Pats Pulpit on Drake Maye
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This is now the blueprint against Drake Maye: Take away the deep ball and force him to take the profits underneath in order to string together long drives... Against Seattle on Wednesday night, the quarterback faced split-safety coverages at a 57% clip.
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Maye must embrace boring underneath game vs. two-high safeties; Seattle blueprint emerging
Maye faced split-safety coverages at a 57% clip against Seattle, a defensive blueprint designed to take away the deep ball and force him to operate underneath. The source identifies this as the emerging strategy against Maye: teams will play two-high safeties to eliminate explosives and force him to string together long drives with underneath throws. Maye played effective but boring football for three quarters building a 10-0 lead, then lost patience and threw three interceptions. Coach Mike Vrabel emphasized the need for Maye to remain comfortable with this approach: "You can't get bored taking what they give you, and that goes for everybody." The Patriots will face an immediate test against Pittsburgh, which played every dropback in zone in Week 1 and ran a similar strategy under defensive coordinator Patrick Graham last season.
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