Long time lurker. I'm by no means a professional, but everything I see on Maye's tape screams NFL top-end starter with the upside to be much more. He's already adept at targeting the middle of the field on short, intermediate and deep passes and that's so important in the NFL with tighter hash marks. There isn't a throw he isn't afraid to make, which is a gift and a curse. It gets him into the kind of trouble a young Josh Allen did with thinking any and every throw is possible. I also see issues with his footwork which impact his accuracy and somewhat elongated throwing motion, so it's up to him to have the awareness to work on those issues.
Caleb keeps a solid base on every pass, he and the QB Collective did a phenomenal job with his mechanics. His throwing motion is so quick, it reminds me of Aaron Rodgers and his ability to make plays off-schedule are where the Mahomes comps come from. Hard to imagine he's there at 2, so I didn't spend too much time looking into him.
I'd love Daniels if the Commanders were picking at 3, but picking him above Maye would have me losing sleep if I was Peters. His deep ball is a thing of beauty and his mechanics/footwork are indeed crisp. I was alarmed by how often he turned down open receivers in the middle of the field to run. The hashes in the NFL are much different, so he won't be able to make the same living throwing consistently outside the numbers. Perhaps that was by design at LSU, but the tight window throws that need to be thrown at the NFL level just aren't peppered throughout his tape the way they are with Caleb and Maye. Also, LSU may have designed that into their scheme since he's an electric runner and Nabers/Thomas Jr. won on so many reps.
I also have serious concerns with his running style since it's akin to a giraffe (totally upright) imo and can lead to him taking unnecessary blows. He did get better at not taking crushing shots in the latter part of LSU's season. When Lamar runs, he's more like a running-back and has an innate ability to avoid big hits. Daniels is much more elusive/shifty than RG3, so I look at him as being similar to someone like Randall Cunningham. I will say watching his tape made me envy Chicago's position of possibly landing both Caleb and Nabers in the same draft. Nabers is just sensational.
In summary, both Maye and Daniels have their warts. From what I can see, Maye's game has the chance to shine at the NFL level with tighter hashmarks and with most modern schemes attacking the middle of the field in tight windows to keep the chains moving.
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Long time lurker. I'm by no means a professional, but everything I see on Maye's tape screams NFL top-end starter with the upside to be much more. He's already adept at targeting the middle of the field on short, intermediate and deep passes and that's so important in the NFL with tighter hash marks. There isn't a throw he isn't afraid to make, which is a gift and a curse. It gets him into the kind of trouble a young Josh Allen did with thinking any and every throw is possible. I also see issues with his footwork which impact his accuracy and somewhat elongated throwing motion, so it's up to him to have the awareness to work on those issues.
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Caleb keeps a solid base on every pass, he and the QB Collective did a phenomenal job with his mechanics. His throwing motion is so quick, it reminds me of Aaron Rodgers and his ability to make plays off-schedule are where the Mahomes comps come from. Hard to imagine he's there at 2, so I didn't spend too much time looking into him.
I'd love Daniels if the Commanders were picking at 3, but picking him above Maye would have me losing sleep if I was Peters. His deep ball is a thing of beauty and his mechanics/footwork are indeed crisp. I was alarmed by how often he turned down open receivers in the middle of the field to run. The hashes in the NFL are much different, so he won't be able to make the same living throwing consistently outside the numbers. Perhaps that was by design at LSU, but the tight window throws that need to be thrown at the NFL level just aren't peppered throughout his tape the way they are with Caleb and Maye. Also, LSU may have designed that into their scheme since he's an electric runner and Nabers/Thomas Jr. won on so many reps.
I also have serious concerns with his running style since it's akin to a giraffe (totally upright) imo and can lead to him taking unnecessary blows. He did get better at not taking crushing shots in the latter part of LSU's season. When Lamar runs, he's more like a running-back and has an innate ability to avoid big hits. Daniels is much more elusive/shifty than RG3, so I look at him as being similar to someone like Randall Cunningham. I will say watching his tape made me envy Chicago's position of possibly landing both Caleb and Nabers in the same draft. Nabers is just sensational.
In summary, both Maye and Daniels have their warts. From what I can see, Maye's game has the chance to shine at the NFL level with tighter hashmarks and with most modern schemes attacking the middle of the field in tight windows to keep the chains moving.