The New England Patriots went into the 2024 season wanting to lay their foundation for upcoming years. They made of had a glimpse of a key part of that structure on New England certainly intends for Drake Maye to be the heart of the team's core progressing, Maye's chemistry with sophomore pass receiver DeMario Douglas shined right out of eviction. In Maye's initial start, Douglas caught six passes for a career-high 92 yards and in addition found completion area for the first time in his missed that very first one across the center to Pop, and after that sort of grooved later on with Pop," Maye stated Wednesday. You can not safeguard him in a phone cubicle. He's tough to guard in male protection, and he's got a knack for finding areas. So, he's a fantastic guy to have around and makes my job a little easier. " With New England struggling to move the football versus guy protection with the initial five weeks of the period, that is where Maye and Douglas made their money vs. the Texans. Douglas do with 3 catches for 59 yards and a score against man insurance coverage, while some self-admitted accuracy problems from the newbie cost Douglas and also bigger Douglas could have potentially had his very first touchdown two possessions beforehand on a comparable play, yet Maye's pass was high/behind. Nice recuperate to strike Douglas in stride and allow him care for the remainder. In spite of the misses-- which included Maye's very early interception-- Douglas never ever saw his rookie quarterback's self-confidence waver. I love just how he gained confidence throughout the game and I believed it was a great initial video game for him. He's [an excellent player and I like the confidence that he had entering into his initial video game," Douglas claimed post game. He has that confidence and never ever was down. When you have a [quarterback that is never down, it provides us confidence. He entered the huddle stating,' come on, allow's go' and pushed us to be like' we got your back. '" As the Patriots' infraction currently turns their focus to the Jacksonville Jaguars, it would be no shock to see Maye target Douglas commonly yet again. Getting in Week 7, Jacksonville has actually played man coverage at the 3rd greatest price in the league while enabling a league-worst 128. 3 passer score to receivers in the time you see a guy matchup, Pop is someone that you desire to most likely to," Maye stated Jaguars Store. And we have people outside that can make plays, which you saw [versus Houston also. " We have a young crime, and we are making development," Douglas included. Our very first game together [vs. Houston as a young crime and I really felt like we must be moving ahead after this game. "