Maye has statistically been one of the league’s best passers so far this season, showing high upside.
Maye has statistically been one of the league’s best passers so far this season, showing high upside.
In the eyes of many, Drake Maye’s 273-yard performance in the Patriots’ upset win over the Bills in Week 5 served as a coming-out party. In fact, the performance elevated Maye’s quarterback ranking.
Out of the six notable publications and outlets that rank the quarterbacks on a weekly basis, Maye was ranked as either the 10th-best or 11th-best quarterback in all of them. Four placed the Patriots quarterback at No. 10 (NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, The Athletic), while two ranked him at No. 11 (The Ringer, CBS Sports).
In NFL.com’s quarterback ranking, Maye was listed at the top of Tier 3. Maye climbed three spots in The Athletic‘s Jeff Howe’s ranking after Week 5, with an executive heaping praise over the Patriots quarterback.
“He looked great — comfortable and poised,” the executive reportedly told Howe. “He has all the physical tools to be special.”
Those physical tools were on full display in the Patriots’ victory over the Bills, with Maye living up to the comparisons to Josh Allen and Justin Herbert in that game. Two plays where Maye’s athleticism really stood out came on a pair of completions to Stefon Diggs in the second half.
