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What's the deal with Drake Maye? Fantasy football analyst Matt Harmon breaks it down

Matt Harmon examines the steep offensive decline of the New England Patriots, who sit at one and two after reaching major heights last campaign. Despite ranking eleventh in time of possession per drive, the team sits dead last in points per drive and twenty-fifth in overall offensive efficiency.

Quarterback Drake Maye has plummeted to the thirty-fourth highest-scoring fantasy player after being selected as the consensus third quarterback overall during the summer. Harmon notes that Maye is compounding a weak roster situation with severe misfires and foundational errors.

Furthermore, questions are arising regarding whether the offensive scheme managed by Josh McDaniels is merely capable of defeating weak opponents while failing to keep pace with modern, creative defenses. The squad ranks twenty-sixth in overall motion rate and twenty-ninth in play action, resulting in a static pre-snap approach that lacks necessary tactical changeups.

These struggles have unfolded across matchups against tough defensive units from Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Jacksonville.

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