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00:00I mean, last year, he won one game, basically, as a starter.

00:03And I think there were a million excuses, and I would make them as well.

00:07I would be like, the offensive line's trash.

00:09The receivers are trash.

00:10The head coach is trash.

00:11The offensive coordinator is really a quarterback's coach.

00:13He had a lot working against him.

00:16He did.

00:17So it was, I think, fair to lay out all those excuses.

00:20This year, it seems like I wouldn't say they completely cleaned up everything,

00:26but they improved everything.

00:27So even if you don't think this is a world-class offensive line, it's better.

00:32The receiving core, same thing.

00:33It's better.

00:34Offensive coordinator is better.

00:35The head coach is better.

00:35So everything around him is better.

00:38And the other side of the ball should be head and shoulders better.

00:40And I've also always maintained that the quarterback is the most important

00:43and the highest paid for a reason.

00:45Eventually, it will be the highest paid in his case.

00:47And they need to lift the play of everybody else around him, too.

00:51So I can't, on the one hand, make fun of Brock Purdy for being a guy

00:55that has all this great stuff around him,

00:57and it's more the guys around him and not sort of say that guy should be the one

01:03that raises the level of play.

01:05I think there are two, three spots in the league where almost any quarterback

01:08would be good.

01:09Every other place, the quarterback's the one that needs to sort of lead that team,

01:12carry that team forward.

01:13And that's what they need Drake May to be.

01:16You know, I'm not worried after one OTA practice.

01:20However, I don't think we certainly know for sure.

01:23I don't think we know what he's going to be.

01:25Like, last year's rookies, I think Washington probably feels pretty good about Jaden Daniels

01:29because they saw it on a week-in and week-out basis.

01:31I think how Chicago fans feel about Caleb Williams is probably similar to how Patriots fans

01:36should feel about Drake May.

01:38Yeah.

01:38You know, it's like, yeah, there's still a lot of potential.

01:41Saw flashes of it during the season, but also saw flashes of the other thing where you're

01:45like, oh, this could slip away.

01:46So I still feel like that, you know, they have their obvious starter, but we really don't

01:51know what he's going to be yet in the league.

01:53So, no, I agree with all that.

01:55And no one's saying he's a bust because of one day at OTAs.

01:58Yeah, right.

01:59But...

01:59And also, you can thank the Celtics and the Bruins not being in the playoffs for why we're

02:04starting with Drake May OTAs.

02:06I mean, look, we would have gotten to it either way, but you're right.

02:09If there was a Celtics playoff game last night, we wouldn't be probably starting here.

02:11That's fair.

02:12Same thing with the Bruins.

02:14But already, and you're right, there is a bigger, more sizable, critical group of Drake

02:18May than it feels.

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