The Patriots raised loads of eyebrows earlier this yr after they traded backup quarterback Joe Milton and a seventh-round choose on this yr’s draft to the Cowboys for a fifth-round choose.
There was some thought it needed to do with New England’s quarterback of the long run, Drake Maye, being threatened by Milton.
New head coach Mike Vrabel stated the transfer was made for “the best of the team.”
NFL insider Greg Bedard stated on his “Patriots Podcast” that the commerce was made not due to a possible risk to Maye, however that Milton “and it is a direct quote from somebody within the group — ‘is not a good dude.’
“Knowing your role, playing your role, being part of a harmonious quarterback room — that was going to be an issue. It wasn’t about Drake Maye. It was just about the room.”
For what it’s value, Maye — in his first public feedback for the reason that Milton commerce — stated this week that he had no points with Milton.
“I texted Joe. Me and Joe came in together. We learned the offense together. We were competing every day to out-throw each other at practice. And obviously he’s got a big arm. So it was cool for him to get a chance to go and be be a backup,” Maye stated.
“I think you saw in the Bills game his potential. And I think we kind of have a similar play style a little bit, and it was kind of related to our similar college offense to this offense. And it was cool to be in the room and have somebody to bounce ideas, or, ‘Hey, you remember doing this in college?’ and stuff like that.”
It’s a part of what’s been a busy offseason in New England, who canned Jerod Mayo virtually instantly after his last postgame press convention following only one season as head coach, when he changed Invoice Belichick.
They employed Vrabel every week later and introduced again Josh McDaniels for the third time as offensive coordinator and purchased veteran receiver Stefon Diggs as a free agent.
