Drake Maye

Maye is New England's starting quarterback. He is 24 and in his third season out of North Carolina after being drafted in 2024. His production is mostly passing volume with a steady rushing supplement. Through six games in 2026 he is averaging 30.5 attempts and 243.8 passing yards per game. He adds about 5.7 carries and 30.8 rushing yards per game, with one rushing touchdown. That rushing layer is a consistent part of his profile. He ran for 26.5 yards per game in 2025 and 32.4 in 2024, which gives him a floor that pure pocket passers lack.

Next to his breakout 2025, this season is close in volume but worse in efficiency. His touchdown pace is essentially unchanged at about 1.8 passing scores per game in both years. The slippage is elsewhere. His completion rate has fallen from 72.0% to 63.9%, and yards per attempt from 8.9 to 8.0. The biggest change is turnovers. He has already thrown 7 interceptions in six games, nearly matching the 8 he threw across 17 games last year. That is a jump from roughly 0.5 per game to 1.2. The result is 19.7 PPR points per game, down from 21.2 in 2025, though still well above the 14.4 he averaged as a rookie. He sits 13th in PPR scoring this season after finishing 7th last year.

For fantasy and DFS, his value comes from the touchdown rate holding steady alongside reliable rushing yards. That combination keeps him startable even in weeks the passing efficiency dips. The Clutch Edge projection of 18.3 points per game sits below both his 2026 and 2025 pace and ranks him 68th overall among QB/RB/WR/TE. That reflects a view that some of the current production may not hold.

The swing factor is the interceptions. If the turnover rate drifts back toward his 2025 level while the touchdowns and rushing stay where they are, his per-game output should move back toward last year's top-10 range. If the interceptions keep coming and the touchdown rate softens with them, he looks more like a middling QB with a rushing floor than a weekly difference-maker.

Written by a language model from the stat lines below. Numbers from Sleeper; the 2026 line is the season in progress.