BREAKING: Tom Brady issues a strong warning to Drake Maye and the new coaching staff of the Patriots in passionate rant
Brady believes the game has been “dumbed down”.
The NFL has altered dramatically since the turn of the millennium. With each passing season, players become more athletic and faster, and the sport places a greater emphasis on passing than ever before.
Despite the abandoning of schemes based on classic ground and pound running games, teams haven’t lit up the scoreboards in the last two seasons. The key cause for this has been a decline in quarterback performance. With icons like Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Ben Roethlisberger retiring, the NFL has been looking for young quarterbacks to step up, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Tom Brady calls for rookie quarterbacks to sit and learn
In a recent interview with Stephen A. Smith, Brady discussed the issue and went on a rant about rookie quarterbacks being pressed into play when they are not prepared.
You are no longer studying a program; instead, you are learning a playbook. For example, at Michigan, I saw a pro-style program. Over the course of five years, I learned how to drop back pass, read defenses and coverages, and be instructed… Then I proceeded to New England, where I was developed by Coach Belichick and his offensive staff. I did not begin my first year. I believe it is a travesty that we are pushing these rookies to play early, but the only reason they are is that we have dumbed down the game, allowing them to participate.
Brady was not referring to any one team or player, but his comments are noteworthy for the New England Patriots. Drake Maye was picked third overall in April and is expected to be the franchise quarterback. He has looked really well in the preseason, and fans are asking for him to start right away.
However, Maye was seen as a raw prospect coming out of North Carolina, where he only played two seasons. Maye, who is about to turn 22, may benefit from Brady’s idea of a long development process, but the current NFL mindset is to send young quarterbacks out there to learn as they go.
