Patriots’ Josh McDaniels has been ‘brilliant’ with Drake Maye | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Patriots’ Josh McDaniels has been ‘brilliant’ with Drake Maye | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU SCALE OF 1 TO 10? HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU NOW? REWIND BY 9 WEEKS WHEN THERE ARE ZERO AND ZERO OR EVEN 8 WEEKS WHEN THEY LOST TO THE RAIDERS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD? HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU? THAT? THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD SAY IT’S PROBABLY 9.2. WHAT’S SCREWY MIKE BECAUSE TO SQUINT THAT HARD TO SEE 9 AND 0. I MEAN, THEY COULD HAVE BEATEN THE RAIDERS AT HOME. THEY TURNED THE BALL OVER, THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE BEATEN, THE STEELERS, THEY SHOULD BE 8 AND 1 I MEAN THAT’S A GAME THEY GAVE AWAY AND WE COULD PLAY THE GAME THE OTHER WAY AND SAY WELL THEY WERE LUCK IN MIAMI BUT TO ME, THEY COULD BEAT 9 AND 0 AND YOU DID NOT ANTICIPATE GIVEN WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR FROM DRAKE, MAYE GIVEN WHAT WE SAW DURING THE SUMMER AND PRESEASON GAMES, AND, UH, INTEREST SQUAD SCRIMMAGES AND THE FIRST 3 GAMES OF THE SEASON, YOU DIDN’T EXPECT DRAKE MADE TO GO FROM A GUY WHO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF JUMPINESS. A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY, SOME POISE ISSUES, ISSUES. GO FROM THAT TO BEING A DAN BRADY, KURT WARNER. INSANE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAME HE IS IN THE SAME SENTENCES WITH WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMPLETION, PERCENTAGE AND QUARTERBACK, EFFICIENCY AND YARDS THROWN FOR AND THEN THERE’S NOBODY ON THE PLANET. MIKE WHO’S EVER THROWN WITH THE EFFICIENCY DOWNFIELD THAT HE HAS. STATISTICALLY, IT’S, THE PIXIE DUST HAS TO BLOW OFF AT SOME POINT, BUT I SAY THAT EVERY WEEK AND IT DOESN’T AND IT’S AMAZING BECAUSE IN THE PRE-SEASON, THERE WERE A LOT OF BALLS THAT WERE HIGH THAT LASTED INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON, RIGHT. BUT IT’S ALSO SETTLED DOWN AND THE 1 THAT AMAZES ME 8 STRAIGHT GAMES NOW WITH 200 OR MORE PASSING YARDS, AND A PASSER RATING OF 100 OR HIGHER, AND IT’S ONLY BEEN 3 OTHER GUYS WHO HAVE TWICE. MANNING TOM BRADY. EVERY TIME THE OTHER GUYS DID IT, THEY WON LEAGUE MVP AND KUDOS TO JOSH MCDANIELS. IT WAS A POINT THAT SIMS MADE WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP ON, ON MONDAY, MCDANIELS COACH BRADY WHEN HE DID IT AND MCDANIELS IS COACHING DRAKE MAEWYN WHEN HE’S DOING IT. AND IF HE DOES IT 1 MORE TIME, HE’LL BE. I THINK, OH IT’S JUST HIM AND ROGERS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES TO HAVE DONE 9 GAMES IN A ROW WITH 200 YARDS OR MORE AND PASSER RATING OF 100 OR AND A LOT OF IT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO, TO DO, I THINK MCDANIELS AND THE TRUST THAT AND A LOT OF IT IS I THINK MCDANIELS AND THE MCDANIELS IS GOING TO PUT HIM IN THE BEST POSITION AND GIVE HIM THE THE ANSWERS. ANSWERS. I CREDIT MCDANIELS A TOO, REGARDLESS OF HIS TRAVAILS AS A HEAD COACH. HE IS A BRILLIANT COORDINATOR, MAYBE 1 OF THE BEST THAT’S EVER BEEN IN THE LEAGUE AND IT NOT IT ISN’T JUST TIED TO TOM BRADY. I MEAN, HE’S DO YOU DEVELOP GAROPPOLO WHO BECAME A, A QUARTERBACK WHO PLAYED IN THE SUPER BOWL AND WAS THAT CLOSE TO WINNING THE THING? HE DEVELOPED RESET, SPARE TIME, HE’S DOING. HE PLAYED DID WITH WHAT HE DID WITH MAC JONES, WHO’S A BETTER PLAYER THAN HE SHOWED IN THE LAST 2 YEARS, BUT WAS DEVELOPED, HE’S DOING THIS WITH MAY NOW. AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT MAY IS HE’S REACHING A CROSS, THE AISLE AND ACCEPTING THAT THIS IS NOT A POCKET PASSER LIKE THE OTHER GUYS, HE HAS TO BE ALLOWED TO PULL ON THE REINS AND GIVE HIM FREE REIGN TO GO. MAKE SOME PLAYS. AND THAT THAT’S I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE TOUGHER FOR JOSH TO YIELD THAT CONTROL IF HE WAS STILL SEEKING HIS SECOND HEAD, COACHING OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT HE’S HAD IT TWICE AND HE’S KIND OF IN THAT PERIOD WHERE IT’S LIKE OKAY I’VE DONE THAT TWICE. WHY DON’T I JUST RECONFIGURE AND RESET AND WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS WITH MY CAREER I THINK DRAKE MAYE IS THE BEST THING FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION, IT COULD BE THE JOSH MCDANIELS IS A MODERN-DAY EXAMPLE OF A NORTH TURNER OR A WADE PHILLIPS WHO CONTINUES TO DO SO WELL. AS A COORDINATOR THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO SAY, WHY ISN’T HE OUR HEAD COACH AND MAYBE SOME TIME SPENT WITH MIKE VRABEL. WILL WILL HELP BECAUSE I THINK ALL THESE GUYS THAT HAVE LEFT THE BELLICH CHECK HIVE, WHO SAY I’M GOING TO BE MY OWN MAN. THEY DON’T REALIZE HOW MUCH OF BICH THEY PICKED UP JUST BY BEING AROUND HIM AND THEY CAN’T GET AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY. IT’S ALL THEY EVER KNOW IT’S NORMAL TO THEM, MAYBE SOMETIME WITH VRABEL COULD HELP. MAYBE HE DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VERY SELECTIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NO 1’S EVER GOING TO SUCCEED WITH THE RAIDERS, AS LONG AS MARK DAVIS, IS THE PRIMARY OWNER. I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’M STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, WE EVERY YEAR, THE LIST OF CANDIDATES COMES UP AND I’M NOT SUGGESTING, HE SHOULD SHOULD BE A CANDIDATE IN THIS CYCLE. ALL I’M SAYING IS, IF HE KEEPS US UP WITH DRAKE, MAYE, IT’S INEVITABLE. THAT SOMEBODY’S GOING TO THINK ABOUT THIRD OPPORTUNITY. IT IS INEVITABLE, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT’S YOU ENTER A, AN INDUSTRY, WHATEVER IT IS TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB UNTIL YOU HIT YOUR HEAD. IS THAT ALWAYS THE BEST THING? I MEAN JOSH HAS NOW HIT HIS HEAD TWICE. AND THERE’S NO SHAME IN JUST SAYING, I’M GOING TO BE A COORDINATOR. I’M GOOD AT THIS. I DON’T NEED ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. I DON’T NEED THE UM, HAVING A CHECK IN ON THE DEFENSE WITH MY COORDINATORS AND YOU KNOW, EXPECTING CALLS AT 2, IN THE A SPEEDING TICKET OR, YOU KNOW, WAS STOPPED ON A HIGHWAY ITCH, I HAD AN ITCH ON MY HEAD. SORRY. OH I SAW THAT SOMETIMES, IF I WERE JOSH, I’D SAY, YOU KNOW DO I NEED TO GO BE THE HEAD COACH OF, YOU KNOW, THE JAGUARS OR YOU NAME THE TEAM AND OUTPOST THAT HE WOULD LAND IN, OR SHOULD I JUST STAY HERE? AND HE IS VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE. NOW HERE IN WESTWOOD MASS WITH HIS FAMILY, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THEIR AGES WHEN THEY WENT TO VEGAS. AND UH WORK AND DELIVER LIVING TO WORK. MY, WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT LISTEN, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THE JAGUARS? YOU CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO PUTTING LIAM COHEN’S NAME IN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU KNOW, HOW HE REACTS TO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY TENNESSEE FIRST BUT IT HAD HIM FOR ABEL LINK. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SCROLL THROUGH OUTPOST WHERE I WOULD NOT WANT TO RESIDE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH LIAM COHEN OR THE JAGUARS. THIS IS THE 1 THING THAT I THINK SO MANY COACHES LOSE SIGHT OF AND MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE THE THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TO COMMAND A ROOM FULL OF MEN, IT HAS TO BORDER ON DELUSION AND THAT DELUSION INCLUDES I CAN FIX A CRAPPY ORGANIZATION I ALONE CAN FIX IT, I CAN GO IN THERE. THE TITANS ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL. WELL, THEY’VE NEVER HAD ME AS A COACH THIS TEAM’S DYSFUNCTIONAL. THE JETS THEY’VE NEVER HAD ME AS A ALL THAT AND I THINK COACHES HAVE TO BE A LOT MORE STRATEGIC WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING THEIR LANDING SPOTS. I KNOW THAT WINDOW MAY NOT BE OPEN FOR VERY LONG FOR A LOT OF THESE COORDINATORS WHO ARE HOT AND WHO ARE ON THAT LIST, BUT UH, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT’S BETTER TO HAVE CONTINUED TO BE. WHAT’S THAT? YEAH. EXACTLY. I’M SORRY. I MEAN INTERRUPT BUT IT’S SUCH A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE. HE DIDN’T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A COORDINATOR. HE FELT LIKE LOOK. I CAN RUN A PROGRAM BETTER THAN WHAT I’M WATCHING HERE AND GIVEN THE BAR THAT WAS SET BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT BY BILL IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, IT WAS A DYSFUNCTIONAL PROGRAM BUT YOU CAN’T JUST SAY, OKAY, I CAN DO A BETTER JOB GET INTO THAT SEAT AND THEN BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE. YOU’RE MEETING FOR THE FIRST IS STICKERS ON, WHO MAY NOT SHARE YOUR THEIR YOUR VISION WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN’T DO THE JOB THAT YOU’RE DOING, WHO AREN’T GOING TO BE LOOKING AT YOU EVERY DAY AND SAYING, DOES HE, IS HE GOOD AT THIS OR IS HE NOT? OH, HE’S RUNNING ON THE JOB. ALL THIS IS AN APPRENTICE THE PATRIOTS, SOLD IT TO HIM AS AN APPRENTICE HERE BUT BUT GERARD DIDN’T NEED TO JUMP. WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM. I IF, IF WE REALLY HAD HAD A HEART-TO-HEART AT SOME POINT, I MIGHT HAVE SAID TO HIM, IS THIS A GOOD SITUATION FOR YOU TO TAKE? IS YOUR FIRST JOB? DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN IN THIS MARKET AFTER BILL? COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER. AND THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE GIVEN THE LATITUDE THAT YOU EXPECT FROM THE FANS AND THE TEAM AND THE OWNERS. AND AS IT TURNED OUT, KNOW, AND I DON’T KNOW IF HE’LL EVER WHEN IF WHEN, OR IF HE’LL GET BACK AT THE COACHING

Mike Florio and Tom Curran marvel at the impact Josh McDaniels has had on Drake Maye, recall other QBs who he has developed, and evaluate if he’ll get another shot as a head coach. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk
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