Drake Maye 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook
Drake Maye 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of enthusiasm for Drake Maye among fantasy gamers right now. I get it. He’s a rookie on the Patriots with terrible pass catchers, a bad offensive line, and an uncertain timeline for getting on the field. However, Drake Maye is going to get on the field. It’s just a matter of how soon. It could be as early as Week 1 for all we know. Whenever he does, he has some sneaky fantasy upside that just isn’t being acknowledged.
Not only does Maye have a big arm and some young talented pass catchers, but this is a guy who ran for nearly 1,200 yards over his last two seasons at North Carolina. The dude has wheels. We know how valuable rushing production can be for quarterbacks in fantasy football. It’s being talked about with Jayden Daniels, but it’s not crazy to think Maye could match or even out-do Daniels on the ground this season. After all, we talk about the inexperienced and unproven pass catchers in New England. And the bad offensive line, for that matter. That’s all the more incentive for Maye to pull it down and look for run lanes.
The Next Josh Allen?
We’ve seen it before with guys like Josh Allen. Remember how bad Allen was as a passer early in his career? He barely cracked 2,000 yards passing as a rookie. He completed 52.8% of his passes. But he ran for 631 yards and eight touchdowns and was the QB14 in fantasy points per game. His second season was nearly identical and he finished as a top-12 scorer. And what happens if Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker are good? And Maye exceeds expectations as a passer in year one? All of a sudden, we have a CJ Stroud-like impact.
While I admit, this is probably not the likely scenario, the upside is worth tossing a pick Maye’s way at the end of drafts for the chance at hitting the lottery. The tools are there. We can write the story. Now let’s see if it comes to life.
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