Scott Zolak: Patriots can’t treat Drake Maye like Jordan Love
On Wednesday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Scott Zolak made it clear the Patriots can’t afford to treat Drake Maye like Jordan Love.
The Packers had Aaron Rodgers…
Marc Bertrand: Dan Orlovsky talking about Drake Maye as a prospect. Zo, what’s the matter?
Scott Zolak: Is he middle of the 20s type pick?
Marc Bertrand: No.
Scott Zolak: Thank you. Where’s he going potentially? Third. Maybe second to the Commanders. If you’re evaluating quarterbacks, and you’re thinking we got a prospect that’s got feet issues, but we’re so desperate we’re going to take him a 2 or 3 and timeline wise, sit him for a year or even two, nope. OUT. We don’t have the time to develop a quarterback for two years here, folks. Stop comparing it to Jordan Love. I can’t say it enough. Aaron Rodgers was the freaking quarterback, top two quarterback in the game when he’s on, when they drafted Love late first round. This is a high premium first round pick organizationally changing your complexion, the way you structure your organization and build it around somebody to draft a guy with bad feet.
We just got done talking about you criticizing Mac Jones’ feet this year. Set your feet. His feet are off. He’s not in balance. Yeah, all quarterbacks do have that. You get a little flustered when you’re playing this league because things happen fast, right? You’re thinking, you’re trying to move. Oh, man my feet aren’t set. You get caught on things. You don’t have the luxury to draft this man or this kid nmber three overall and say we’re going to sit you for a year or two. That is a high end problem to have.
When you’re the Chiefs and you’re winning 11 games with Alex Smith, you can draft Patrick Mahomes. He had a feet problem? I don’t remember that. Every highlight I see, he’s moving around with his feet and how great his feet are and how he throws off balance and how he looks like a shortstop. This kid’s not a shortstop. He’s an upright, sorry, erect passer, right in the pocket.
He and Jayden Daniels are good pocket guys. I want him up and I want him throwing. If I’m picking him three, he’s my quarterback. We’re off and running. Get him ready on Alex Van Pelt. Get him ready, Ben McAdoo. Do what you got to do. Get Tyron Smith. Protect him backside. Sign Mike Onwenu, get your guards taken care of. Get a fullback in here. Run the ball, play action, let’s go. Get Pop Douglas on the slot. Get Kendrick Bourne back here and draft a receiver. I’m not sitting here putting them under the microscope and nit-picking his feet.
We are a desperate offensive football team. From people that I talked to and people that you hear talk to this team, they feel offensively, they need 7 to 9 potential players, new players on offense. You don’t have the luxury to sit a quarterback if you’re picking him top three.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 28: Drake Maye #10 of the North Carolina Tar Heels passes against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium on October 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)