From David Kromelow (@dkrom59):
David, I’d say Drake Maye would be the first pick in a bunch of draft classes and is seen as very worthy of going in that spot. So as of right now, if you were a team in dire need of a franchise quarterback and were at the bottom of the standings five months from now, you’d probably be a little disappointed winding up with the second pick instead of the first pick. But the real drop-off in value would be going from 1 or 2 to 3.
Maye has a chance to be really, really good, but he has to prove it again this year, and his traits aren’t off the charts like Caleb Williams. My sense, just in asking around, is he’ll project as a very complete prospect and one that’s very good in a lot of areas, but maybe not great in any one of those.
And while we’re here, what I’m saying is there’s a huge drop-off from Maye to the rest of the class in general, because you have what could be truly elite prospects at receiver (Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr.), edge rusher (Alabama’s Dallas Turner), left tackle (Penn State’s Olu Fashanu) and tight end (Georgia’s Brock Bowers). But at this early juncture, someone else in the draft class would have to break through in the fall for there not to be a big drop-off among the quarterbacks after Williams and Maye are off the board.
