CLEVELAND, Ohio — In football, few plays generate more excitement than a perfectly thrown deep ball.

That distinctive sound of thousands of fans simultaneously inhaling—a collective gasp of anticipation—signals something special is happening.

For Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, that sound has been the soundtrack to some of his favorite football memories, and on Wednesday, he opened up about what makes the deep ball such a unique and essential element of his game.

The rookie signal-caller took us back to his earliest memories of throwing deep, revealing a journey that began long before NFL stadiums and professional defenses.

“Probably in the backyards of my brothers before anything throwing a deep [ball],” Maye reflected, before adding that his role wasn’t always as the quarterback. “I

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