Hour 2 How Much Confidence Do You Have in Drake Maye Going Forward?

First Take

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take resumes with the Drake Maye dilemma. He racked up the 3rd worst QBR in a playoff run ever (min. 3 starts). The dichotomy of him finishing second in MVP but leaving a terrible taste in our mouths with a mediocre playoffs has Jeff and Stephen A. befuddled! (0:00) Then, the NBA MVP is a prestigious award that should only be bestowed upon players who win games, AND put up big stats. Windy joins to make the case for SGA while Chiney picks Cade! (15:10) Next, Mad Dog is mad about Mike Vrabel's coaching and tanking in the NBA. (33:30) Trivia: Which two QBs finished with a worse QBR than Drake Maye in a single playoff run (Min. 3 playoff starts). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.4	They're in Athens, squaring off against Georgia at 7 Eastern. Then Nate Ament and Jacoby Julespie and Tennessee will take on Mississippi State. Like everything else, both are also
0:44.5	available on the ESPN app. Here we go. Super Bowl 60 is underway. Seahawks
0:52.4	defense has been just unstoppable today.
0:56.3	Defensive ass kicking on an offense that has really no answer for what they do.
1:00.6	Sam stops, looks, throats, got a man wide open, touchdown, Seahawks!
1:06.5	I'll match us up against anybody. They're the best in the world. Defense wins championship.
1:11.6	And now they can taste it.
1:13.6	The Seahawks win Super Bowl 60.
1:17.6	They are bringing the Lombardi back to the Northwest.
1:23.6	So Drake May struggled mightily in the Super Bowl.
1:26.6	We know this, right? Committing three turnovers, he got sacked six times. It was a continuation of his struggles throughout the postseason in which he finished with a total QBR of 40. Since QBR was introduced in 2006, there have been 61 instances of a quarterback making at least three starts in a single postseason. May's QBR is third lowest among that group,
1:45.2	ahead of only Peyton Manning in his final season,
1:47.6	and Rex Grossman, how I remember that well.
1:50.1	Yesterday, May made no excuses for his poor Super Bowl performance.
1:53.6	Listen to this.
1:54.7	You can't blame things on injuries.
1:56.5	Things happen like this all the time in the league.
1:58.3	It was blessed this year.
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