Meanwhile......

purplefaithful wrote:

I'm rooting for the kid to do well...

These guys put enough pressure on themselves w/out the media adding gas to the fire.

Its all the media does: overreact positively or negatively. Its part of what these kids have to deal with, the smart ones stay away from social media as much as possible.

https://www.newburyportnews.com/sports/whispers-getting-louder-mayes-struggles-worsen/article_7353d058-4ec6-11ef-baa2-a79165abe6b9.html

https://nesn.com/2024/07/drake-maye-watch-those-around-patriots-rookie-qb-struggling-too/

Maye is continuing to not look good. I guess Milton is outperforming him currently (low bar). Its all so ridiculously early, but I hope Drake is keeping his nose out of social media. There were questions about his accuracy coming out. Honestly, the bet on him was not his last season in college, but the year before, where he was better. Not saying he's a bust by any stretch, but its a rough start.

An interesting story back in mid-April from the Boston Herald on Maye. Look at the negative reviews: its what's happening right now with him. 

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2024/04/16/nfl-execs-offer-mixed-reviews-on-potential-patriots-draft-pick-drake-maye/

Ouch:

“I’m the last person in the world who wanted to see what I saw, I wanted to lie to myself today,” sports commentator Michael Holley said Monday on NBC Sports Boston. “I watched Drake Maye in college, I loved him in college you guys know that. He was a tremendous college player. At times in North Carolina people compared him to Justin Herbert, I said ‘I can see that.’ People compared him to Josh Allen. I can see that at North Carolina.”
“Today, in Foxborough, you know who I saw? The ghost of Mac Jones. I saw the ghost of Mac Jones. Not just Mac Jones facing off against Tom Brady as a rookie, we are talking about Mac Jones in Dallas in that awful game that awful beatdown they took at Dallas last year. He was terrible, he was terrible in every sense of the word. He couldn’t get anything right.”

purplefaithful wrote:

The athletic traits are there, work ethic there...Even though he was drafted @ 3 he's still a rookie who needs polish and work.

Maybe the floor was a bit lower than some predicted, I think his ceiling is high.

Troy Aikman went 0-11 record (155 of 293 for 1,749 yards, 9 TDs, 18 INTs) his rookie year as Johnson threw him to the wolves. This was back in 1989. You think Cowboy Nation wouldn't have absolutely gutted the guy in today's social media/podcast/YouTube environment? Nobody would care how shitty the team surrounding him was. 

Way, way too early to say anything of real value about Drake Maye.....but his every throw, of every day gets broken down by the 'media fans'. And they have no idea what they are looking at. Like I said, hope the kid keeps his nose out of his phone and the HC has his back.

Oh boy:

https://x.com/TheHerd/status/1819060358939844722
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Oh snap:

https://x.com/_MLFootball/status/1819048741812249032

comet52 wrote:

Thank you Robert Kraft for saving the Vikings front office from themselves.  Get yourself a strip mall massage on us!

LOL, too early for that, but as I mentioned, its a slow start for Maye....no denying that.

NE media is saying he looks a little lost and inaccurate early. I'll say this in his defense: he's a work in progress and the coaching staff knew this, its the fans/media that have the stupid expectations. Maye needs development. I think this has gotten lost somewhere in the process, he's not a plug n play guy like Nix. He's got a much higher upside....but it will take time if it comes.