Albert Breer: Patriots love Drake Maye, accountability
Albert Breer discussed substantial offers made to the Patriots for their third overall pick but noted that they were serious about selecting Drake Maye during this morning’s Toucher & Hardy radio program. He mentioned the Giants and Vikings as teams interested in Maye, with the Vikings being particularly aggressive. The Patriots ultimately chose Maye over other quarterback options like J.J. McCarthy or Michael Penix, opting to take a receiver instead.
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FRED TOUCHER: As you predicted, as many people did, the Patriots day three. What were you hearing was being offered to the Patriots?
ALBERT BREER: Yeah, they had substantial offers over the course of the last week. Really? I don’t know how serious they were ever about moving the pick. They really loved Drake, man. One of the interesting questions to ask, and I know this was asked internally with them, was to look at the two teams who want to come up. The Giants were Drake, Maye, or no one team. I mean that’s clear now. It was either Drake Maye or we’re not taking a quarterback now. The other two were out of play, right? But it wasn’t Drake Maye or J.J. McCarthy, Drake Maye, or Michael Penix; it was Drake Maye or we’re taking a receiver, which they did. And then the Vikings were hyper-aggressive to try to get Drake Maye. And then look what they did after that. They let JJ McCarthy come to them. So you can see the different levels. They saw those two players on who are the coaches. Those two teams, Kevin O’Connell and Brian Dobell. And that was a question that was asked inside the Patriots building over the last 48 hours. Why would we even think about moving off of this? Look at the two guys who really want This.
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