Although the outcome was not in dispute, Maye was still faced with poor defense from the Jets.

The North Carolina product took over on what would prove to be the final drive of the game.

He threw an incompletion on his first NFL play and two snaps later was thrown to the ground on a 1-yard scramble. He was pressured three times, sacked twice and drove the Patriots from their 42-yard line to the Jets’ 7-yard line.

He was sacked on the final play, as Mayo let the play continue instead of calling a timeout to give his rookie another chance to get the Pats into the end zone.

There was little fuss about the third-picked player’s first move as he wrapped up a nasty loss and took the first major blows of his career.