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Chad Graff·Jul 16

Crazy as it is to say, this is the first time since high school that Maye has been a starting quarterback in the same offense in

back-to-back years. He worked with McDaniels last year after having Alex Van Pelt in his helmet the year before. At North Carolina, he had two different coordinators in his two years as a starter. So, you have to go back to high school for the last time that Maye experienced consistency with his offensive scheme. Maybe that won’t mean much by the end of next season, but his comfort and familiarity in this offense should give him an advantage early on. You could pretty much look at any facet of playing quarterback and find reasons for optimism for Maye, who is still just 23 years old. He’s an accurate passer. He throws a great deep ball. He scrambles well. Coaches rave about his maturity and understanding of complex schemes. Combine all of that with a roster that got a lot better with the additions of AJ Brown and Romeo Doubs at wide receiver, and Maye should be in store for another massive season. Regression would be natural. It can be hard to envision after Maye dazzled a year ago and now returns to the same offense with an improved supporting cast, but Tom Brady is perhaps the only quarterback this century who was regression-proof. It happens. Especially for young quarterbacks. A year ago, Maye developed fast chemistry with a new group of wide receivers led by Stefon Diggs. Now, he’ll need to do the same with Brown and Doubs. His connection with Brown will be especially intriguing, since Brown was such a late addition to the roster and only had a few practices with the Pats this spring.

Aaron Wilson·Jun 29

In the second year of Caley running the Texans’ offense, there’s a lot more confidence in terms of how the offense is being run, to the speed and ease of communicating the play call to Stroud and getting hurried up to the line of scrimmage to survey the defense. Increased knowledge of what Caley envisions from an offense steeped in his background with the New England Patriots and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and quarterback Tom Brady should allow the Texans to upgrade their offense significantly. “Sure, it’s growth,” Caley said. “It’s year two. We should be further along. You talk about just overall understanding of the offense. Last year, we’re teaching the language for the first time at this time of the year. It’s the what is this concept? What’s it called? What are the details of it? I think last year there’s things we did this time of the year that we ended up getting away from for a variety of reasons, whether that was not really fitting what we wanted to do, personnel. And Caley is running the show. He said he wants to increase the involvement of the tight ends with more 12 personnel (two tight ends) and even 13 personnel (three tight ends) along with a potential split-back look with Montgomery and Marks on the field at the same time.