Drake Maye and Nick Emmanwori both ‘good to go’ for Super Bowl
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, senior NFL writer Charles Robinson and senior betting analyst Ben Fawkes discuss the latest news regarding Drake Maye and Nick Emmanwori’s injuries. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Drake May, full participant in practice, shoulder feels great.
So how concerned are you right now?
Just level of one to 10, C-Rob, what's your concern for Drake May's shoulder in this game?
I mean, they've, you know, they've been talking about the shoulder for a while.
It hasn't- I don't think it's shown any ill effects.
You haven't heard anything coming out of practice.
There's obviously, you know, there's been pool reports.
I think he's telling the truth, you know, when he says, "Hey, I'm not You know, I'm, I'm healthy.
I feel good.
I'm not lying when I say this."
I, I think it's legitimate.
I, I almost wonder if there's a little bit of gamesmanship when you talk about Sam Darnold's taking a shot every game.
You know, it's like, how bad is Sam Darnold's injury?
How bad is Drake May's injury?
You know, what kind of gamesmanship?
Like, when we get to Nick Amorri, I think that's a little bit different, but, you know, with the quarterbacks, I'm, I'm pretty confident they're both gonna be fine.
And also, it, it's one game, right?
So it's not like this is week three- Right ... and we have to rest of the season.
Like he- you know, he's gonna take whatever medicine he needs for that, and ultimately, you know, he- he'll play.
I think he'll play well.
But it, it's still an important thing.
Also, you know, important, two weeks to the game, right?
So it's not This didn't happen after the AFC Championship game.
Right.
Normal one-week break.
They've had an extra week here, make sure he's healthy, get it all ready.
For anyone that didn't see this, Amorri, injures his ankle in, practice, and there's a, a video out there on social media now of him sort of gimply getting his way into the hotel room.
That being said, a great job pulling this video up, but that being said, they have made him available.
it, it seems like his t- his teammate, Kobe Bryant, says he's good, he's gonna be at the podium to speak.
I-I-it feels like these are all good indicators, but I watched that video.
Yeah.
I don't know, man.
When you're watching a guy limp into the hotel, it makes me a little nervous.
I also don't trust, though, that it's Super Bowl week.
You know the cameras are on you.
I, I, I am concerned, but I, I don't always trust my eyes.
I'm like, you know, he's getting out of the- this SUV.
He knows there's gonna be people taking video of him, right?
Do you limp a little extra?
Like, is it throwing it I- here's my thing, and, and, you know, Ben and I were talking about this before we, we went on the air.
Like, the, the Seahawks play a 4-2-5 defense, right?
And where they have two linebackers on the field, you have five defensive backs, all predicated on speed.
It's predicated on gap discipline.
It allows them to be extremely aggressive, and they just play fast.
He is the key to that.
He's the X factor.
He's the guy who allows you to play with five defensive backs because he can play pass rush for you, he can play box.
I mean, he moves all over the place.
Plus, this is the kind of game where I think if there is a player, Mike McDonald sits there and says, "I'm gonna throw something different.
I'm gonna throw a curveball.
I'm gonna do something that no one's seen this fa- you know, thus far this season, and I'm gonna take a guy who's no longer a rookie by the end of the season," it's gonna be Nick Amorri.
So to If he, you know, this is as serious as it might be, and I, and I asked Ben, I said, "Well, you know, let's see if his lateral movement is still there.
How quick is he?"
We're- I think we'll see that pretty quickly, but again, that's, that's a guy that with that 4-2-5 alignment, he's, he's absolutely key for them.
