After the Patriots finished their preseason on Sunday night, head coach Jerod Mayo said Drake Maye was the second-best quarterback on the roster but did not name Jacoby Brissett as the starting quarterback.
Brissett injured his right shoulder during the game against the Commanders, and this injury will be an important factor in any decision.
Mayo mentioned on Sunday that Brissett would have been able to keep playing if it had been the regular season. However, he also said on The Greg Hill Show on Monday that Brissett might report a different status about his injury when he returns to the team facility.
Mayo also pointed out that Maye performed better than Brissett during the preseason, adding another factor to the decision in New England.
“Jacoby may come in here today and say his shoulder is no good,” Mayo said, according to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “So I’m not going to get too far down the road on if Jacoby could play or couldn’t play.
What I will say is this is a true competition and I would say at this current point, Drake has outplayed Jacoby.
Now, in saying that, we have to take in the full body of work going all the way back to the spring and beginning of training camp. And we’ll see where we end up, but those are the conversations that will happen here over the next couple days.”
Brissett has much more experience than the rookie pick, which made him seem like the likely starter for the entire offseason. However, it is still unclear how Mayo and the Patriots will consider all the factors in this important decision.
