New England Patriots heart David Andrews is tied with long-snapper Joe Cardona for the longest tenure on the crew amongst present gamers.
Andrews signed a contract extension over the offseason to maintain him in New England by the 2025 marketing campaign, however it was reported on Wednesday that his 2024 season is probably going over.
Ari Meirov of The thirty third Group theorized that the 2015 undrafted free agent’s harm might have a domino impact and delay rookie quarterback Drake Maye‘s installment because the Patriots’ beginning signal-caller.
Jerod Mayo (a former teammate of Andrews) has said multiple times this fall that veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett will stay New England’s QB1 till the first-year head coach says in any other case.
Maye has appeared in only one sport off the Patriots bench this season, as Brissett has began all 4 contests and led the group to a 1-3 begin. New England upset the Cincinnati Bengals, 16-10, in Week 1 on the highway however have since misplaced three in a row and been outscored 77-36.
Brissett has gone 61-for-101 (60.4 completion proportion) for 536 passing yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Maye took 16 snaps within the Patriots’ Week 3 loss to the New York Jets and completed 4-for-8 for 22 passing yards.
Mayo was requested how Andrews’ harm might impression Maye’s timeline and dismissed the concept.
The longtime captain is in his 10th year (ninth season) with the group, as he missed all the 2019 marketing campaign after being recognized with a pulmonary embolism.
Andrews has performed in 124 regular-season video games, made 121 begins and appeared in 12 playoff contests. The 32-year-old helped the Patriots earn championships on the finish of the 2016 and 2018 seasons with victories in Tremendous Bowl LI and Tremendous Bowl LIII, respectively.
