Patriots rookie QB Drake Maye floats theory on why NFL fans in UK should support his team

The New England Patriots are the latest NFL squad to marque the travel crossed the Atlantic Ocean for a crippled successful the United Kingdom.

At immoderate constituent aft the players get successful London, they typically prosecute with the planetary media. Drake Maye, who volition marque his NFL starter debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars connected Sunday, had an speech with a British newsman connected Saturday.

During the interaction, Maye suggested shot fans successful England should basal for the Patriots.

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Drake Maye #10 of the New England Patriots throws the shot during the New England Patriots OTA Offseason Workout connected May 29, 2024 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

The erstwhile North Carolina standout cited the similarities successful the sanction of the portion wherever the Patriots play their location games and the sanction of the state hosting Sunday's NFL clash.

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"First off, I deliberation it comes with the squad name, New England. I deliberation it’s casual for UK fans to beryllium attracted to that," Maye noted.

New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye passes the shot during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, successful Foxborough, Mass.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The rookie backmost besides pointed retired the Patriots "pretty sweet" colour strategy and expressed optimism astir the team's future.

"Our colors are beauteous sweet, they correspond a batch of antithetic things. And from there, I’m excited for the team, we’re going to travel up, and we’ve got a batch of large seasons ahead. So shoutout to the fans that are already Patriots’ fans implicit here, and look guardant to having immoderate more."

Jan 17, 2024; Foxborough, MA, USA; A New England Patriots helmet sits connected a array anterior to a property league astatine Gillette Stadium. (Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports)

The Patriots franchise dates backmost to 1959, erstwhile the squad was founded arsenic the Boston Patriots, according to accusation from the NFL. The squad was an archetypal subordinate of the present defunct American Football League. 

Billy Sullivan Jr., a Boston-based businessman, was awarded the enlargement franchise successful 1959. A sheet of sportwriters successful the Boston country participated successful a naming contention and yet favored the Patriots nickname, per accusation from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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It should beryllium noted that the team's existent nickname is simply a motion to the American colonists' rebellion against British regularisation successful the 1770s.

The Patriots participate Sunday's crippled with a 1-5 record. The NFL launched it's International Series successful 2007. The league has played games successful London each twelvemonth since, but during the 2020 play erstwhile each planetary games were moved to venues successful the U.S. owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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