On the second day of New England Patriots training camp, Drake Maye hardly threw the football past 10 yards. The focus that particular practice was staying ahead of the chains with positive plays on first down. The team’s young quarterback delivered, completing his first 14 passes before his final throw was batted down at the line of scrimmage.

That version of Maye was missing in Sunday’s season opener against the Las Vegas Raiders. Instead, the 23-year old began his sophomore campaign with accuracy issues.

That began on Maye’s first attempt of the game. Facing a 3rd-and-8, wide receiver DeMario Douglas (3) ran a simple out route from an attached alignment in the right-side slot, creating sufficient space versus Las Vegas’ quarters coverage. However, poor footwork led to an overthrow of

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