‘The Athletic’ returned with its yearly Quarterback Tiers. As many as 50 NFL coaches and executives shared their evaluations about various QBs and placed them in either Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4, or Tier 5. Voters remained anonymous for the survey as they placed Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Matthew Stafford in Tier 1. And as we scrolled further, we noticed that the Patriots ‘ Drake Maye was placed in Tier 3; he was #22 on the lengthy list. But that wasn’t the surprising factor.

Instead, an anonymous offensive coordinator said things that no New England player would like to hear, despite everything that transpired last season. “His [Maye] team was so bad. Vince Lombardi couldn’t have gotten that team any more wins than they got.

“Maye has promise. Th

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