Chris Simms is OPTIMISTIC Drake Maye can take it to the next level in 2025

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Tom E. Curran, Mike Vrabel, Afc, 2024 Nfl Draft, Football, Afc East, New England Patriots, Nfl, News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Phil Perry, Sports, Drake Maye, Patriots Nation, Ja'lynn Polk

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran welcomes in Chris Simms of NBC Sports to debate his recent QB tier rankings ahead of the 2025 NFL season and share his thoughts on Drake Maye ahead of his sophomore year. Then, Phil Perry joins to react to Simms’ QB rankings and discuss the potential for breakout years from Ja’Lynn Polk and Cole Strange.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:13.0	Welcome into Tom Curran's Patriots Talk Podcast.
0:16.0	We've got a good one today.
0:17.0	We got our buddy Chris Sims from NBC Sports Football Night in America, Sunday night
0:22.8	football, all of the above. He's our NBC brethren. Of course, he was actually a coach with the
0:29.7	Patriots very briefly. He knows his quarterbacks and he did a ranking as he does annually
0:35.6	of all the quarterbacks in the league.
0:38.5	This year he did it a little bit differently.
0:40.3	He's often done it as one to 40 or 40 to 1 as he unveils him.
0:44.2	This year he did it in tears.
0:47.3	Where does Drake may wind up?
0:49.1	What is Drake made done to impress Chris?
0:51.3	Where does he still need work?
0:52.9	Is he a riser?
0:55.7	And how high will he rise?
0:59.5	Let's bring in Chris Sims right now. What's up, my friend? Hey, buddy. How are you, man? Thanks for having. I'm awesome. Thank you so much. I always like being with you talking a little football.
1:03.3	I know Patriot fans. I don't know if they always think like, I don't know if they think I like them or not or like the Patriots, but man, I like the Patriots. I like Boston.
1:11.3	I'm going to live there my whole life, but I know I've had a few arguments with the Patriots
1:15.5	fans over the year, so I'm never sure how they've received me. Chris, so have I. And I've lived here
1:22.1	my whole friggin life. They oftentimes, and it's not all of them.
1:27.8	It's just I think that most Patriots fans are pretty level-headed and they can look at black and white and shades of gray and understand it.
1:36.2	And then there's segments which either believe that there are axes to grind or missions trying to be accomplished that are contrary
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