Phil and Matt Simms analyze the pro day performances of Maye & Penix

[MightyGiants]

Phil and Matt Simms analyze the pro day performances of Drake Maye and Michael Penix discussing their takeaways and providing analysis.

[Ed Vette]

A six minute diatribe, followed up with a plethora of colloquialisms. It all comes down to how well you spin the ball. 😂

Good content basically affirming what we all know about these two QB's. Perhaps most pundits spend too much time on Ageism, Injury History and a few errant passes. Both these QB's are being underrated in the football universe. IMO

I'm sure Phil Simms can rank them at this point and I doubt he would change his mind. It would make the future pods anti-climactic.

Critiquing Pro-Days are good for a few morsels. But basically vegetable lasagna. Although thirty minutes with the father and son act is enjoyable. Indeed.

[MightyGiants]

Here are what college coaches told Bruce Feldman about Maye

The Coaching Intel

"Really good arm. Love his pocket presence. His awareness of where all the rushers are — whether it was four, five or six (coming) — was off the charts. It made him hard to pass rush. Any risk you took, whether it was going above and trying to turn the corner, or going inside, he felt it and was able to expose you. He could make you pay on just about anything you do. Pretty soon, he'd force you into pass rushing without aggression. He was really hard to deal with. I wouldn't say he's Trevor (Lawrence) but he's probably the best we've seen since Trevor."

"I think he could be a better quarterback than Caleb Williams if you can protect him. He throws the s— out of it, but the last two years we could tell that he really doesn't like all that stuff around him. He gets a little bit scared back there, in my opinion. He is a good athlete, big, really good arm. But I thought (former UNC QB) Sam Howell was a tougher kid. He's not as talented as Drake Maye. Sam could run it but he would stay in that pocket and be effective. But I didn't think Kenny Pickett was worth a s— and he got drafted in the first round."

"He checks all the boxes. Can roll left, can roll right; can be on the wrong foot, can throw off-platform. He's great laterally. Was very busy with his feet earlier in his career; he got better quieting that down. That seemed to help his decision making and accuracy, but it looked like he regressed with that and got a little erratic."

"Preseason, I was super impressed watching him on film. He played pretty good against us. He wasn't super accurate. I think there were growing pains with his footwork and fundamentals, trying to adjust to a new system."

HERE IS PENIX


The Coaching Intel

"His arm talent is as good as I've ever seen. He can throw every single ball on a rope. I just wanted to blitz him. I felt like he didn't handle pressure as some others. We lived and died by the blitz, but he got his yards."

"You watch them and there's so much tape where you're just blown away by all the throws he's making into windows and with the touch he has. And he's just so accurate on all these big throws. He also didn't need much room to throw it. The people around him didn't even faze him."

"All the throws he makes are insane, but his ability to read coverage and manipulate pressures is high-level stuff."

[Ed Vette]

Here are what college coaches told Bruce Feldman about Maye

The Coaching Intel

"Really good arm. Love his pocket presence. His awareness of where all the rushers are — whether it was four, five or six (coming) — was off the charts. It made him hard to pass rush. Any risk you took, whether it was going above and trying to turn the corner, or going inside, he felt it and was able to expose you. He could make you pay on just about anything you do. Pretty soon, he'd force you into pass rushing without aggression. He was really hard to deal with. I wouldn't say he's Trevor (Lawrence) but he's probably the best we've seen since Trevor."

"I think he could be a better quarterback than Caleb Williams if you can protect him. He throws the s— out of it, but the last two years we could tell that he really doesn't like all that stuff around him. He gets a little bit scared back there, in my opinion. He is a good athlete, big, really good arm. But I thought (former UNC QB) Sam Howell was a tougher kid. He's not as talented as Drake Maye. Sam could run it but he would stay in that pocket and be effective. But I didn't think Kenny Pickett was worth a s— and he got drafted in the first round."

"He checks all the boxes. Can roll left, can roll right; can be on the wrong foot, can throw off-platform. He's great laterally. Was very busy with his feet earlier in his career; he got better quieting that down. That seemed to help his decision making and accuracy, but it looked like he regressed with that and got a little erratic."

"Preseason, I was super impressed watching him on film. He played pretty good against us. He wasn't super accurate. I think there were growing pains with his footwork and fundamentals, trying to adjust to a new system."

HERE IS PENIX


The Coaching Intel

"His arm talent is as good as I've ever seen. He can throw every single ball on a rope. I just wanted to blitz him. I felt like he didn't handle pressure as some others. We lived and died by the blitz, but he got his yards."

"You watch them and there's so much tape where you're just blown away by all the throws he's making into windows and with the touch he has. And he's just so accurate on all these big throws. He also didn't need much room to throw it. The people around him didn't even faze him."

"All the throws he makes are insane, but his ability to read coverage and manipulate pressures is high-level stuff."

Then Phil Simms does his best Jerry Seinfeld imitation... "they say his feet have growing pains, what's up with that???"