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Excited to watch this offense play in Santa Clara without winter elements 😅 Credit to the defense, they stepped up big time throughout this playoff run.

1. Orlovsky literally went on the Pat McAfee show and compared the differences in schedule to the gap between playing in the NFL vs. high school — an absurd, borderline malicious exaggeration. Yet he completely ignores that Maye’s record, statistics, and film against common opponents are better than Stafford’s. Additionally, the difference between Maye and Stafford’s opposing schedule is 0.0008 EPA/play — an infinitesimal difference. He also talks endlessly about schedule difficulty while conveniently ignoring supporting cast. One QB is throwing to Davante Adams and Puka Nacua, playing with a better defense, a stronger run game, and Sean McVay. Why is that context suddenly irrelevant but the schedule isn’t? 2. He’s also been cherry-picking random, largely meaningless stats to justify voting Stafford over Maye — arguments that completely contradict his own recent logic. Just weeks ago, he was prepared to vote for Josh Allen. Allen has played 12 of the same 15 common opponents, yet has a worse record and worse stats than Drake Maye in those games. Orlovsky also dinged Drake for a lack of TDs against 11-win teams — despite voting for Josh Allen in 2024, when Allen had one passing TD total against 11-win teams. Also how outrageously obscure is that stat in the first place? He didn’t have any TDs against Buffalo in week 5. Yet if you actually watched the game, you would know that it was one of the most impressive QB performances of the year. He put the team on his back and made ridiculous throw after ridiculous throw in a high-stakes game. Orlovsky claims to be a “film-watcher” yet completely disregards it for his convenience.