It’s OK to question the way the Patriots handled Drake Maye’s elevation to starting quarterback.
In a perfect world, it should be a coronation.
Done with pomp and circumstance.
Because as a player he preferred open and honest communication or whatever.
And yet this move was announced by an NFL web link reporter on the Patriots Tuesday off.
Let the Houston Texans gameplan for Jacoby Brissett, then spring Maye on them at the last minute.
You’re going to have competing interests and people working at cross purposes.
But however it came out, we should be glad this move is being made.
But you’ve got the option to’t just cower in fear and let Maye rot on your bench.
Instead, you work to solve the problem.
I keep hearing that Houston has one of the best pressure rates in the NFL.
I don’t know where that number is coming from.
All well and good.
But hardly the 1985 Bears.
Or even the 2012 Texans with JJ Watt, Whitney Mercilus and Antonio Smith.
In the way Luke couldn’t fulfill his destiny until he faced Vader.
Danny LaRusso couldn’t earn respect until he faced Johnny Lawrence.
AndAdam West needed to bone every woman in Aspen, COin order to truly become Batman.
I’m happy to report Maye sees it the same way:
He’s ready.
The coaching staff is ready.
You should be ready.
Besides, the schedule gets relatively easier after this.
Five weeks is plenty enough time to leave him standing around, watching and learning.
Let this kid off the leash and let the new era of Patriots football begin at last.
