HR 1 WEEI Football Sunday - What Drake Maye are we going to get today?

But I think the, uh, story on everybody's mind, and my opening take here, is gonna be the concerns now swirling around the quarterback Drake May, who for the second straight game, and really you're going back to, uh, last season, the sixth straight game, was pretty underwhelming.

In, in a win, this was his numbers, 14 of 15 of 22.

208 yards, no touchdowns, one interception.

That is a QB rating of 67.6 and a passer rating of 76.5.

Certainly better than Aaron Rodgers, but definitely nowhere near the Drake May that we've been waiting to see.

The, uh, regular season Drake May from last year, who admittedly didn't start looking like the guy we're all talking about until probably a month into the season, I would say.

It was that Buffalo game that was really his breakout game.

So, uh, knowing that, and also knowing that he's not a young kid anymore, we know this is his third year, where are we with Drake May? How are we feeling about him? Uh, and how concerned are we here on this Sunday?

I still think he's gonna be fine, but I expect it to continue to be kind of a sluggish start compared to what we saw last year.

And guys, it... particularly with this match up with Jacksonville, Drake, it's early, we only have the two games, but he's really struggled against zone defenses.

Mm.

And this Jacksonville defense runs zone against the passer, like over 75% of the time.

Mm-hmm.

And so I think it's gonna be a tough s- set up for him.

I really feel like the timing for the Patriots seeing Jacksonville this week and going down there with that team being so strong as they have at home is kind of worst case timing-

Mm

... [laughs] for the Patriots.

Like, I think it's, they're so banged up, it's early, they're still working things out with the offense.

So I'm not worried about Drake for the season overall and for his career overall.

I don't think that last year was this huge fluke, but I don't think that we're gonna see Drake from last year today either.

Let me...

I'm, I'm cur- I'm gonna, I want to follow up on that 'cause I, I find that to be interesting 'cause I, I'm curious why, why we, we should expect to see more of him at this point.

But let me, let me also just men- quickly mention that the Patriots have put 16 guys, you just brought up injuries, they put 16 players on, uh, IR already.

Mm.

Injured reserve.

But I think the, uh, story on everybody's mind, and my opening take here, is gonna be the concerns now swirling around the quarterback Drake May, who for the second straight game, and really you're going back to, uh, last season, the sixth straight game, was pretty underwhelming.

In, in a win, this was his numbers, 14 of 15 of 22.

208 yards, no touchdowns, one interception.

That is a QB rating of 67.6 and a passer rating of 76.5.

Certainly better than Aaron Rodgers, but definitely nowhere near the Drake May that we've been waiting to see.

The, uh, regular season Drake May from last year, who admittedly didn't start looking like the guy we're all talking about until probably a month into the season, I would say.

It was that Buffalo game that was really his breakout game.

So, uh, knowing that, and also knowing that he's not a young kid anymore, we know this is his third year, where are we with Drake May? How are we feeling about him? Uh, and how concerned are we here on this Sunday?

I still think he's gonna be fine, but I expect it to continue to be kind of a sluggish start compared to what we saw last year.

And guys, it... particularly with this match up with Jacksonville, Drake, it's early, we only have the two games, but he's really struggled against zone defenses.

Mm.

And this Jacksonville defense runs zone against the passer, like over 75% of the time.

Mm-hmm.

And so I think it's gonna be a tough s- set up for him.

I really feel like the timing for the Patriots seeing Jacksonville this week and going down there with that team being so strong as they have at home is kind of worst case timing-

Mm

... [laughs] for the Patriots.

Like, I think it's, they're so banged up, it's early, they're still working things out with the offense.

So I'm not worried about Drake for the season overall and for his career overall.

I don't think that last year was this huge fluke, but I don't think that we're gonna see Drake from last year today either.

Let me...

I'm, I'm cur- I'm gonna, I want to follow up on that 'cause I, I find that to be interesting 'cause I, I'm curious why, why we, we should expect to see more of him at this point.

But let me, let me also just men- quickly mention that the Patriots have put 16 guys, you just brought up injuries, they put 16 players on, uh, IR already.

Mm.

Injured reserve.