Drake Maye and the New England Patriots embraced the conditions at practice on Tuesday ahead of their game against the New York Jets on Thursday night.

The Patriots opted to practice outdoors in sub-40-degree temperatures on Tuesday, despite head coach Mike Vrabel offering them the option to practice indoors. But Maye had a pretty clear reason for why he and his Patriots teammates turned down their head coach's offer.

“No shortcuts,” Maye told reporters on Tuesday.

Maye later added that he didn't want the “little things lack or slack” for why the players opted not to practice indoors

“I think the biggest thing is to stay with what we’ve been doing,” Maye further explained. “Try to keep the same mentality. He asked today to go inside, and we wanted to go outside. Just trying to n

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