Patriots QB Drake Maye made his weekly appearance on “WEEI Afternoons” on Tuesday, with the second-year pro touching on topics that ranged from Bill Belichick’s tough debut with UNC to Jabrill Peppers’ release.

Here are three takeaways from his interview:

Moving on from Peppers

The Patriots had to cut more than 20 players from their training-camp roster last week in order to bring their depth chart down to 53 players.

But as Mike Vrabel, Eliot Wolf, and the rest of the Patriots’ top decision-makers continue to overhaul New England’s roster, there were a few more surprises in store over the last few days — headlined by the release of veteran safety Jabrill Peppers over the weekend.

Peppers, who made the initial 53-man roster last week, was originally slated to be one of New En

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