NFL LIVE | Booger McFarland reacts to Drake Maye took 2nd-team reps in Patriots OTAs Tuesday

continuing their OTAs under first year head coach Gerard Mayo when they drafted Drake May 3rd overall in April the vibe felt like they were taking things slow with the Carolina quarterback May currently taken second team reps new OC Alex Van Pelt on the rookie you know we always talk about earning your reps around here so as he continues to grow and and have successful practices and start stacking those then we could think about moving them up to depth chart when those decisions are made it'll be made together uh you know as a group with Elliot and and coach Mayo um but when that time comes we'll see but there is no timetable on when that time comes jacobe again is our starter and he's playing excellent football for us in the spring and and Drake is coming on I think it's a battle you know me and me Kobe and Bailey you know we're battling so uh mixing up who who goes with who each day and um you know not necess hey you're going first you're going second um you know Kobe's getting first and then um you know from there we're just uh playing by year obiously how you Heist and uh matters how you do you when you're in there so that's what happen Bailey referring to Bailey zappy you're back here with Lewis booger and shefy so Lewis when May's taken second team reps what does that mean to you look Gerard Mayo already has stated and Alex just alluded to it that what you do with the Reps that you get initially will have a direct correlation to how many more reps you wind up getting in the future and the fact that they're giving him second team reps tells you he's doing something with the Reps that that he's already gotten and namely that is he's mastering them not having repeated mistakes and he's continuing to build and grow and look they have their eye on the future too I mean you didn't draft him in order for him to go ahead and just continually take reps behind brassette and Bailey zappy they're getting him ready for the future and they also want to get him running with the guys who they know are going to play an integral role in this offense namely the wide receivers guys like jayen pul like guys like Javon Baker you want to get him live well not necessarily live but you want to get him seven on seven and 11 on rep 11 on 11 reped with those guys because those are the guys who he's going to be throwing to it's the same thing they did in Green Bay with Jordan love it's the same way you bring him along you bring him along you earn more you give him more he's he's going to be in there it's not it's not a matter of if it's a matter of when and it sounds like he's starting to put the gas he's starting to press the accelerator so to speak on terms of his development and say hey look Alex Vel Gerard Mayo Elliot wolf I need to be in there a little bit more which is pretty cool to see yeah it's definitely pretty cool to see I I I think the more reps he can get the more times he can get under Center call the Cadence take the drop and do all those different things I think the better for him because we know that drg may is the future but I think when you look at the macro picture the bigger picture for the Patriots it comes down to this are we trying to win games now because if that's the case Drake May will not start the season as a starting quarterback or are we preparing for 2025 because if that's the case then it doesn't matter who you put at quarterback you may as well go ahead and put Drake May in there so he can get ready and get all the Reps he can go I think that's the ultimate question that Elliot wolf Gerard mayo and the Patriots organization have to ask themselves are we willing to deal with the growing pains in 2024 even if that means going 4 and 13 Even if that means being the laughing stock of the leave even if that means picking number one overall realizing that we will be better off for it in 2025 because you can't do both you're not going to be able to try to win games and also groom Drake may you got to figure out what you're going to do at some point they have to make that decision I would do it sooner than later but it's not my choice well you say sooner rather than later but but the truth of the matter is they don't have to rush to put in Drake May before he's ready if you spoke to Personnel people around the league they all believe that Drake May needed some time to get ready to learn systems to move on up a before he was ready to play again and so the Patriots went out and signed the perfect quarterback to hold down that position until Drake May is ready because jacobe Brett can be a solid successful starting quarterback in this league he's already proven that and he's done it even in New England they know what they're getting and so he will hold down that position until the time is absolutely right and they feel completely comfortable with the idea that Drake May will wind up playing and we may not see Drake May until the end of the 2024 season yep now keep in mind the Patriots historically haven't used a high draft pick on a quarterback in a very long time May's only the third quarterback they've taken in the top three in the last 60 drafts joining only Drew bledo and Jim plunket all right let's continue the conversation about quarterback tago Caleb Williams is in his first mini camp this week Matt Eber flu talked about some of the struggles today sometimes it's really good coverage uh you know there's guys guys that have been around and been with each other for a while so they understand our coverage Concepts and how they complement each other and uh they're on point in terms of that most of the time so some of it's that and then we just got to turn it into a scramble drill you know so we have to do make that real um because we will have some of that um he's very effective at that now obviously we want him to you know drop back and process and deliver the ball but he is uh remarkable when it comes to throwing the ball on the move so we have to use that as a weapon force and that's going to be uh really good for our defense too back here with the guys Lou any concerns for Williams or is this all just part of the process no it's it's it's just part of the growth look this was something that Caleb was aware of all during the pre-draft process was the fact that he wanted to get better in the pocket and with reps that will come his ability to get through progressions make quick decisions and not have to have every play being off scheduled play that's something that he knows is going to improve and he wants to improve and I have no look we're we haven't even played a game we haven't even played preseason game yet he'll be just fine he's a spectacular Prospect all right let's go to Miami Tu a t byoa and see that's the word while waiting on a new deal potentially has not done 11 on 11 drills in Camp Mike McDaniel asked if that continues how it could impact the offense for me to think okay is that even on the the radar for being a possibility of an issue like that I I'm not worried about that being the case I also can't say that wouldn't be the case I don't again I I try to stay in my Lane to do um do what two is counting on me to do which is uh get him better and every way shape and form and you know that's what we'll be doing today BG should the Dolphins pay two a top marking quarterback money right now well he's going to be 50 million plus is he going to be up there around the the 55 or 60 I don't know care but when you get a five in the first number does it really matter what the second number is that's what I would say to him Tua has earned it the Dolphins have already come out and said they're going to pay him uh this offense ran uh because Tua was so accurate and so precise he going to get his bad just relax Tu for some it could matter I mean that's somebody else's checkbook let's get Chey in here now let's stay on Tua as you take us through the latest on a couple of quarterbacks awaiting deals here well if it didn't matter the deal would be done by now and it's not only not done but T is not going through the 11 on 11 drills right now so they're not close enough to have him back on the field but the Dolphins want to get this deal done Tua wants to get this deal done but this is a complicated deal I think in part because of his injury history and some of the things that have happened happened in the past so it's up to both sides to figure out a structure that they're comfortable with in terms of guaranteed money to move forward but look he's going to be there they want them there and now it's up to both sides to figure it out which is what the Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence have been working on doing as well they have continued to talk also knowing that this deal is going to get done Doug Peterson the Jaguars head coach said himself recently that he expects this deal to get done just not done at this point in time time but I think by training camp the Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence are hopeful that this deal will get done the same is true for the Green Bay Packers and Jordan love they both want to get this deal done it was just over a year ago that the Packers essentially extended Jordan love reworked that contract they want to do it again especially after the year that he had last year when he looked like one of the best young quarterbacks in football when it looked like they hit pay dirt again on another quarterback when it looked like they could conceivably go from Brit far to Aaron Rogers to Jordan love I don't know that there's any team in the league that has had that type of quarterback continuity success to your oh for is executed First Blood an enemy has been defeated your team has destroyed a tower an ally has been defeated an ally has been defeated [Music] you have been defeated pass a slice in time an enemy has been defeated you have defeated an enemy [Music] for enemy on slot your tower has been destroyed an ally has been defeated you have defeated an enemy Bas is under attack you have 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