Beyond the on-field results, Drake Maye's ascendance as a leader in New England has major long-term implications, writes Tom E. Curran.
Something you may think in real time is a big flippin’ deal turns out to have only been a mirage.and Mac Jones looked like Joe Montana. Did a light come on? Had the team in freefall grabbed a foothold with their second win? No. That was just. Yeah. They didn’t win again until three weeks ago and got themselves taken to"the woodshed" several times along the way.
Every Sunday isn’t a referendum on where you stand in the league. The games are just a checkpoint on where you are relative to the team you’re playing. And if the other team is in the process of quitting -- like the Jets and Bears -- and your team has not quit and is in fact incrementally improving on every front? Then you might take your less-talented roster and get a win.The truth is, the Patriots aren’t on the way up the mountain. They’re barely out of base camp.
Defensively, the Patriots saw a Bears offensive line that couldn’t protect their indecisive quarterback and attacked. They used Brenden Schooler as a spy. They set the edge like demons most of the day. They kept the heat coming. Drake Maye is ascending completely to the role of franchise quarterback. He’s the hood ornament, the big toe, the head honcho, the capo di tutti capi, the final boss., but I don’t think it’s a coincidence the level of competency everywhere rose. People want to be led. But they HAVE to be led by someone they respect. Someone who doesn’t just come to the position by fiat, but who grows into it. Maye did that.
Maye didn’t come in and bigfoot the situation, acting like the team was his. And in showing that early deference, then elevating, he showed an understanding of a group dynamic where Brissett entered camp as the veteran leader.
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