Matt, thank you for taking the time to join us.
Thanks for joining us today. What other gator would you say he has sit and learn a little while from Brissette? Man, I would not star Drake May right now. From what I've seen on film in these first two preseason games, he just hasn't had enough repetitions in these preseason games for you to even really see what he's really capable of. And the rest that he has done, they've been, you know, a little inconsistent. So I think let him sit, let him watch and learn from Jacoby Brissette, you know, get used to the NFL game, get more practices under your belt. And, you know, hey, maybe hopefully midway through the year, end of the year, they can give him some opportunities to give him some reps.
But I don't think that he is anywhere near ready to go and play for this NFL team right now. And really, you know, unfortunately for the Patriots and Patriots fans, I just feel like the offense in general has not looked good. Jacoby is also struggling in the offense and they really need to work out some kinks and get their identity a little bit more clear as far as what type of team they're going to be. They definitely made adjustments with bringing in skill guys and have speed on the outside, which is something that's been lacking. The offensive line play is is improving, but we'll see what happens as the season goes along. But overall, I would say that Drake may give him time.
Let's not rush him into this process because he is nowhere near ready to step on the NFL field and lead a franchise. Matt, you talk about repetitions and playing. I know Michael Pennix Jr. and also Bryce Young are in very different places and spaces. In the modern NFL, the emphasis or the emphasis now on preseason games, do you think like Pennix needs repetitions? Do you think Young needs repetitions given his performance last year?
New coach, new everything? Yeah, I mean, I do. I'm always the type where just, you know, I'm always going to err on the side of the more reps that you get at anything. You know, I'm sure when we first started doing this media thing, I know for me for sure, you know, I wasn't very good. And as I kept getting more reps, I kept getting more confident and better and what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it. And the same thing goes for quarterback play. The more repetitions you get, usually the better decision maker you are, the more confident you are playing, the better leaders you become. And right now for Bryce, new offense, all that stuff.
I get it. He's the franchise guy. So I guess, you know, can now just kind of just trusting what he sees in practice from Michael Pennix, it kind of makes me wonder like what's happening behind the scenes a little bit more though, too, with like Kirk Cousins and his health and whether or not he's been really practicing that great to where they don't even want to risk it because they might think that he'll play sooner rather than later.
So, you know, I'm not really exactly sure what's happening in Atlanta. I thought Michael did some good things in the first preseason game, but similar to Drake though, too, I would have liked to have seen him get, you know, 20, 30 pass dropback passing situations in the second preseason week. We didn't see that. And, you know, ideally would have liked to see him get a few more snaps in the third preseason game, but we're not going to see that.
And I guess they like what they see from the guy. We know that he's talented as hell. He's got a lot of college snaps under his belt. So hopefully those things translate well for him going into this season as QB too. Matt Sims is joining us.
It's the JR Sport Reshow Coast to Coast on the Infinity Sports Network. You talk about Atlanta. You're familiar with being down here. You also played with the Jets and had time throughout the league. Do you think, as Aaron Rodgers said, I think earlier this week, that preseason football is just not worth it? Repetitions are good, but in trying to add 18 games and the two-on-two practices, two teams against each other now more frequently, do you think we need to just cut things down to two games or should we still let some of the third and fourth string guys go for it? No, I mean, Aaron's saying that because he's been in the league for almost two decades now, you know, and, you know, Aaron can have his opinions and all that stuff too, but for the betterment of the game, we need these reps and these opportunities for these young guys to show what they have. Practice is one thing, but you can't simulate what real game speed is like. And a lot of these young guys, they need these reps. A lot of these guys get that exposure that they need.
I mean, just think about that fact, right? If we didn't have preseason, think about like Terrell Davis and his story. This dude was found because he made a huge tackle on a kickoff, you know, when they were playing overseas in Japan when they used to do that in the preseason, you know, and then he ended up being a Hall of Fame running back. So I think if we take away preseason, we're doing the game and injustice, we're doing the players themselves and injustice too, by taking away those opportunities because they worked so hard, right, to get to this point in their career and they deserve those opportunities.
And practice is one thing, but the games are different. And I know that preseason might not mean that much to Aaron Rodgers and his career right now, but I think it means a lot to a lot of younger players that are playing and getting these repetitions so they can be groomed into, you know, future stars of our league. Matt Sims is here with us. I mean, somebody that we see is playing right now in the preseason.
His name is Patrick Mahomes. You had said only a couple of months ago, given what he's accomplished, also given his age, that he's great in his own right, along with Tom Brady. Have your thoughts changed? I know people looked at you crazy about that, but we had a conversation this week that greatness comes in different ways and he's great already. No doubt. No doubt.
Yeah. I mean, you know, for me, I'm definitely on that train of like, listen, guys, I think we're watching the greatest of all time, like right now, live and in person. I really do think, you know, someone else had mentioned this before, too, and I'm definitely paraphrasing a little bit, but like Patrick Mahomes right now, we're kind of like in the Michael Jordan era, I think of just like quarterback play and football, right, in the future of the game. And Patrick Mahomes is doing that, you know, he really is. And there's a guy too that, he's got nothing to prove, but there he is going out there and competing in preseason, making sure that he's sharp, that he's dialed in, that his teammates are ready to go. So right now, I think Pat Mahomes, like any young players out there, this guy does it the right way. He really cares about it. It means a lot to him. He's a great leader, you know, and he's all about his business and still has a great character and charisma that you can really, you know, be attracted to and enjoy as a fan. So really, really enjoying, you know, Patrick Mahomes and what he's done for the game. And yeah, I do think that we're watching the GOAT live and in color right now. And Matt Sims is here with us, former NFL QB, current coach. You talk about the future. I kind of had to raise my eyebrows when he was playing at USC and people were evaluating him and they threw Caleb Williams into Mahomes' category.
Not so fast. But what are your thoughts on Caleb Williams and what you've seen and how it can translate into the NFL? Yes, I mean, Caleb, right, what you see with him is just like, there's so many plays where you're just like, wow, you know, it's really just unbelievable. You know, the last break of the game in week two, he really didn't look like that clean. You know, I feel like he kind of struggled a little bit, wasn't really like seeing in the field all that great. But then again, there he was made three or four plays that, you know, kind of changed the outcome or the feeling of how you thought about how he played. And I think that's what he brings to the table, you know, very similar to a Patrick Mahomes-like person where, you know, they can struggle for the first three quarters of the game, but then they make like the three or four passes at the end of the game that win it.
And ultimately you're just like, well, it doesn't matter what happened in the first three because he got it done in the fourth. He's going to have some growing pains. His athleticism is amazing. His, his awareness and pocket awareness will get better as he continues to play the NFL style of game. His arm talent really jumps off as well. And not only that, but just like Roma Dunesay, man, I think they really hit a home run with him. And I really do think that Rome is really going to be a huge impact for him and his growth at the position because, you know, receivers like that can just give you tremendous confidence to throw it aggressively down the field.
And Rome is one of those guys. Man, I'll tell you, it's, it's pretty cool watching their development on, on hard knocks and all about scene stuff. You know, from, from your perspective, the way your NFL career went and now transition over into media and then also coaching, what doesn't the general public see or understand about taking command of the quarterback position, learning the QB position, uh, just as a professional in the NFL, what doesn't the fan understand? You know, I think the fan doesn't understand too, just how much work that actually goes in for all these individuals. You know, I tell my students all the time, you know, Hey, there's 32 of these guys and whoever you think is the 32nd quarterback in the NFL, well, he's damn good.
And he would really be someone that really impresses you if he was in front of you right now in person, right. With how he carries himself, his talent, his ability, you know, throwing on air is no, it is easy for a lot of NFL players. You know, it's a lot of the young cats think that they post something on Instagram or social media and they think, Oh yeah, I got it. I know what I'm doing, but these guys just do it at such a rate that's so impressive. So just the amount of hours, the effort, the mentality, the attitude, it is something that you have to budget, live, eat, and breathe constantly 24 seven.
And uh, you know, when we see it done at a really high level, when there's great coaching involved with the great quarterback play, when there's a great surrounding cast with it as well, it really is just a, you know, an unbelievable position to play, but that is something that is not given. It has to be earned. And that's something that we have to continue to remind this young generation too, that it's, it's not about just, you know, accumulating the NIL and, and all that kind of stuff.
It's about really doing something, you know, that that's worth remembering and really allowing yourself to, to learn more about who you are as a person, right. And to be just a great, you know, role model for the next generation that follows. Former NFL QB current QB coach Matt Sims is here with us on the JR Sport Reshow.
You talk about coaching and development. Man, your dad was a Super Bowl MVP. You now have the opportunity to sit down with him on your Sims Complete podcast. How is that sitting down and being able to do something more tangible in business like in fun with your father?
Yeah, I mean, it is really cool. You know, I'm, I'm so grateful that I was, you know, just able to, you know, call him my father, right. And to call him my father because he really is just, he's awesome man. He's a hall of fame quarterback.
He's a hall of fame father. The wisdom that he instilled in me, even when I was a young teenager and didn't want to hear any of that crap, you know, it was still, it was still important and still, you know, reminisce on a lot of those things that he taught me. And, you know, our podcast right now, it's kind of like the feel the drain thing, man. Like, you know, we used to play catch, you know, in the backyard when I was playing because, you know, Hey, that's what I wanted to do.
I wanted to follow my father's footsteps. And, uh, you know, now the podcast is just a continuity continuation of, of that shared passion of the game that we love with each other. And I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to share, share the floor with him and his expertise, because not only did he play 15 years in the NFL, but then he broadcasted for another 25. And, you know, in my eyes, uh, you know, my pops is just, uh, he's one of the greatest to ever do it, you know, and he's a trailblazer that way, as far as a player and a broadcaster that way too.
And Matt Sims is joining us, the JR sport reshow. I'm from New York. I saw the end of Phil Simms career, your dad's career when I was a kid. And then I had to listen to him, which I enjoyed for years and in many capacities on air, you, you got a story that you can share with us.
I mean, I know you had to spend time in New York as well. Is there a story? This guy's a legend. Well, I guess I'll, I'll kind of share maybe a story of, uh, more so Phil Simms, the father, you know, but, uh, we were throwing one night late. Um, you know, we were the type they're like, Hey, you know, like, let's, let's go out, you know, uh, under the street light and go throw real quick and get a few reps in, you know, before bed type of thing. And, uh, we went outside, he was catching, he was, he was still brave at this time.
I was probably about 16 years old, you know, sophomore in high school, dropped back and I put everything I had into the throw. I ripped it and it went right through his hands. It hit him at a chest and I thought I killed my dad for a second. I thought, I thought I took him out, man. He bent over, he was moaning and groaning. Like I just harpooned a whale. And, uh, fortunately for him, I just gave him a really, really bad bruise right in the middle of the chest. And, uh, you know, that's just, uh, one of the fond memories I have of, uh, kicking my, my dad's butt, you know, when we were growing up. Hey, well, I'm sure we're going to get more of these stories sprinkled in.
Tell everybody where they can find you, listen to you. And if they want to improve their arm, I know you, you work with the big dogs, but where can people follow you at? Yeah, so Sims Complete, you know, the podcast is available wherever podcasts are available. It's a part of the Believe Network. And then, uh, we also have a YouTube channel as well. You can check out some of the videos and some of the things that we do with the film breakdown there as well.
Um, and then Sims Complete on Instagram, Twitter, and then give, uh, give big Phil Phil Sims QB 11 on Instagram, Twitter as well. So, uh, stay up to date with all of our stuff. We focus primarily on the QB position and hopefully we can share some insight on, on the game that we love and, and give you a different perspective on what's really happening between the lines. Well, listen, you gave us a great perspective here, Matt. I'm very thankful. We'll talk to you on down the line. Okay. Yeah, I appreciate it. Thank you so much for having me.
