The New England Patriots have clearly found something special with their No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye. The young star reportedly addressed his team the previous week for the way they were practicing, and for a 22-year-old player to talk to the team and gain command is something very special and very rare in the NFL.
The players on the team have had only incredible things to say about Drake, specifically his leadership qualities on and off the field. He has all the talent in the world but it is his character that has taken the Patriots players by storm and they are all ready to run through a wall for him.
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Clearly, his talk to the team made a huge difference as they destroyed the Chicago Bears this past week and had the best game of their season so far, and now a former Patriots quarterback has gone as far as to say that Maye reminds him a lot of the great of all time Tom Brady.
Brian Hoyer Sees a Lot of Tom Brady In Patriots Rookie Drake Maye

There is almost no other player who got such an inside look at Brady in his time with than Patriots than Brian Hoyer who backed up Brady for many seasons. Hoyer recently went on the latest episode of NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast, and he spoke at length about how impressive Maye has been off the field:
“I think he understands the role that he has now,” Hoyer told host Tom E. Curran. “Obviously, the way things played out this year, he didn’t start the season. And you never want to step on a guy who’s starting. You never want to step on his toes. And so I think now he’s played a few games, he’s got a few successful plays and things that have gotten people excited about him underneath his belt.
“And to hear him talk about, ‘I felt like we weren’t practicing well. I fumbled a snap, things to reset.’ I think that’s a huge sign of maturity and ownership because as a quarterback, you have to take ownership of everything. The players, the scheme, the defense, your job is to take ownership and then let that trickle down to the rest of the guys.
“So I’m sure that as a young kid at 22 years old, you got to look past that and you’ve got to (think), ‘Well, I may be younger than all these guys, but my role is the role of the leader, the one voice that’s going to be in that huddle.’ So I think that’s a great sign for him and for the team that he feels compelled and then willing to go do that because I don’t think anyone sat there and was like, ‘Oh man, what’s this rookie talking about?’ because he’s gone out there and earned their respect.”
Drake Maye’s Leadership and Humility Is Tom Brady Esc

Hoyer did not stop there, as he continued to shower Myae with compliments about his leadership and humility:
“I like his demeanor. You can tell he comes across as a very humble person,” Hoyer said. “And at the quarterback position, obviously I’m biased because I was in there day in, day out with the greatest of all time, and he couldn’t have been more humble. It’s funny, I just saw a clip of (Brady), and oddly enough, it was when he played for the Buccaneers. After they beat the Packers to go to the Super Bowl in the COVID year, and he went over to the stands and he’s asking the usher, ‘Can I see my son?’
“And I’m thinking to myself, like, I wouldn’t ask it, you wouldn’t think that. (He asked it) with the humbleness of, ‘No one owes me anything.’ And I think you kind of feel that from Drake: ‘I’m going to do the right thing. I’m going to work hard. I’m going to do the right thing. And then when it becomes my time…’
“You don’t want to force it. You don’t ever want to come across as fake. I think there’s sometimes — you get a feeling like this is the right time to address the team. And clearly he felt comfortable doing that and he did it. And I think it’s, if anything, those guys look and see that’s not an easy thing to do as a young player, and that gains more respect as you go along.”
It is incredible to hear these things out of journeyman quarterbacks like Hoyer, who had one of the best front-row seats to Brady for many years of his career. If Maye has the right character to be a leader of men, it is only a matter of time before he takes the NFL by storm.
Because the Patriots are irrelevant this season, this storyline is going noticed, but Maye is going to shock the world very soon.
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