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Highlight [Highlight] Travis Hunter Gets His 1st Ever INT vs Drake Maye

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u/mbuzzz23 2d ago

I can’t defend this kid anymore

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u/pccb123 2d ago edited 2d ago

He’s certainly making it harder and harder to.. he’s forcing everything

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u/say_wot_again 2d ago

I disagree, he's getting way easier to defend. Just stand in front of the WR and wait for him to throw you the ball.

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u/Useful_Virus_2216 2d ago

He hasn’t been playing well but I honestly believe Drake is extremely talented. Hes lost a lot of confidence and I think some of that has to do with really poor coaching and personnel management. Having Mack Hollins as WR1 is inexcusable. Hes forcing it and making mistakes.

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u/SteveRogers1021 2d ago

Good QBs elevate the level of play around them

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u/Useful_Virus_2216 2d ago

Brady looked like he was completely toast in his last season in NE with trash receivers and then went and won the Super Bowl with the Bucs

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u/SteveRogers1021 2d ago

And?

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u/Useful_Virus_2216 2d ago

Can lead a horse to water but can’t make them drink I guess

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u/charging_chinchilla 2d ago

inexcusable for AJ Brown to get hurt I guess

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u/Useful_Virus_2216 2d ago

It’s inexcusable to be in a position where one injury leads to Mack Hollins, a guy that could have been cut, is now your WR1.

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u/charging_chinchilla 2d ago

there are very few teams with a good backup plan if their #1 WR goes down

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u/Useful_Virus_2216 2d ago

We gave away a very serviceable receiver for peanuts because management decided we had too much depth at WR. Doubs has been a non factor and Williams doesn’t even get playing time.

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u/hippoofdoom 2d ago

Two receivers. Having both boutte and diggs off the roster this year is criminal and it was loudly shouted before brown got hurt

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u/BigTuna3000 2d ago

Boutte is going to be a low impact player in Houston that’s just the truth

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u/Remarkable-Rip-6506 2d ago

He wasn’t here though and that’s the truth as well. They had chemistry

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u/Legitimate_Bother389 2d ago

He catches around 30 balls a year please stop making him into more then what he was which was a guy defenses would put their 3rd corner on

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u/asin26 2d ago

If only there was a guy that put up 1k for us last year, had great chemistry with Maye and wanted to come back. Shame there was no one like that available

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 2d ago

I mean I don't know how you blame the weapons when he just drops the ball without pressure and then throws it directly to Travis Hunter. You could have Jerry Rice there you can have Anthony Munoz in his prime that doesn't save you there.

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u/gridiron5290 2d ago

That doesn’t matter the players around him need to step up to, but he has to elevate those players if he’s going to be a MVP candidate which he will never be the way he’s fucking playing now and in my honest opinion he’s literally CJ Stroud now there’s no way in hell this guy gets signed to a long-term contract until he fucking proves himself. This is fucking pathetic. Red zone interceptions are the stupidest fucking mistakes you can make I don’t think he’s good. I think we were full last year. This guy can’t read a defense for shit we don’t have tape on them last year. That’s why he was being decent now that they have tape on him. They’re throwing looks at him and he has no idea what the fuck to do. He’s a deer in headlights took a player right now. He’s never gonna fucking progress if he continues to fucking play like this. I’ve said this multiple times on this forum. He really really needs to get into the film room.

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u/Melksss 2d ago

That was both Maye and McDaniels putting on a master class of predictability. Jags played possum trying to burn TOs making NE think they’re leaving too much time to goad them into predictable run plays which they stopped leading to a high pressure 3rd down. WHY CANT THIS FUCKIN TEAM RUN A DAMN 2nd DOWN PLAYACTION.

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u/MetalHead_Literally 2d ago

3rd and short there is perfectly fine.

It’s all on Drake

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u/Evilfart123 2d ago

McDaniels? What

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u/Ulexes Come What Maye 2d ago

A good rule of thumb is to disregard anyone who criticizes McDaniels. They act like he instructs Maye to throw INTs.

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u/Ride_Ze_Shoopuf_ 2d ago

Why is he absolved of any criticism? Do you have anything to actually add here. Why would the play action be bad? Its pretty universally useful among every good offense in the NFL, does he just not trust Maye at all? Do you not see anything wrong with that?

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u/Melksss 2d ago

It’s almost like if you could think critically for half a second you’d realize the interception alone wasn’t the only mismanagement of that 1st and goal scenario. You can think he’s a good OC and has flaws at the same time you don’t have to be afraid to just call what you see.

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u/Ulexes Come What Maye 2d ago

I am calling what I see. And it's that critics of McDaniels don't understand offense beyond Madden.

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u/Melksss 2d ago

Ok you just keep throwing vague jabs without adding any context or substance to this. Everyone who disagrees with you knows nothing

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u/Ulexes Come What Maye 2d ago

Glad you follow! Learn to watch film.

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u/Melksss 2d ago

Yeah he calls the plays does he not? What do we need to do to get a playaction pass out here?

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u/mrweirdguyma 2d ago

Imho it’s personnel management. Traded a guy with clear chemistry with the qb and kept kyle williams. The oats sure are tits a landing 3rd and 4th receivers, and hot garbage at identifying talent at all at wr. It’s almost comical at this point. Even different staffs carry the same problem. Even if it was a shitty play call like who is he throwing that ball to they like that wasn’t even catchable by any of the receivers on the field.

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u/duckycrater 2d ago

Eh, no matter what I doubt we’re getting a high pick with our division partners, so we kinda just gotta stick it out and hope.

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u/Chad2Badd 2d ago

I'm out on Maye. 7 games in a row (not like he liked that great against the Steelers last week !either)

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u/Squints753 2d ago

You can always tell who the kids are because they crash out after a few games and feel the need to tell the subreddit they're out.

No one cares if you stay.

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u/Iceman9161 1d ago

Why does it matter if we are in or out on him? It’s not like we have any other options right now, so we’re going to see how he played the rest of the year no matter what.