One coach who “scouted, game-planned for after which confronted” Drake Maye informed Bruce Feldman of The Athletic that Maye might “be a greater quarterback than” Caleb Williams “if you happen to can shield” Maye.Â
“He throws the s— out of it, however the final two years we might inform that he actually doesn’t like all that stuff round him,” the coach stated about Maye. “He will get somewhat bit scared again there, in my view. He is an effective athlete, huge, actually good arm. However I assumed (former UNC quarterback and present Seattle Seahawks backup) Sam Howell was a more durable child.”
Williams is seen by analysts corresponding to Area Yates of ESPN as the highest quarterback prospect of this yr’s draft class, a lot in order that it is thought-about a lock that he’ll go to the Chicago Bears through the No. 1 choose. Whereas one unnamed AFC offensive coach believes Maye “could be the No. 1 choose in like 80% of drafts,” many count on the Washington Commanders will seize Jayden Daniels over Maye with choose No. 2.
Maye is routinely linked with the New England Patriots at choose No. 3 although J.J. McCarthy has seen his draft inventory rise over the previous month.Â
“He checks all of the bins,” a distinct coach informed Feldman about Maye. “Can roll left, can roll proper; might be on the incorrect foot, can throw off-platform. He’s nice laterally. Was very busy along with his ft earlier in his profession; he acquired higher quieting that down. That appeared to assist his decision-making and accuracy, nevertheless it regarded like he regressed with that and acquired somewhat erratic.”Â
One other coach went as far as to label Maye as “most likely the most effective we’ve seen” since Trevor Lawrence performed for Clemson earlier than the Jacksonville Jaguars made him the primary choose of the 2021 draft.Â
“Actually good arm,” that coach stated about Maye. “Love his pocket presence. His consciousness of the place all of the rushers are — whether or not it was 4, 5 – 6 (coming) — was off the charts. It made him arduous to go rush. Any threat you took, whether or not it was going above and attempting to show the nook, or going inside, he felt it and was capable of expose you. He might make you pay on absolutely anything you do.”Â
A number of draft analysts imagine Maye ought to sit as a rookie and “is simply not prepared” to start out towards NFL defenses. For what it is price, the Patriots signed veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett, presumably to have Brissett function the membership’s Week 1 starter and as a mentor for a first-year professional corresponding to Maye.Â