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New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye stands 12 starts and 338 pass attempts into his NFL … More career. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Drake Maye finds himself in the lane between an NFL rookie and an NFL veteran. He is currently neither. But at age 22, he is in the driver’s seat with functioning turn signals. The New England Patriots will go where the quarterback goes in 2025. His development as a leader will play a part in just how far that is. There’s room to merge. “Well, I think we’re always trying to evolve in what we do, whether that’s leadership, whether that’s learning the other side of the football, whether that’s learning each other,” Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said during his Monday press conference outside Gillette Stadium. “Again, Drake, I think it’s a unique position being 22 – it’s kind of unique in that sense. So, I think that there is a lot of room to grow. I think there’s a lot of natural leadership qualities. I think I have to encourage him, continue to encourage him and to put him in those positions to do that so that the players understand that there’s a different version of all of us.” Maye, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, stands a dozen starts into his career. He won’t turn 23 until after the preseason schedule reaches the rearview in August. “I think it’s an opportunity for me to take a jump from last year being a rookie, trying to come in here and kind of earn my stripe, earn my keep through hard work,” Maye told reporters following the first practice of mandatory minicamp. “And I think this year it’s the same approach. You got new guys…

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