What did Esiason think of Drake Maye yesterday? Esiason: "There's enough there, that I see, that he (Maye) can be a really, really top end player in this league" #nfl Can Maye limit turnovers going forward?
00:00Everything is so built around the turnover now and, you know, being a high percentage passer, managing the pocket right, you know, not thinking that every play is the last play.
00:13You've got to live to play the next play without making a mistake.
00:17So, I mean, this is Josh McDaniels.
00:18This is what he has to ingrain into Drake May, that when they sit down today, they watch the tape, they're going to be talking about two of these turnovers.
00:28You know, the fumble in the pocket is one that, you know, it's taken too long.
00:35Like, you've got to process it.
00:36You either have a play, you can either take off with it, or you've got to get rid of it.
00:39And not everybody's Patrick Mahomes, you know, and maybe one day he'll turn into Patrick Mahomes.
00:44I don't know.
00:45But I will say there's enough there that I see that he can be a really, really top-end player in this league.
00:51He's just got to start evaluating things a little bit quicker.
00:54I mean, he had a really good game in terms of pass, you know, percentages or completion percentage.
01:01It's just the two turnovers that ultimately end up doing them in.
01:06So, I would say he's close, Jermaine.
01:08I just think that, you know, younger players sometimes just think that the play has to be made.
01:14And when Tom Brady was at the top of his game, Peyton Manning at the top of his game, Aaron Rodgers at the top of his game, in this generation, you know, they knew that they could live to play another down.
01:25And Drake is just not there yet.
01:27He's still trying to create too many plays.
01:30And making those too many plays are leading to the turnover.
01:33Good time to get this week's Drake take from Boomer, which is presented by your New England Chevy dealers.
01:39Together, let's drive.
01:41He, post-game, he put the Pop Douglas mistake on himself, saying that he wished he had reminded those guys in the huddle that you got to catch and get upfield.
01:52I mean, that's leadership, I guess.
01:54But it's not on him.
01:56It's not on him at all.
01:57No, that's on Douglas 100%.
01:59And I understand what Drake's doing.
02:02He's just trying to take a little pressure off of his teammate.
02:04And it's one play, but it's a significant play in the game.
02:07And, you know, that's football awareness.
02:09That's football IQ.
02:11That's understanding where you are in the game and what the responsibilities are for you if the ball is thrown to you.
02:17Now, I know some fans like to say, why don't they go past the sticks?
02:21And then you throw it past the sticks, and then it would be an automatic first down.
02:25That's not how plays are designed unless you change that play in the huddle for a specific reason.
02:31Most plays are designed like you practice them all the time.
02:34And then if you get the ball to the player quickly, let's say you get it to Ramondre Stevenson behind the line of scrimmage, and it's third and five.
02:41It's up to Ramondre Stevenson to break a tackle or to make somebody miss because I'm reading downfield as a quarterback, and my guys downfield aren't open.
02:51And so I have to drop it off to my second or third receiver, and then that guy's got to go make a play.
02:56And on this particular play, Douglas, it was almost like he forgot where they were in the game, what he needed to get.
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