Drake Maye is a Head Case

By Steve Atkinson 

Drake Maye Panics In The Red Zone

Drake Maye doesn’t have a security blanket like he did a year ago. He’s going to have to create one with Hollins or Douglas, since Dobbs is still getting used to the offense. Someone needs to step up with AJ Brown out because Drake Maye is struggling mentally right now. Throwing interceptions in the end zone is unacceptable—that shouldn’t happen. I thought they’d beat Jacksonville yesterday, but that offense can’t do anything past the 50, and they struggle in the red zone. It’s like Maye panics and forces throws, which leads to interceptions.

Yeah, the first one, Jared Wilson happened to be bleeding on his hand and got the football, and I was trying to throw one to Kyle Williams. It slipped out of my hand. The second one down there is just forcing it, trying to give Chis Efton Chism III a chance to score and build some momentum going into halftime. Then there was a one-on-one matchup on the backside, and I probably shouldn’t have thrown it.

Jakobi Meyers showed up for Jacksonville—remember when the Patriots had him? Drake Maye had someone like that last year in Diggs, but someone else is going to have to be that guy. Douglas started too yesterday, then dropped a pass over his head that would have been a touchdown. Kayshon Boutte would’ve made that catch though he’s taller but on the other side of that is put the ball so Douglas can catch it.

Drake Maye Needs To Relax

Josh McDaniels is going to have to get someone that Drake Maye is comfortable with the ball in crunch time so he doesn’t panic because once they get the ball past the 50 again it’s just panic mode. It’s similar to Mac Jones because Jones who was failed by Belichick but also lost his security blanket in Meyers and panicked in the red zone. The same thing is happening to Drake Maye he is panicking in the red zone andThrowing interceptions by forcing it.

Vrabel at the end of the game when asked about the decision making

No. And it doesn’t feel like it hasn’t been. We haven’t made good decisions with the football. So, we have to get it fixed. We have to practice. We have to work to get it corrected, and everybody else has to do much better, and it starts with me. That’s how it goes. It starts with me, and I gotta get guys in there to do the things the way that we need them done and the identity, and there’s going to be mistakes, but there’s too many things that get us beat. Turnovers, not taking advantage of their turnover opportunities. Penalties, sudden change, things that we’re usually good at. And so we’ll have to figure out why and do it in a hurry. We’re going on the road to Buffalo.