The Patriots have selected Drake May with a third overall pick.

Drake May is now a Patriot.

Okay, there we go.

So Burke Breyer letting you know they're on the Bert phone that Drake May will be the Patriots future quarterback here. They are going to take him with the third overall pick. Again, Drake May is a New England Patriot with the third overall pick. So was there any anticipation there? Was there anything there in the midst leading up to where he thought, you know what, maybe they will trade out of this or we feel pretty confidently.

This is the direction.

All the conversations I had today indicated that nobody had stepped to the plate. Now, it will be fascinating to find out, which I'm sure Albert will try to do from the Vikings people. Just what was your offer? What did the Giants and Brian Dayball and Joe Schoen offer? And to me, it's interesting too, Brian, if a guy like Dayball or Kevin O'Connell is sniffing around the hindquarters of Drake May, should that make the Patriots even more convinced that Drake May is their quarterback? Well, I think that helps. I think those are guys who, you know, we talk about, you know, quarterback-minded coaches. You know, so if they're looking at him and saying, wow, that's the guy I want. I think that's obviously beneficial, but that's also them believing in how they can coach him, too. Is this, it feels like everyone's in consensus, this is the right move. I know that there were some entertaining there that they could trade down, but they should feel good about this. I think now, like the thing that's just doing right by the kid.

Right.

You know, like, I think that that's the most important thing. So many of these guys get screwed up because they're in bad environments. And I just, you know, I've said it before, like there are very few guys who are good enough to overcome bad circumstances. I think Andrew Luck might be one example, but they ruined him in the end. If you look at it like a lot of the guys, and I'm not saying Mahomes wouldn't have gotten there, or Allen wouldn't have gotten there, or Burrow wouldn't have gotten there, but what you see with those guys is consistent, good coaching, good players around them. And so now it's on the Patriots to do the rest of the job, which is surround the kid with a good environment so he can grow in the right way. I think he's built well for New England, too.

I think he's, this is, when we talk about all the elements of these first round picks and the latter day quarterbacks and the new generation, I said earlier tonight on early

edition, how many of the tweets that you've seen from Drake May making up?

Oh, man.

Zero, because I don't think you've ever seen a Drake made tweet.

I think he is built to be here in terms of he's not rabbit ears. He's not enmeshed with social

media. Brian, you've been in the league. You are still in the league. I haven't retired yet.

What is the makeup necessary to play quarterback in New England with this climate? Yeah, I think that's huge. I think like everything you touched on, I think you have to come, you know, come to work as a young guy with a veteran in the room already, learn from him, put the work in, show the guys that you're putting the work in because really when you, when you're 21 years old and you're walking into a room full of men, like the best way to earn the respect is to go out there and show them.

Go be there early, stay late, be in the meetings.

When it comes to OTAs, call to play clearly, execute the play and just stack them, you know, one after another.

And I think you build that foundation.

And, you know, like, like Bert said,

like do right by the kid. Don't rush them. You know, and if he progresses, I think that was the thing that I saw as, you know, Max's rookie year was he progressed day after day. And I remember thinking, like, man, they must be telling him, you know, hey, on this play, throw it here, this is coverage, because he did so well and he progressed and the guys were like, wow, we can see him being our quarterback. So, you know, does Drake may come in and do that? I don't know. Matt came from a very pro-style offense. He was coached really well. I don't know. But if he does, then you progress him. But if not, then you let them sit there, you learn, and you know, you keep building those building blocks.

And then whenever it, you know, it does, then you progress him. But if not, then you let him sit there. You learn. And, you know, you keep building those building blocks. And then whenever it comes, then the time comes. The name to know is presented by John Sewer and drain cleaning. The name to know when the drains don't flow. And I'm telling you all about Drake May, the youngest of four brothers and an athletic family. His father played quarterback. He was an All-American. Brother Luke May

played basketball at North Carolina. And so he will be, of course, the future quarterback here

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