Content Post A dead period topic - Drake Maye expectations for year 3 - Realistic and otherwise

[mgteich]

I base my comments on the difficulty of the 2026 schedule and not your blind team worship.

OK, so the schedule costs us 3 games. That's still 11 wins. And, BTW, BUF's schedule is at least as difficult.

Do you think that we won't make the playoffs? There's even a good chance of us winning the division.

Once we are in the playoffs, the tough schedule won't matter much. Of course, we do have to play better in the playoffs than we did last year.

I don't expect us to have a bye. We should be in the playoffs with a better team than last year. And then we'll see what happens.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Like many here I think that the most important thing for Maye is going to be his processing speed , and that will affect the rest of his game. Last year MacDaniels system was brand new to Maye, and while he ran it really well now he's had a full offseason to go over all of the looks he faced and options available to him. This season he should be much faster understanding the looks defenses are giving him, and how to take advantage of them, Pocket presence, moving chains, cutting down on fumbles, and ultimately winning close games will determine his season more than big numbers will.