18. Drake Maye, New England Patriots
The worst games from Drake Maye this season have come against Seattle, Jacksonville, and Green Bay. His best games have come against Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago, and the New York Jets.
Outside of playing well against the Bears but losing, Maye is legitimately beating up on good teams and struggling against bad teams. He was flat-out horrific in Week 9 against the Packers, throwing three interceptions. Maye now has multiple interceptions in three games this year and already has two games this year of three picks.
He has thrown an interception in six of nine games this year and has totaled 11 thus far. For reference, he threw just eight last year and 10 during his rookie season.
I understand that many are still in love with what he did last year, almost winning the NFL, but the New England Patriots did have an insanely easy schedule this year, and Maye has certainly not shut up the ‘he’s a schedule merchant’ discussions.
This was a bad, bad performance in a de-facto primetime window. He craters in our QB power rankings.
17. Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh Steelers
Aaron Rodgers is a very limited QB and just has not been that great for the Pittsburgh Steelers this year, but he’s also not been bad. The Steelers were on the bye in Week 9 and are sitting at 6-2 on the season.
As I have talked about all year, the main concern with Rodgers is the fact that he’s just not at all mobile anymore and isn’t a QB that is going to do much of anything outside of the pocket. If defenses can create pressure on Rodgers, it’s game over, for the most part.
Pittsburgh is also still playing a rather old-school style of football, and at some point, that might not jive with the way things progress down the stretch this year.
Only time will tell, but a regressing QB usually catches up to the team and will catch up to the QB as well. His passing production is also rather modest this year, but he’s still clearly competent enough at this stage of his career.
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