Drake Maye vs. Jacoby Brissett: Why Maye Should Start Week 1 | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

something I'm definitely ready to change my mind on is the Patriots quarterback situation Dwayne and this is classic offseason so let's just let's just paint a picture all offseason at least me I'm not gonna say you but at least me and I think a lot of other football people that I pay attention to listen to have just said man Jobe Brett is the best Bridge quarterback you could probably think of um he's H played well in in chaotic environments he's played well in clean environments over the last couple of years Great Bridge quarter back they can just play him let him take the lumps and get Drake May some experience on the bench some growth some development they don't have to throw him out there to the Wolves early on and it just that sounds perfect like in an Ideal World right guy like Drake may people say he needs to sit you got a bridge quarterback who can allow him to sit great perfect perfect perfect Rosie offseason picture then you see these two guys on the field and like again I still like jacobe brassette but I think it's been a rocky road this preseason and and look that it's preseason okay that's not everything like I said I still like jaob Brett this is less about him and more about you see Drake May out there and again preseason the Nell defenses the whole thing whatever I'm not even gonna say it's gonna be perfect and it hasn't been perfect with Drake May out there but he just gives the offense life and you're suddenly like why don't we just throw this guy out there and see what happens so uh again that's sort of my journey with the Patriots quarterback situation and I think the preseason Dwayne has has has sort of moved my opinion on what the Patriots should do with their quarterbacks early in the season at least yeah and so like from a fantasy perspective we definitely want Drake May on the field he's the only guy that can honestly uncork anything in this offense right now no nothing meant towards jacobe brassette but it's looked terrible now the coaching staff they watch the the practice every day and they continue to say that jacobe looks like the better player the problem is your offensive line is terrible and Jobe brassett at this point in his career is a statue and what we've seen with Drake may even though he may not be able to understand what all of these exotic looks will be once the once the real season starts probably more likely just to go out there and throw a pick six right away when he gets some of this stuff mixed with pressure but he's been able to handle the pressure he's been able to use his mobility and Escape ability if you will to maneuver in the pocket by time to hit big plays down the field he had another one this weekend that got called back due to penalty so a lot of people didn't even see that play So he has shown and he is good on the ground so if he does escape the pocket and there's not someone to get the ball to which let's be honest is probably going to be the case a lot with this receiving core uh this season he can at least scramble and he can at least maybe pick you up a first down you know and get you know get six seven yards and get out of bounds and get you that first if you look at you know his college data he was behind only Jaden Daniel in design Rush attempts and scramble rate in college so this is a guy that you can use to also at least make the defense have to defend a potential you know option play you know where he can decide is he going to keep it or is he going to hand it off up the middle and I think that anything you can do like that when you've got an offense that honestly is just so weapon starved like the Patriots I think that's what you need to do um I do understand the sentiment that well are we gonna get is he gonna get David card if some of you have don't know David car he's Derek Carr's older brother Fresno State quarterback he came to the Houston Texans when they were in expansion team was thought to be one of the best prospects you know in a while and he was the first overall pick and he got obliterated as a rookie because they were an expansion team they didn't have an offensive line you know they were literally picking over from The Leftovers of the rest of the league that people had to expose off their roster and so I maybe there's that concern but here's my challenge with that Harmon you know what's going to happen in New England come week four they're 0 and four the fans are going to be foaming at the mouth for Drake May and it doesn't matter what your plans were to start this season you're going to get forced to start him sooner rather than later anyway so unless you're really going to have the resolve right the intestinal fortitude to say we're not listening to that and we're sitting Drake may all season because we don't want him to die just start him just start him out of the game and it's again it's I I I believe that in practices jacobe brassette looks better you know when we're not really pressuring the quarterback we're certainly not hitting the quarterback um but then you get against still vanilla but live defenses in the preseason and I always come back to the quote that Sigman bloom had with Andrew luck in his rookie season he always said he looked like a guy that was dropped Behind Enemy Lines and just like okay shoot your way out like and I do think Drake May is gonna be dropped in a lot of those Behind Enemy Lin situations and having to shoot his way out the thing is though he can do it like you see him do it in the preseason you he he has he can at least do it it's gonna be a gonna be a tough fight there's no question about that but he can actually get it he has the tools at least to get it done and for an offense that is so weapon starved for an offense that's not going to be able to protect that's probably going to be in some not advantageous situations because of where they are as a team I think having a guy like Drake May with those tools gives them a little bit of a better shot just to create things on offense that are not going to be there from a play design standpoint number one and number two certainly not from like a player execution standpoint but before we move on from from the Patriots here I agree with you Drake May would become an interesting fantasy quarterback because of the ability if he hits the field but is there anyone else in this receiver room that sort of stands out as like okay well if this offense is going to be more interesting under Drake may do we care about any of these receivers yeah I think the the ghost of Bill bellich is still hanging around or something because we've got KJ Osborne and taquan Thorton still getting the you know the first drive who are we kidding we know who these players are guys they're not they're not gonna be the guys that are going to carry your offense anyway you're G you're going to need to let jayen and I don't know that Jaylen P's going to be good but you need to find out you need to go ahead and put him on the field you need to let Javon Baker get out there demaro Douglas will play the slot I think he's going to get his targets right as a matter of Ken he stay healthy can he come up with many touchdowns long plays I don't know I like him fine in a PPR full PPR but I really think pulk and Javon Baker one of those guys have to step up because we know what all these other dudes are they're they're not good enough to go out and earn Targets on their own they're guys you might be able to scheme up for a little bit but for the most part you're just you can't constantly be having to do that to try to get players open they've got to be able to go out and win some on their own and at least your young players give you a chance I will say on a positive note pulk rotated in on the second drive and the starters played the first six drives uh the offensive line is what I looked at because brassette got knocked out in the middle of the second drive and it was Drake May from there I mean he got obliterated like I mean it was almost that's the closest thing I could see to like a Clos line like in the middle of a a WWE match I mean and he was on the mat Gerard Mayo said he could have come back like dude you're an absolute Gladiator jacobe Brett if you could have come back a game from that hit it was brutal but they got to get the young guys involved I am interested in your thoughts like on that have you seen anything with pulk or Baker um I've heard of some of what you said but I'll just give the floor to you on those two guys and if you were to pick one to potentially emerge maybe in a few weeks once the season kind of gets rolling and they're fin like whatever we're not starting KJ Osborne because that day is coming yeah it would be pulk you know I I think those guys again they were in the same tier as prospects to me I say that a lot uh which is a pulk went in the right place I think in in the draft I think Baker went too late uh now I think Baker i' I've seen people say you know again just casually looking at stuff like oh well this is a bad sign for Javon Baker because he's you know tawon Thorton's gonna start over him if if that's still the case by week you know 17 18 whatever maybe then we can have that conversation is that possible you can you could you could print out the the YouTube thumbnail and eat that if that's the we'll go we'll go with that uh but yeah I would be stunned and then that would maybe be a bad signal for for old Javon Baker but he's definitely someone I'm keeping kind of another football guys uh quote I'm keeping him on waiver wire speed dial at least uh with with with Javon Baker but he's the one that could be the straw to stir the drink totally because he stands out he can be a big play uh guy he's a one of these things doesn't look like the other even when we're talking about uh the the rest of the receiver room so that's why I've been interested in him that's why I I was interested in him both in the draft and then especially when the Patriots took him but pul I do think is a good player and I think will have a week one role and probably a bigger and bigger role by week three week four week five Etc he's somebody I've been willing to take late in drafts I don't really take Baker at least in a typical redraft league but again waiver speed dial for