FOXBORO, Mass. — Drake Maye is the latest member of the Patriots, and the lads who made it occur wasted no time in sharing their preliminary ideas of New England’s new signal-caller.

Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo and head govt Eliot Wolf, simply minutes after getting off the cellphone with Maye, made their manner all the way down to the media room at Gillette Stadium on Thursday and shared their impressions of the No. 3 choose within the 2024 NFL Draft.

It’s secure to say they’re impressed.

“I might say, firstly, it is a man who comes from a really athletic household,” Mayo stated. “He’s very aggressive. He’s a likable man. He’s a frontrunner on the sphere, and clearly he has loads of instruments. We had been very snug with Drake and completely happy we bought him.”

New England had choices with its choose, however finally felt Maye was the best participant. It was believed Wolf and Mayo would discipline commerce affords as soon as the clock began ticking, however they really picked up the telephones themselves and instantly referred to as the 21-year-old out of North Carolina.

“He’s a participant that elevates these round him, and that’s actually all you possibly can ask for out of the quarterback place,” Wolf stated. “He’s bought loads of expertise, he’s athletic, he’s huge, he’s robust, he’s younger. We really feel like there’s loads of upside to his sport.”

Maye matches the timeline of what the Patriots want to do, and the primary steps of serving to make him the very best participant he could be will probably be taken instantly. New England would possibly simply be seeking to bounce again into the primary spherical, however regardless of how the night time ends, Wolf and Mayo are completely happy to have gotten their man.