Tough crowd, here we are hating on Bill for his criticism of Drake Maye. Yep that same Bill Belichick that drafted the greatest NFL QB to ever play the game. Sure it was in the 6th round and he himself said if they thought that highly of him they would have picked him in the first round. So was it all just luck or was he just a little smarter that the other 31 teams that passed on Tom round after round.
I agree Bill did express significant concerns about Maye. lousy footwork, inconsistent, reading defenses. Bill was probably more vocal about these than others, but that was consistently the narrative reagrding Maye's negatives. I mean there was discussion of positives and negatives with all 3 QBs. Caleb is Mahomes like, but a diva, Daniels was most polished but too small to play that style. Maye has the most upside with his size and cannon of an arm, but also lousy footwork, most raw of the three.
Maye suprised everyone around the league significantly improved on his footwork, and reads week after week. I mean he was supposed to be the most raw of the three !! You just never know what you got till they start playing on Sundays.
And regarding Bill trading down and picking on the other QBs perhaps. As much I am glad we have Drake Maye. Bo Nix is right behind Daniels in rookie stats both are 1 and 2 for rookie qb of the year. JJ. McCarthy's has looked the part up until his injury. Michael Penix we will see with his first start this week. I think at this time all those teams are happy with their picks.