Drake Maye has a high ceiling despite being saddled with a talentless team of losers and an affirmative action appointee head coach.
That said, I was happy to see Mason Rudolph get the win this week for the Titans against New England. I always felt that outplayed his station in Pittsburgh and never really got fair consideration for the starting gig (despite earning it on the field).
I remember those halcyon days of yore, when once upon a time, the Steelers and the Browns were facing off in a heated division rivalry game. Rudolph was starting for Pittsburgh due to injury, and the Cleveland pass rush was really getting through and delivering hits. After one contentious tackle-for-loss, Rudolph lost his temper and called Cleveland's star pass rusher Myles Garrett the n-word, right to his face! Garrett blew his stack, took off his helmet, and started swinging it like a billy club, clocking Rudolph right in the head.
After the game, reporters were begging the black Steelers players for a quote, hoping they would throw Mason Rudolph under the bus for his insensitive language. But they all played dumb and declared they hadn't heard a thing! I was particularly impressed with head coach Mike Tomlin, who is black, when he said, "I've always known Mason to be a smart player and a fair judge of character, so if he said that, I'm sure it was for a good reason." This seemed like a fair and reasonable take from the future Hall of Fame coach.
The league office always takes a careful look at these sorts of matters. After reviewing the footage, commissioner Roger Goodell released this statement: "At the end of the day, actions speak louder than words. Myles Garrett's actions were indeed those of an n-word, so Mason Rudolph's rude choice of words was in fact entirely correct. I hereby suspend Garrett six additional games for coonery and give him the stern warning that his next punishment for this behavior won't hurt his wallet, but rather his hide, with thirty lashes from my bullwhip!"
These were truly the good old days, when the best players played, and people were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
