The rookie had an ugly turnover on Sunday that may 'haunt him for the rest of the season.'
. Not only has the team won two out of their last three games, but the rookie has thrown seven touchdowns, ran for one more, and is completing 64.7% of his passes., however, he threw an ugly interception. After trying to find tight end Austin Hooper along the sideline, he pump-faked and tried to throw the ball away. The Duke instead found the chest of Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards.
"That was easy as it gets to throw it away over the head of the tight end there and just short-armed it a little bit and got stuck," explained Van Pelt. "We always say if nobody's open, there's one guy that's always open and that's the tuba player in Row 4. I'd like to see him put that ball right in the tuba."
The offensive coordinator was, of course, jokingly referring to the band section seen at many high school and college football games. Despite Maye's turnovers , New England's offense has looked far better than with Jacoby Brissett under center. Since handing the reigns over to the rookie, the Patriots are scoring over seven more points per game and averaging over 40 more yards per game since Week 6.Mike Kadlick is a breaking/trending news writer at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered the New England Patriots for WEEI sports radio in Boston and continues to do so for CLNS Media.
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