NBC Sports’ Devin McCourty on Drake Maye’s Chances to Be Patriots QB1 | The Rich Eisen Show

hey um Devin let's just jump right into this here I don't know if you heard Gerard Mayo talk today about the quarterback situation in New England um and how that it's jacobe Brett's gig to start but Drake May if he balls out has a shot what are your two cents on the subject matter there dein yeah it it was to be expected for me you know I spent some time up there in the spring you know visiting a little bit and I think I think the organization just feels like jacobe zagade brought in for a reason they signed him they expected him to go out there and play and I think they feel like they don't just have a guy that can play right now but they have a great mentor a leader in the locker room so I think they want Drake May to come in and not feel that pressure just to learn from jacobe Jacob's obviously come to New England and played under Brady and learn from him so uh it's cool to see those roles where he can now play The MENTOR um but I I expect Drake May to come in and just learn and as that process starts to you know really come intact for him and he can develop um maybe there's a they put them in and they go with them but I think uh going into the season they feel like Jacob's the guy that can get them I think moving in a Direction they want to move overall as an organization which is just not have the bottom Fallout against a very difficult schedule coming off of one of the worst seasons um certainly in recent memory uh in New England with a kid that you don't want to throw in too early I I understand that that's the general sense of it but I I I don't I don't know if this is overreaction or not but we got a glimpse of Drake May's at least neck up ability in the Hard Knock series with the Giants and the Giants put him on their grease board prior to the draft what's your sense of Drake May's ability to succeed uh I think high and I think what's interesting right now is there's this big intense love for him right now not just from the front office and you know the people in the building from the players and I think that is something over the last few years since as left has been a little bit of a roller coaster with Cam coming in and I think right away Cam went over the locker room and guys went out there and played and that was one year and done and then Matt comes in and he plays as a rookie and you know we wion 10 games uh the year out that uh my second of last year I was there and it's like oh man things are looking great and then you kind of saw at the end of that with Matt with the team the locker room everything just kind of fell apart and I think Drake may now comes in to fill the future void that they had there a guy that everyone can believe in a guy that the organization can say hey this is our guy he's going to lead us he's going to be the front runner he's going to be in front of everybody um and I think the biggest part of that is the guy's in the locker room truly believe in that so I think he's developing that I think he's already gotten that with some of those young receivers uh with pulk and Baker staying after practice throwing the ball getting used to each other I think the more he's out there in training camp those veteran those older guys will see it they'll buy into it they'll believe in them and I think that will be the process for him but I I believe I think he could be a really good player um I thought it was really cool seeing him with Brian dble with the Giants in there doing all of that work reciting things knowing it um and I think that's exciting and I would be interested to see you know when he takes the field how that goes but I think the future is bright and I think new englanders should be happy but I think they have to be patient for all of is to come to fruition what did you glean from that hard KNX lookie uh with Drake what did you take away from that I get excited because I think that's the hardest part of playing quarterback I think nowadays you see so many quarterbacks that have this unbelievable Talent whether it's being able to run whether it's having this great armed talent that you know every week we hear people on TV talk about different guys and their great arm talent but like what does that actually mean it doesn't mean anything until you can go into a huddle or sit in front of a board or get on the field and deliver in two minute situations or on third down over and over again and the part of that is understanding what the defense is giving you and then knowing what you can get into and what you have to get out of as a quarterback I always remember Brady always talking about that his true gift was being dual threat and it wasn't being dual threat as a runner but it was being dual threat of not getting not putting the offense in bad plays putting the offense in plays to win to allow other players abilities to take over and make plays and I think when you watch Drake may do that as a young young guy coming into the league and being able to do that and process things pretty fast you get excited you see that and you're like all right that's what I want my quarterback to have yeah I want him to have those other attributes but you know your brain and how you can operate and how you can see things and adjust and move quickly I think that's what the NFL is truly about and you've seen when you watch guys like momes or watch guys like Lamar Jackson as they've gotten better at that it's just been Skies limit and it's always impressive watching those guys week in and week out catch the rich ey and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12:00 to 3 Eastern for free