the Patriots defense care that Drake Maye is now the starting quarterback? Sure, but maybe not as much as we all think. The news came down on Tuesday afternoon, which is when many players found out through social media or group texts. Drake Maye and Jacoby Brissett knew Monday night when Jerod Mayo called them. Mayo held a team meeting on Wednesday morning to officially announce it to the 53-man…

If you wanted to see Drake Maye sooner rather than later this season, you’re getting your wish. Ian Rapoport had a tweet around 4:00 on Tuesday, reporting that the Patriots have decided to start Maye for the first time against Houston on Sunday afternoon. There’s no going back now. This is Maye’s team for the rest of the season. “The future is now in New England: Sources say the #Patriots…

Early on Monday morning, the Braintree Police Department announced Jabrill Peppers’ arrest Monday, saying they responded to an issue at a home early Saturday morning when they had been notified there was an altercation between two people. According to the police, Peppers will be charged with “assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation, and possession of a Class B substance believed to be cocaine.” He was…

Getty Images FOXBOROUGH – It’s hard to imagine things getting much uglier than the Patriots’ 15-10 loss at home to Miami on Sunday, but this might only be the start of what’s looking like a historically bad season. Sure, it’s only the first weekend of October and the Patriots can absolutely turn things around enough to finish with a respectable record, but, it certainly doesn’t look like it’s happening anytime…