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Jacoby Brissett feels the Drake Maye conversation is getting disrespectful
"I'm not deaf. I'm not blind to the fact that we drafted this guy No. 3 overall. That's what people feel like they want to see."
Jacoby Brissett worked his entire life to become a starting quarterback in the National Football League.
He has that opportunity for now with the Patriots, but the calls to start rookie quarterback Drake Maye over him are growing louder.
On Monday, the Globe’s Dan Shaugnessy penned a column with the following headline: “We have seen enough: Drake Maye should take over as the Patriots’ quarterback. Now.”
The Patriots have lost three games in a row, and the offense is ranked second-to-last in the NFL in terms of points scored.
Meanwhile, Maye, the No. 3 overall pick in last year’s draft, remains on the bench. Brissett said he is hearing the chatter about the offensive line not being good enough for the Patriots to play Maye, despite the Patriots being willing to trot the veteran quarterback out there to take a weekly beating.
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New England has given up 13 sacks over the past two games, and Brissett has been pressured more than any other quarterback in the league this season.
During a recent interview on WEEI, Brissett said he finds the sentiment that the situation is too dangerous for Maye but OK for him to be disrespectful.
“Yeah, it is,” Brissett said. “But, at the same time, a lot of those people don’t know me to where I could like care less. Not care less, but it’s just more like why waste my time to worry about the people that say those things? I kind of just block it out.”
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Brissett said he’s focused on controlling what he can control. He said he understands why fans want Maye to play, but what they say is out of his hands.
“I don’t control that part of this whole process thing at all. Do I hear it? Of course,” Brissett said. “I’m not deaf. I’m not blind to the fact that we drafted this guy No. 3 overall. That’s what people feel like they want to see. I don’t know, I just block it out and just do my thing, you know.”
Brissett posted a season-high 32 passing attempts on Sunday, completing 19 for 168 yards, one touchdown and one interception. San Francisco’s Fred Warner returned the interception for a touchdown, and Brissett admitted that it was a bad throw.
“I think it’s more on the throw that it is the decision because Tyquan [Thornton] was coming open behind the guy,” Brissett said. “He made one of the best plays I’ve seen in a long time. Obviously just have to get a better throw out there, better timing, but I tried my hardest to bring him down.”
Brissett was asked for his reaction to fans’ social media comments about which receivers he missed.
“There’s a reason why I do it and they don’t,” Brissett said. “But it’s the reality. Sometimes I do miss guys and sometimes guys aren’t open. You obviously want to miss less of them open than not but I don’t really pay attention to that.”
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