Jacoby Brissett Named Patriots Starter "This Season"

jacobe brassette is named the starting quarterback this season at least according to Gerard Mayo will'll examine here on patcast Ready or Not Here Comes The Young blat C cry give the kids some better instead welcome to patcast I'm Brad Whitaker a rare early morning episode uh but I woke up feeling great this morning cuz I knew my data was protected if you don't have a VPN visit expressvpn.com patcast to get 3 months off of a 12-month annual plan again that is expressvpn.com patcast Gerard Mayo early morning press conference today um was at the podium for a grand total of about 30 seconds said jacobe brassette is the starter and then walked off not sure why this happened the way it did because Gerard Mayo basically spilled the beans yesterday at the prescheduled press conference today he wasn't actually supposed to have a press conference but yesterday Gerard Mayo goes out there says what's best for the team may not be but what's best weeks down the road that basically implied that jacobe Brett is going to be the starter because you're not going to say what's best for the team right now is Drake May starts and then we build for the future with jacobe brassette that just doesn't make sense so we've known this for about 20 hours now who the starting quarterback will be I'm not sure why we went through this charade over the last 24 hours Gerard Mayo said he wants to tell the team first before he tells the media didn't tell the team at Wednesday's practice as far as we know he decided to meet with the team early this morning before he met with the media and then of course the moment Gerard Mayo told the players it was leaked by Adam shefer who the starting quarterback would be so we didn't even need today's press conference and this just comes to show how optically the Patriots have handled this quarterback competition throughout all of training camp in the preseason it has been terrible and they've been saying this is a true quarterback competition the best quarterback's going to play Gerard Mayo went on Wei early this week said Drake may had outplayed jacobe brassett and then they fall back on what the original plan is which is to rest strike May and to start jacobe brassette and even going as far to say that jacobe brassette is the starter this season so now we're all wondering like does this mean Drake May is going to be sitting out the entire year I don't think that's the case he's going to play this season I think this is just an admission that the team is not very good and they don't want to put a rookie quarterback behind that poor offensive line that is still shuffling around that they're still trying to figure out they want to protect the rookie and use jacobe brassett as Canon fodder in the meantime that is the truth whereas they were paying lip service to the actual quarterback competition which wasn't actually real because jacobe brasset got 95% plus of the first team reps throughout all of training camp and I think this all comes down to the fact that there are just too many cooks in the kitchen Gerard Mayo went out in these last two press conferences the last two days and really said this is my decision I think that was a PR move to make him feel empowered and to give fans the comfort knowing that they have a head coach who's the one that the buck stops with he's the one that is making these key decisions even though we all know that's not the case it's Elliot wolf deciding it's offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt deciding it might even be Robert and Jonathan Craft deciding with Gerard Mayo having valuable input maybe he is the final decision maker but we all know this is a collaborative effort they've talked about collaboration all offseason all of training camp and the truth is I think If This Were A bill bellich situation and and Bill bellich is kind of gave a non-answer on the Pat McAfee show the other day on whether or not the Patriots should start Drake may but I think if Bill bellich were in this situation it would have been a lot more similar to what they did with ma Jones whereas yeah you treat Cam Newton as the starter but as ma Jones continues to develop throughout training camp throughout the preseason then you start splitting first team reps pretty evenly and you make the final call um who the better quarterback is and that was ultimately M Jones over Cam Newton I think where the Patriots went wrong this year because they didn't have a single decision maker like Bill bich they had d mayo and Elliot wolf and Alex velt and the crafts and they all had this long-term plan for Drake may they were not quick to adapt that plan once Drake May started developing faster than most of us expected him to and that's really how it played out the last month and the Patriots were too slow to give Drake May some of those first team reps you know he would get three or four here and there in practice over the last few weeks and then he got some first team reps in the preseason games but the truth is he outperformed jacobe brasset the last month so it wasn't a real quarterback competition if it were a real quarterback competition you would have jacobe bretting taking 15 snaps with the first team o line and Drake May taking 15 snaps with the first team offensive line instead it was like jacobe brassette takes 17 and Drake May takes three and they just kept that going and they never tweaked the plan and because of that they're sticking to the plan that they originally put into place it's a plan I disagree with if you listen on to me on this podcast you know over the last three weeks or so I've been saying Drake May should be the starter ever since the preseason game against the Eagles where he played very well and then it was reinforced with Sunday nights game against the Washington commanders where he clearly was the better quarterback out there but I think at the end of the day we're going to look at this as a similar situation to Nathan Peterman starting over Josh Allen in Buffalo and then everyone was like what was the point of that Josh Allen's out on the field week two as the starter like this doesn't make sense or or Ty Rod Taylor starting over Justin Herbert the only reason Justin Herbert started early That season is Tyrod Taylor um went down early with an injury but it was clear that was probably the wrong decision Justin Herbert should have been starting all along I think this is a similar situation he's not Drake May is not backing up Brett Favre he's not backing up Aaron Rogers he's not learning from Alex Smith like Patrick Mahomes and sitting for a year behind a real strong Pro Bowl level quarterback he's sitting behind jacobe brassette who at best is a good backup quarterback and a poor starting quarterback and that's nothing against jacobe brassette I mean the guy's been in the SE in the league for eight years and he's thrown 51 touchdown passes pton Manning threw 55 in a single season that's just who he is he's a pocket passer he's not as mobile as he once was I think Drake May puts the team in the best situation to win because he can extend plays with his legs he can make plays downfield that none of these other quarterbacks can and he's better equipped to deal with a bad offensive line versus a pocket passer like jacobe brassette but Pats want to put brassett out there as Canon fodder at least until he gets injured or the team struggles enough that they reach a point where they're comfortable starting Drake may but you know what what I've heard and that this seems to be the consensus among the Boston Sports media and a lot of Patriots fans if not most Patriots fans it doesn't harm anything by sitting Drake May that's what I've been hearing you can't hurt the guy if he doesn't play you can't hinder his development if he doesn't play I think that's factually incorrect because Drake May has built up so much momentum over the last three weeks that suddenly now he's not going to get any reps in practice he may get reps here and there but he's not going to get much because you you're preparing for Sunday's game you you go through the the weekly Cadence you watch film on Monday you have Tuesday off you practice Wednesday through Friday and you prepare for the team that you're playing and nearly all of those reps go to the starting quarterback so Drake May is just going to be observing until he's ready to play but as of right now there's no plan for him to play at least according to what Gerard Mayo is saying jacobe brassette is the starter for this season now I think he has to say that because the team goes out there they play well they're winning games you're not going to take jacobe brassette out of the lineup and say okay Drake May is now suddenly ready I think Drake May's ready right now yeah he has a lot to learn maybe he's not quite as good as jacobe on the two-minute drill pre- snap audibles getting in and out of the Huddle but he's better in pretty much every other facet of the game that's why I think he deserve the starting job but that's not what's happening obviously that that is not what's happening and I I I just I don't know why you you they did it this way I I I don't know why you say this is a true quarterback competition when it really wasn't and continue to lie to the media or you continue to say contradictory statements you know Drake May is our second best quarterback oh Drake May outplay jacobe brassette gerod Mayo really needs some media coaching and he did not handle this the way he probably should have and um he did say today we're 100% behind jacobe as an organization we feel like jacobe gives us our best chance to win right now I don't think that's true I I don't think he gives him the best chance to win but look we're we're moving forward with jacobe brette it is the safe decision not risking hurting your young rookie quarterback hurting his confidence I don't think that's an issue like it was with M Jones but that's what they're doing and I do think we'll see Drake May at some point this season perhaps very early on if jacobe brassette goes out there and struggles but I think the Patriots looked at this schedule and saw Cincinnati week one Seattle week two New York Jets week three San Francisco 49ers week four and they said why are we going to throw Drake May to the Wolves when we have all these tough teams but it doesn't get any easier like the whole schedule is hard they still have they have like Miami and the Houston Texans in the two games after that so are we looking at Drake May starting in London against uh Jacksonville is that the first game or when they had that home stand in the middle of the season and they play some lesser teams I mean it's still a a tough schedule throughout the whole season so I'm not I don't love this decision I know why they made it um but like I said ultimately I think we're looking at a future franchise quarterback who could become a real star in this league playing behind a backup and we're going to look at this as Josh Allen should have just started over Nathan Peterman but that that's that's the way it is um we're GNA have to roll with chobi brassette and uh you know it's an admission that that the team sucks right now and they're trying to to Slow Roll Drake May's development a little bit just to make sure he's 100% ready but he's not going to be 100% ready unless he gets real regular season game reps and uh we'll see when that is um we'll be here at Pats cast to cover it throughout the season you like this video be sure to smash that like button subscribe to the channel on YouTube hit that notification Bell or subscribe on Apple podcast or Spotify and we'll see you throughout the rest of the week if there's any additional breaking news for the New England Patriots oh sitting high in their Throne new kid raring but they ain't throwing no bone coach so stubborn holding tight to the Past fans chant loud putting m to the test ready or not here comes the young Bud bat cat crying give the kids some blood better and standing like a stone wall tall but the rookie got the fire that'll change it [Music] [Applause] [Music] all has cast blasting cross the radio ways Drake May here to lead us out of the caves season shining bright like a gleaming New Dawn but they stick to the Old Line it just feels wrong Ready or Not Here Comes The Young Bud Pats cat crying give the kid some blood V standing like a stone wall tall but the rookie got the fire that will change it [Music] all got their dreams hanging on the bread overhead stuck drowning in their bed we want action not just fossils in display give me the spark we got faith in May radi not here comes the young blood cats cats crying give a kid some blood better standing like a stone T but the rookie got the fire that change it all a [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]