Drake Maye on Jerod Mayo: As players, we’re behind him and we’re backing him [Video]

While the Patriots have won just three games this year, rookie quarterback Drake Maye has shown flashes of his talent in his nine starts over the last few months.

But given New England’s current 3-11 record, there have been questions bout head coach Jerod Mayo’s job security heading into the season’s last three weeks.

Maye was asked about that in his Wednesday press conference and strongly backed his head coach.

“It’s his first year being a head coach. It’s a tough challenge,” Maye said, via Nick Goss of NBCSportsBoston.com. “It’s a lot of responsibility being the quarterback, same as head coach. It’s a lot of responsibility. He’s figuring it out.

“As players, we’re behind him and we’re backing him. We trust the plan he’s got for us and we trust what he says in the team meeting rooms and all the little sayings that he has. We believe in it and we’re bought into it. I think the results are coming. …