FOXBORO — For the second time in three practices, a two-minute drill spoiled a solid practice for Drake Maye.

Most mistakes appeared to be his: a high pass leading to a tip-drill interception for rookie corner Marcellas Dial off Javon Baker’s fingers, then another pass sailing incomplete off Baker’s right hand and a ball Maye failed to squeeze into backup tight end Mitchell Wilcox that got batted away. Between those attempts, JuJu Smith-Schuster dropped a pass Maye ripped into his chest plate on a deep curl route over the middle.

Whoops.

That left Maye 0-for-4, and the offense for dead. Overall, he finished 7-of-14 with the interception during competitive team drills, numbers that omit a few positives; namely, Jaheim Bell having one foot out-of-bounds on a potential touchdown in 7-on-7s that followed a pinpoint scoring strike to Kayshon Boutte and an earlier, full-field drive Maye led in 11-on-11s before a late throwaway.

But the details, the ifs, ands and buts, can’t obscure the big picture through 11 practices: Maye is not ready to start yet. There’s a reason Jacoby Brissett took 12 more reps in team drills Tuesday, the Patriots’ final practice before their preseason opener. He should be kicking back most of Thursday night, like all of the Patriots’ entrenched veteran starters; a group that now definitely includes Brissett.

Then Maye, fellow rookie quarterback Joe Milton and Bailey Zappe should split the leftover snaps; just like they have every practice since the Pats opened camp.

Elsewhere at Tuesday’s practice, the defense dialed up a full-on blitzkrieg, Baker and Brissett connected on the Play of the Day, two offensive linemen got dinged up, an overlooked edge rusher recorded a couple sacks and the kicking competition still leans toward Chad Ryland.

Here are the Herald’s complete practice observations:

Returned: S Joshuah Bledsoe

Absent: DL Christian Barmore

Non-participant: OLB Matt Judon, OT Chukwuma Okorafor, S/LB Marte Mapu, DB Marcus Jones

Limited: CB Jonathan Jones, OLB Josh Uche, WR Tyquan Thornton, OT Caedan Wallace, OG Sidy Sow, Bledsoe

PUP: WR Kendrick Bourne, LB Sione Takitaki, OL Cole Strange, C/G Jake Andrews

Notes: Judon did not participate after initial stretching and warmups, a change from the eight other practices he appeared in uniform for and was a full participant. Wallace left practice for 10 minutes late in practice but returned to team drills, while Sow sat out the final periods but appeared OK. Okorafor missed a third straight practice, and Marcus Jones missed his fourth.

Jonathan Jones, Uche and Thornton watched team drills. Jones is not expected to be out long. Thornton admitted to dealing with a soft tissue injury after practice, which caused him to be absent Saturday. Bourne appeared more than halfway through practice in workout clothes and watched team drills from the sideline, as did Takitaki who wore a soft brace on his right knee.

Brissett’s back-shoulder to Baker 

Full disclosure: it’s unclear if Baker tapped both feet inbounds. But from aesthetics and competitive standpoints, this play was a 10 out of 10.

Taking a three-step drop from the 10-yard line in full-team red-zone drills, Brissett looked left and fired a sideline later for Baker. Fighting Christian Gonzalez’s airtight coverage, the fourth-round rookie stopped suddenly, shot both arms right to snag Brissett’s frozen rope and went parallel to the ground as he secured the catch while falling out of bounds. The entire offense rushed him near the goal line in celebration.

OLB Anfernee Jennings

Two sacks in the first nine snaps.

Jennings wasted no time putting his stamp on practice, his best of training camp. The fifth-year outside linebacker ranks among the NFL’s best edge-setters against the run, but created havoc as a pass rusher Tuesday. More flashes like that would go a long way towards helping the Patriots replace the pressure they lost to Christian Barmore’s blood clots.

Note: The passing stats below were tallied during competitive 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 periods only. The stats in parentheses represent the quarterbacks’ camp-long performance.

Jacoby Brissett: 12-of-21 (97-of-145 — 68.5%, 4 INTs, 16 sacks)

Drake Maye: 7-of-14 (79-of-134 — 58.9%, 4 INTs, 12 sacks)

Notes: Two of Tuesday’s opening three periods took place in the red zone, where Brissett threw touchdowns on just two of nine pass attempts. He overshot a couple potential touchdowns in 7-on-7s and had two other passes batted away around completions to Rhamondre Stevenson, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Jalen Reagor.

Overall, Brissett went 5-of-11 to start with two sacks. Next, he turned up with a 4-of-6 full-field period. First, he hit Polk on a curl, found Stevenson twice and Polk again versus Gonzalez as the offense marched downfield. But finally, the blitz pressure got to him, forcing back-to-back incompletions inside the 20: a hurried hot read to JaMycal Hasty and Polk, again, facing Gonzalez in single coverage.

Brissett’s day ended with a hurry-up drive that opened with less than a minute left. He hit three different receivers, including K.J. Osborn deep and Austin Hooper over the middle, where the offense spiked the ball to set up a long field goal.

While Maye failed to complete a single pass under the same circumstances, that didn’t mean he didn’t produce a couple minor highlights. Amid a 2-of-4 stretch during red-zone 7-on-7s, he threaded a fade touchdown throw to Kayshon Boutte in the back right corner over white-on-rice coverage from Alex Austin. Were it not for Jaheim Bell’s foot stepping out on the next rep, he would’ve hit back-to-back touchdowns.

Maye also made a couple throws on the move, flashing the creativity that, in part, made him such a tantalizing prospect.

Later, over an eight-play, full-field drive, Maye routinely whipped through his reads and found an open Jalen Reagor to move the chains, even against blitz pressure. He didn’t strike downfield — a theme of camp — but Maye’s ability to process and protect the ball have been impressive for a rookie. He has moments of hesitation, but there were no such stretches Tuesday.

As for his hurry-up drive, the Patriots also had to reset after a bad snap from backup center Atonio Mafi.

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S Kyle Dugger

The Patriots' veteran safety broke up one of Brissett's earliest passes, blanketing No. 2 tight end Austin Hooper on a crossing route. Later, he added a would-be sack, getting to Brissett on a safety blitz, and was in coverage for an incompletion in 7-on-7s.

WR Jalen Reagor

The star of camp on Day 1, Reagor broke a recent silent stretch by catching all four targets he saw in team periods. Three came from Maye on a single drive. Reagor is in a heated battle to lock up one of the final receiver spots.

RB Kevin Harris

Harris fumbled during 11-on-11s and later dropped a Maye pass. One of the worst days for any running back in camp.

Pass protection

The Patriots struggled to block up a variety of exotic pressures, with defensive linemen dropping and safeties collecting three of eight total sacks. The defense sent overload blitzes and generated regular free rushers against Brissett (four sacks), Maye, Zappe (three sacks) and Joe Milton (one sack).

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