Patriots coaches have said rookie quarterback Drake Maye has continued to make progress throughout training camp. But at this point, Maye is still behind Jacoby Brissett in New England’s quarterback order.

In a press conference on Thursday, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt told reporters that Maye has shown no regression.

“(Maye has) made progress every day, and that’s the big thing”, Van Pelt said about Zack Cox of the Boston-Herald“He takes what he’s learned from previous practices and applies it to the next practice. He’s been really impressive, especially in the last few weeks.”

Van Pelt would like to give Maye more playing time in the first team, but cited one factor why that hasn’t happened: “Jacoby.”

“Right now (Brissett) is our starting quarterback,” Van Pelt said. “The good news is we get to play everybody this week. We’re still in the evaluation process. We have one more preseason game and our guys are going to play, so we have a chance to evaluate them.”

Van Pelt was Cleveland’s offensive coordinator when Brissett served as the team’s quarterback in 2022, and as New England’s OC, he says he gets along very well with the veteran QB.

“But Drake keeps pushing,” Van Pelt said.