Drake Maye entered the New England Patriots facility hyped as the new heir apparent to Tom Brady . But he opted to pattern his game after another Super Bowl winning passer: Aaron Rodgers .

It comes down to how the Patriots' QB1 grips the football. Which he said via Mike Reiss of ESPN comes from observing the now Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.

“The way he spins it, I mean, he spins it with the best of them,” Maye explained.

He added how in the eighth grade, he looked up how to properly grip the football. Rodgers rose as the first athlete he researched and looked into when it comes to gripping.

Maye is now all who's left from the Patriots 2024 draft class . But just guided his Pats to a big road win over the Miami Dolphins ahead of facing Rodgers' Steelers.

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