Why Devin Mccourty Thinks Patriots Made Correct Starting Qb Decision

Devin McCourty breaks down why the Patriots made the right choice by sitting Drake Maye to start his rookie season and shares his thoughts on how veterans on the team might react to the... The New England Patriots aren't going to throw rookie quarterback Drake Maye into the fire to begin the 2024 NFL season. The team named veteran Jacoby Brissett the starting QB last week in a decision that many pundits and former players have agreed with. There are plenty of examples of quarterbacks drafted in the first round who didn't play to begin their rookie year and went on to have productive careers. Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Jordan Love are three notable examples from the last seven years. You can include Patriots legend Devin McCourty among the group that thinks the team made the right decision to sit Maye to start the season.

He explained why on the latest episode of NBC Sports Boston's Patriots Talk Podcast with Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry. Subscribe to NBC Sports Boston's podcast network to hear our Insiders bring you the latest insights on your favorite teams! Send this article to your social connections. Send this article to your social connections. Drake Maye will open his rookie season in the NFL on the sideline.

Jerod Mayo announced last week that the Patriots will roll with veteran Jacoby Brissett as the team’s starting QB in Week 1 against the Bengals, with Maye getting extra time to marinate as the... While Maye narrowed the gap between him and Brissett this preseason with a pair of encouraging performances against the Eagles and Commanders, Mayo’s decision to start Brissett over Maye didn’t come as a surprise. Tom Brady is no longer walking through that door in Foxborough, so the New England Patriots will have to turn to someone else to man the quarterback position. Right now, the frontrunner to take the job might just be Jarrett Stidham, who is entering his second year. While Stidham is unproven, Patriots safety Devin McCourty, speaking on his Double Coverage podcast on Sunday, seems to like his potential: “To me, the best thing for Stiddy was that he had to go against our defense every week.

He didn’t have it easy. I love his poise. I would be faking a blitz sometimes and we’d make eye contact and he’d just start smiling and laughing.” Stidham, who played his collegiate football at Auburn, was originally selected by New England in the fourth round (133rd pick overall) of the NFL Draft last spring. Who will the Patriots start at quarterback this Sunday? Devin McCourty expects them to bypass their first- and second-stringers and go with option No.

3. Asked Wednesday for his starting QB prediction, the retired New England safety chose Will Grier. "Honestly, from looking at some of the reports, I think it's going to be Will Grier," McCourty said on WEEI's "The Greg Hill Show." "I think all of the media portions (of practice) have... Despite the rumors around Bailey Zappe, Devin McCourty believes that the Patriots might go in a different direction and start Will Grier! pic.twitter.com/ZvCbJJtVkd As McCourty noted, Jones and Zappe were the top two quarterbacks during the brief open media portion of Tuesday's practice.

Bill Belichick also stressed multiple times that the vast majority of Grier's reps since he joined the Patriots in September have come on the scout team. The Patriots have a decision to make when it comes to who will start at quarterback Sunday against the New York Giants. Mac Jones told reporters Wednesday “the plan” is for him to start, while Bailey Zappe after New England’s Week 10 loss that he’s “100 percent confident” he can lead the team. Then there’s Will Grier, who told MassLive on Tuesday he’d love the opportunity to start. The third-stringer hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2019. Patriots coach Bill Belichick hasn’t shed much light into which direction they’ll go, but noted he wants everyone to be ready.

New England has options, and three-time Super Bowl champion Devin McCourty weighed in on who he thinks his former coach will start come Sunday during his weekly appearance on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show”... “Honestly, from looking at some of the reports, I think it’s going to be Will Grier. I think all of the media portions have been Bailey and Mac going back and forth taking the first team reps. But I think they’re doing that to make sure no one knows,” McCourty said. “But I think to bench Mac in that last game in Germany against the Colts with two minutes left, I just think they’ve seen a lot of Zappe, they’ve seen a lot of Mac. Will Grier’s a guy that they really haven’t seen much, and he’s a professional.

He’s been in the league for a while, in different situations. I think there’s a chance he starts Sunday.”

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