Matt Harmon on Drake Maye
From the video
very few screens, very few flat routes, which I thought to be really interesting, especially for a young quarterback...17% curls, 13% slants, but also threw a lot of go balls as well, 10% um route participation uh in terms of the go balls with excellent success rate, might I add, on those nine routes at 58.5%...84% success rate throwing on those curls...I think Drake May right now is better than Jalen Hurts...Drake May is awesome at throwing these nine routes, these go routes...I think him and Drake Maye will have a really good connection. I think Drake Maye actually could um you know even improve maybe uh in in year three in the NFL...I would love to see more dig routes for for Drake Maye...AJ Brown even last year when he was a diminished player still ran a slant on 21% of his charted routes and had an 83% success rate.
STACKED’s take
Drake Maye better than Hurts; 84% curl rate, 58.5% go rate; room to improve on out routes.
Drake Maye's charting shows a sophisticated throw diet for a young QB: very few screens and flat routes (unlike typical young QBs), heavy in-breaking pass diet (17% curls, 13% slants), and strong go-ball production (10% route participation with 58.5% success rate). His curl routes were his best pattern at 84% success rate, indicating excellent accuracy on intermediate breaking routes. Matt Harmon asserts Drake Maye is currently better than Jalen Hurts and specifically excels at throwing nine routes and go routes, which positions him to unlock A.J. Brown's short and intermediate route potential rather than forcing him exclusively into the vertical X receiver role. Harmon projects Drake Maye could improve in year three of NFL with A.J. Brown connection, identifying specific route-type improvements: dig routes at 6.7% (wants increase), post routes above average but room for growth, and slants/out routes where A.J. Brown excels (83% and 84% success rates respectively). Drake Maye's out route was lowest-graded route in 2025 at 60.5% success rate; A.J. Brown's 84% success rate on out routes provides complementary strength. Horizontal breaking patterns (slants, out routes, dig routes) will be easier if A.J. Brown is used more as Z receiver.
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