Bedard: Team thinks Maye has made a huge leap forward this offseason.

[Diffs4]

I.do not disagree with this but he needs to go back to college and do the same thing. I do not think anyone would argue that he is very accurate now. Was it an issue in college? I think it was overblown but when he missed, he missed by a large amount and caused the perceived accuracy issues. People do improve. I do not think it is fair to look at his film last year and say draft analysts were wrong. They may have been but go back to the college tape and do this and than we can say that. At this point does not matter, he is a very good quarterback that will only get better.

 

[borisman]

I think for Drake to take that next step the team needs to get him a safety valve, like Brady had his entire career. He uses Hunter Henry but needs better than Douglas/Chism. Imagine this offense with someone like JE11 or Welker or Amendola or Troy Brown.

 

[Vindicate]

I think for Drake to take that next step the team needs to get him a safety valve, like Brady had his entire career. He uses Hunter Henry but needs better than Douglas/Chism. Imagine this offense with someone like JE11 or Welker or Amendola or Troy Brown.

Part of that process is Maye making the decision to get better at utilizing those players post-snap.

 

[Wozzy]

I think for Drake to take that next step the team needs to get him a safety valve, like Brady had his entire career. He uses Hunter Henry but needs better than Douglas/Chism. Imagine this offense with someone like JE11 or Welker or Amendola or Troy Brown.

I think he needs to utilize his safety valves… he had them on the roster last season.

He needs to become a complete QB this season, a lot of it is on Josh and Drake.

 

[Wozzy]

Part of that process is Maye making the decision to get better at utilizing those players post-snap.

And his blockers pre-snap.

 

[Wozzy]

I.do not disagree with this but he needs to go back to college and do the same thing. I do not think anyone would argue that he is very accurate now. Was it an issue in college? I think it was overblown but when he missed, he missed by a large amount and caused the perceived accuracy issues. People do improve. I do not think it is fair to look at his film last year and say draft analysts were wrong. They may have been but go back to the college tape and do this and than we can say that. At this point does not matter, he is a very good quarterback that will only get better.

The North Carolina team around him stunkcl, especially his line. It was just as bad in 2024 his first season in the pros.

Last year was the first time in his playing career he had good blocking.

 

[203Pat]

Curious what changed between early February and mid May. Only three months. Did Drake really deepen his understanding of the offense that much more during his time off? Did he develop his own skillset somehow?

When you're not going through the rigors of the season I am sure you can absorb a lot more. During the season he is leanly the weekly game plan, studying the opponent's film, practices, travel, etc. Once all that is out of the way Drake can work with Josh and digest the playbook and the concepts as much as he wants. Probably about 99% of the quarterbacks ever taken in the first round (that bum Tebow being the outlier) have the physical skills to be a great NFL QB. What separates the good ones from the bad is the ability to understand their offense and react in real time on the field.

 

[jimnance]

I.do not disagree with this but he needs to go back to college and do the same thing. I do not think anyone would argue that he is very accurate now. Was it an issue in college? I think it was overblown but when he missed, he missed by a large amount and caused the perceived accuracy issues. People do improve. I do not think it is fair to look at his film last year and say draft analysts were wrong. They may have been but go back to the college tape and do this and than we can say that. At this point does not matter, he is a very good quarterback that will only get better.

He had a bad OL and bad wrs. And his coaches sucked. As bad as Belichick has been there, he's still much better than the previous bums.