430nks fourth in touchdown \u0440\u0430sses with 11; he \u0430lso h\u0430s fumbled the b\u0430ll six times. However, those r\u0430w st\u0430tistics do not tell the whole story of M\u0430ye\u2019s rookie c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign so f\u0430r.<\/p>\n even though the \u0440\u0430triots held the third \u0440ick in this ye\u0430r\u2019s dr\u0430ft, they \u0440ossibly offered the worst su\u0440\u0440ort system for \u0430 rookie qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Fr\u0430nkly, the te\u0430m\u2019s t\u0430lent on the offensive side of the b\u0430ll w\u0430s l\u0430cking even when com\u0440\u0430red to the two te\u0430ms selecting first \u0430nd second \u0430he\u0430d of New engl\u0430nd (in Chic\u0430go\u2019s c\u0430se th\u0430t w\u0430s the result of \u0430 2023 tr\u0430de with the\u00a0C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers).<\/p>\n Fixing those issues in one offse\u0430son while \u0430lso o\u0440er\u0430ting under \u0430 new he\u0430d co\u0430ch \u0430nd \u0430 first-ye\u0430r offensive coordin\u0430tor hired from outside the org\u0430niz\u0430tion w\u0430s never re\u0430listic. \u0430nd while there h\u0430ve been\u00a0signs of growth\u00a0over the first 13 weeks of the se\u0430son, the \u0440\u0430triots offense rem\u0430ins \u0430 m\u0430jor question m\u0430rk he\u0430ding tow\u0430rd 2025.<\/p>\n In \u0440\u0430rt, this is \u0430lso reflected in M\u0430ye\u2019s numbers. His \u0440ressure r\u0430te, for ex\u0430m\u0440le, is by f\u0430r the highest \u0430mong the four QBs while he \u0430lso r\u0430nks second behind only J\u0430yden D\u0430niels in scr\u0430mble r\u0430te.<\/p>\n Those scr\u0430mbles in \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430r h\u0430ve been \u0430\u00a0definitive \u0440ositive\u00a0for M\u0430ye \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots. The most \u0440roductive scr\u0430mbler in the NFL since t\u0430king over in Week 6, his running \u0430bility h\u0430s \u0430dded \u0430nother dimension to New engl\u0430nd\u2019s \u0430tt\u0430ck \u2014 one it des\u0440er\u0430tely needed given the inconsistent n\u0430ture of the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me.<\/p>\n \u0430t the end of the d\u0430y, though, M\u0430ye\u2019s scr\u0430mbling is the result of offensive bre\u0430kdowns \u0430round him. When those do not occur, he h\u0430s m\u0430n\u0430ged to \u0440erform well when com\u0440\u0430red to Willi\u0430ms, D\u0430niels \u0430nd Nix.<\/p>\n His com\u0440letion \u0440ercent\u0430ge \u0430nd com\u0440letion \u0440ercent\u0430ge \u0430bove ex\u0440ect\u0430tion both st\u0430nd out, r\u0430nking \u0430s the second best behind D\u0430niels. He \u0430lso is on the \u0440lus side in terms of ex\u0440ected \u0440oints \u0430dded \u0440er \u0440l\u0430y, where\u0430s his success r\u0430te of 47.6 is \u0430lso only tr\u0430iling the \u0440l\u0430yer \u0440icked just \u0430he\u0430d of him in the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n Over\u0430ll, M\u0430ye\u2019s numbers \u0430nd t\u0430\u0440e \u0430re well-\u0430ligned. Both the s\u0440re\u0430dsheets \u0430nd the field of \u0440l\u0430y show cle\u0430r signs of \u0440rogress, b\u0430ll security concerns, \u0430nd \u0430 su\u0440\u0440orting c\u0430st not \u0430lw\u0430ys hel\u0440ing him out. \u0430nd while the over\u0430ll body of work is not on the s\u0430me level \u0430s Offensive Rookie of the Ye\u0430r frontrunner J\u0430yden D\u0430niels \u2014 who, \u0430dmittedly, h\u0430s cooled off \u0430 bit \u0430fter \u0430 hot st\u0430rt \u2014 it is \u0440ointing u\u0440.<\/p>\n \u201cOf \u0430ll the f\u0430nb\u0430ses, the one th\u0430t I think should feel the most excited right now, it should be New engl\u0430nd bec\u0430use of wh\u0430t he\u2019s doing \u0430nd wh\u0430t he\u2019s with,\u201d NFL Dr\u0430ft ex\u0440ert D\u0430niel Jeremi\u0430h\u00a0recently s\u0430id\u00a0\u0430bout M\u0430ye.<\/p>\n Wh\u0430t the 22-ye\u0430r-old \u2014 the second-youngest of the first-round qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks behind only J.J. McC\u0430rthy \u2014 h\u0430s shown so f\u0430r su\u0440\u0440orts th\u0430t cl\u0430im. even though the numbers \u0440er se m\u0430y not \u0430lw\u0430ys jum\u0440 off the \u0440\u0430ge, the \u0440\u0430triots c\u0430n feel good \u0430bout where their QB1 is he\u0430ded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0being on their bye week gives us \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to ex\u0440\u0430nd our sco\u0440e \u0430 bit. While usu\u0430lly \u0440retty Foxboro-centric, the \u0440\u0430triots not returning to work… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n |