Who should be Patriots QB Week 1: Drake Maye or Jacoby Brissett? | 'GMFB'

Well Jamie, Jerod Mayo says that he intends to have a starting quarterback decision by tonight, but Mayo may have given some pretty strong hints. In his postgame press conference, he talked about the fact that the best players are going to play. He referred to the rookie Drake Maye as the second best quarterback on the Patriots roster. The real question here is just going to be on the medical front. Mayo said that Jacoby Brissett could a return to the game. The plan was always to get him out after one series. They got back in the wee hours early this morning. They're going to check out Brissett over the course of the day. It is an injury a hit that he took on his throwing shoulder. All things equal though. All the arrows seem to continue to point to Jacoby Brissett being the starter at the beginning of the season. This makes sense on multiple levels. For one thing the Patriots offensive line is certainly a big question mark leading into the season, as evidenced by the missed block that led to Jacoby Brissett getting blasted last night. Also, Drake Maye going back to the pre-draft process was the quarterback. When I talked to coaches and scouts, everybody said probably needed the most time to get himself ready. Now we've seen what he can do on the field. He's dynamic, he's fast, he can make things happen with his arm and his legs. But the instincts all along have seemed to be Jacoby Brissett was going to be the starter out of the gate. Health aside, it certainly seems like things are still trending in that direction. Jamie. All right. Well I'm sure Jerod Mayo did not sign up for first time head coach. Hire an entire new staff and then have a quarterback decision that is going down to the wire ahead of this season. It's a lot on a first time head coach. Tom, thank you so much. We'll talk to you and we'll see you in a little bit. This is one that has taken up our eyeballs, our brain space, our conversation here on the show several times over the last couple of weeks. It's Drake Maye it's Jacoby Brissett. Manti what would you do. You remember in the movie Friday Night Lights when take me back when boobie Miles gets hurt. Before that Midland game. And he goes to go see the doctor. And the doctor says you're not ready. Goes back to coach. Coach asks, what did the doctor say. He said the doctor said he lied. He said the doctor said, I'm ready. The uncle looks at him. That's the coach said coach. Yeah, yeah. We're ready. What happens? He goes to the game. The coach has him on the sideline. They're getting their butts kicked. Pressure is kind of building and the coach, against his better judgment, puts boobie in the game. We all who've seen the movie we understand what happens in that situation. How does this relate to this Drake Maye scenario. If the coach would have just trusted his instinct? I think this whole story would be different. Do we all think here at Good Morning Football that he should be in this game? Yeah we should. We think he should be the starter. But Coach Mayo trust your instinct. If you ask Drake Maye on week one Drake are you ready to go? I bet you everything I have Drake is going to say coach I'm ready. But Coach Mayo trust your instincts. If he is not your week one starter when he takes the field and things aren't going well for you and the New England Patriots, the whole Gillette Stadium is probably going to be chanting his name. Drake Maye, Drake. Maye, coach Mayo, trust your instincts. You know what it looks like you had one of the greatest examples of what an NFL ready quarterback looks like. And Tom Brady not just by his physical abilities but more importantly his mental abilities. Do we all want to see him out there? Yes we do, but personally, for me, what do I want to see for Drake Maye? I want Drake Maye to have that 15 plus year career with the New England Patriots and be able to say, I had this type of career with one team because my head coach trusted his instincts. So what I what I love to see Drake Maye out there. Of course I would. I think everybody everybody else would. But coach Mayo, please just just trust your instincts on this one. Yeah I feel like his instincts should be to throw Drake in there. We know that Drake lost the battle to Kendrick Lamar, but this Drake clear out. He won this battle in this this quarterback battle. If you want to call it a battle, the dude won. I mean he looks amazing. And then I started looking at personnel. I started looking at what the front office and their moves. Think about it. They didn't bring any big free agent in there. They get rid of, you know, Judon. They ship him out of there like everything is starting to look towards, like, you know what, let's give him this opportunity. They've got a clear blank like canvas right now. Like they are building something new. We already know what the history of the New England Patriots, right. We know the great rings and Tom Brady and Belichick. It's a new era. And with the new era you got to start with the paintbrush. It's a beautiful looking paintbrush right there. Like come on like look at that I mean tell me tell me you saw something that makes you question why he shouldn't be in there. He's going to learn on the fly. Like, you know, this mantle. Like you step out there. There's nothing you did in college that goes like, oh, yeah, I'm ready. Right. You got to get your jaw broken in a little bit. He's got to get his jaw broken in a little bit. A little bit, yeah a little callus. And then boom he's ready to go. I say play him I mean they, they tripping. If they don't play Drake Maye and they know it to his instinct is saying play Drake Maye listen when someone tells you who they are believe them. When they tell you for the entire preseason over and over, believe them. Nobody is dying to play Drake Maye, but you have this this really gifted child and he should be moved up in a grade. He should be moved among his peers. And it's like I'm kind of nervous about that. He's going to be the youngest. He might not fit in socially, but you're doing him a disservice. Move the kid up. However, however, I've been talking about this for a month. I watched that game. Oh my God, that kid who you're going to move up in grades. He can handle the class, but not if when he's walking into the school he gets hit by a bus. Guys, I'm doing a complete heel turn on this. That offensive line is going to kill him. I think the offensive line just won Jacoby Brissett the job. Let me just give you a rundown a rundown of what happened to New England's offensive line in this game. They had ten penalties. All right. This is the thing. They're trying to protect their Drake Maye their Michael Jordan. The center was involved in two botched snaps. The two tackles had four illegal formations. The left guard had holding. And he left with injury. His replacement at left guard whose name is literally Michael Jordan, immediately had a holding penalty. Then their rookie guard, Lane Robinson, had a false start, a holding call and gave up a sack that hurt Jacoby Brissett. The Untold The Untold story of the Jacoby Brissett deal and this was detailed beautifully by Andrew Callahan the Boston Herald. He was brought in sure to mentor Drake Maye to bridge the gap. He was brought in to get the crap kicked out of him like a crash test dummy. He knew that the Patriots knew that. Everybody knows that. And it took about five seconds in that last preseason game for him to get up. Grimacing because no one can block anyone. I think Drake Maye is completely ready to play. I think the offense is different when he's out there. I think the whole vibe is different when he's out there and yes, Jerod Mayo, he's definitely the best quarterback on your roster, but I think the Pats offensive line just lost Drake made the starting job because they're not going to put him out there to get his head kicked in in the first week, maybe after a month. But even me who's been saying Drake Maye, Drake Maye, Drake may play him. They're completely irresponsible. Put him out there behind that line. They will either get him hurt, get him confused, get him penalized. Probably all of the above. His first game would be a snuff film and I don't want to see it. You can't do it. It's crazy how bad they are. I'm convinced I was wrong. Yeah. I mean, in terms of, like, classroom decision making. Doesn't matter how fast Drake Maye can do anything on the board if he has zero time after a snap to be able to decide what to do and how to handle his week one rookie start. Kyle, I go back to you with the kids analogy. I have a fresh five year old. She should be going to kindergarten this fall, but we moved her cross country. She's had major changes in her life. She's trying to catch up, so we held her back. We're going to make her a six year old kindergartner next year. There is nothing wrong with the fact that this girl might be the tallest in her class. She might be more emotionally set. She's going to be a 19 year old freshman when she goes to college, and we're we're happy about that. We're proud for that. And we know she's going to be equipped for life when it comes to that. So Drake Maye to your point, I'm not just here for a good time for the Patriots. I want him there for a long time. And it should not matter if he's the week one starter. There's no one who says when he's walking into the Hall of Fame in 20 and 25 years like, man, I am so glad I was the week one starter my rookie season. No, you want him to be with one team for 15 years. You want him to stand up tall and feel great about what he's putting out there. And fans, I can almost guarantee that in New England they don't. They would not care if it meant that that man was there for more than ten years. You got to trust your instinct. It's not that immaculate though, guys. And you know this. Like what happens after in the middle of the first game, in the middle of the second game when Brissett just doesn't have it or he's getting destroyed. And you're saying all the fans are going to be chanting for Drake Maye. They know that Drake Maye is better. They know they want to put him in. But you have a first time head coach who is probably way over his head a defensive head coach, of course he wants to put him in but it's not that simple like he would get him even more hurt and set back if he puts him in in the middle of a game. I just don't know. Now we're starting the season. It's obvious that Drake Maye has it, that Drake Maye is just going to sit all year. Now the crowds will start to react. The teammates will start to react. It can be a mess really fast when you're obviously not playing your best quarterback. You know, the one concern that I have with that is that, you know, if, God forbid, if Jacoby Brissett then gets hurt by this offensive line that has all these penalties and can't block, then you're forced with then still with the same situation, who are you going to play? You're not going to bring the third string quarterback in over Drake Maye because you want to protect the future. So even at that you're still going to be faced with that decision of playing Drake Maye. So it's just one thing to ponder about at some point. He's got to play. Whether you throw him out there early or Jacoby becomes the crash dummy gets beat up and then he's so beat