And what’s been happening over the last few weeks is proof that attitude was the correct one.
As of right now, Wolf’s first draft was an unmitigated disaster save for two picks.
It was the live-actionSnow Whitereboot of drafts.
But he still gets an A for having the wisdom to take Drake Maye at No.
And extra credit for taking a 6th round flyer on Joe Milton, that pushes him to an A+.
The one under center might have tipped the scales.
“you’re able to design some things for him.
So I think you have pretty much everything in the playbook that you could possibly want available.
He’s not just a pocket passer.
He’s not just a guy that’s going to run.
So there’s a lot of different ways that we’re hoping that he can be successful.”
To that I say thank you, and kindly stop pandering and let me explain.
Simply put, it’s the Butterfly Effect in action.
As Vrabel says, without Maye, there’s no him.
He was the most sought-after coach on the market and came here specifically to work with this QB.
That’s the nature of going 8-26 the past two years.
Take Maye out of the mix, and there’s no Vrabel.
Again, the Butterfly Effect of drafting The Guy at quarterback.
Consider a couple of counter-factuals.
6 and took his choice of Michael Penix, JJ McCarthy or Bo Nix.
Now imagine we still had Mayo.
Mayo would have no contacts list of names around the league to call.
We’d still have Alex Van Pelt (with all due respect) as coordinator instead of Josh McDaniels.
On the other side of the ball we’d still have Demarcus Covington instead of Terrell Williams.
And no one with a connection to any of the free agents who’ve signed here.
Thanks to Mike Vrabel coming to coach him, it finally has begun.
