Although Daniels Is Risk To Injury, Maye Still Has The Riskier Floor.

Few weeks ago, Jerod Mayo talked floor of Drake Maye and his (Maye) supporters have been pouncing on the comment because they don't want to talk his floor. Phil Perry recently talked about Mayo's comment on the Patriots Nation Network podcast.

Phil would say that Daniels's floor "is RG3" and that "Daniels not playing," is his floor. And then said "it's a coach's job to make sure the player never sees his floor." 

RG3's career stretched from 2012 to 2020. He started 42 of his 56 games. His injury history did hurt his career, no doubt but he still played almost a decade in the NFL. Griffith played three seasons with Washington.

For Drake Maye, his floor is Johnny Manziel. Manziel played in the NFL for two seasons, from 2014 to 2015. He started 8 of 14 games. Manziel was too big a developmental prospect for the NFL. Even though he had a very high ceiling, his career was done after two seasons.

The thing with Drake Maye is his floor is while his ceiling is non existent according to some, other think his floor is near bottomless. The Patriots do not have the talents in 2024 for Maye to succeed. And odds are, they will not have the talent in 2025 for him to succeed either.

If one is okay with sitting Maye for two seasons to develop, while drafting him at number three, then fine take him. If one wants him to play by no later than 2025, the team will most likely not be ready. With Daniels, the Patriots only need to sit him for a year. And his development is basically teaching him to throw over the middle and how to run as a quarterback. They can do that in a year.

Now for the fans that want a rookie to start year one, I don't like saying it but McCarthy is the quarterback as the Patriots are closest to his Michigan team. They have a strong running game, two tight ends, and a left tackle short of McCarthy's offensive line. McCarthy's floor is Case Keenam and his ceiling is Kirk Cousins. And Keenam has played in 80 games thus far.

I doubt they're going to get a chance at Caleb Williams who's floor is Ryan Leaf. So of the three, the worst floor is Drake Maye of the probable selections.