Jones & Keefe: Mike Onwenu on Drake Maye

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00:00Were you surprised when Drake May came in for the last series?

00:03I wasn't expecting it, but, you know, it was, you know, I don't make those calls, so I think

00:11it was good for him to get that experience and just play as well.

00:15Yeah, how do you think he did?

00:16How do you think the experience was for him?

00:18Obviously, he was in there for 16 plays, you guys picked up some first downs, ultimately

00:22the clock ran out, but his first crack at a regular season game, what was he like in

00:26the huddle?

00:27How did that all go?

00:29I think he was good in the huddle, I think he also held himself really well, you know,

00:35there was a lot of pressure, a lot of stuff going on around him, and he was able to make

00:39plays and get the ball out, whether it was scramble too as well, so, and just being in

00:43the field and really being in that situation.

00:47You've seen him getting reps in practice, Rob Mayo said last hour that the plan, the

00:5230% plan, which he has acknowledged in the past, giving him reps offensively during the

00:57week, something that's going to continue, what have you seen with Drake in those practices,

01:03those reps that he's gotten, and where has he improved the most in your view from when

01:06he first got here to now?

01:08If I had to pick something, I would just say his decision making, pretty much, you know,

01:15I think he sees the field well, and he can put the ball wherever he wants to, so I think

01:20that's a plus for him, and he's progressing, and I think the more he gets, obviously those

01:26reps practice is one thing, but in real game reps, you know, you see, and I think that,

01:30like the two manager he had was just good to see, and good reps.

01:35You guys started last night throwing more than you had, I think it was seven passes

01:39in the first nine plays, if I'm not mistaken, do you feel you emphasized the run enough

01:43last night?

01:47I think we're, I think we're good with, you know, what the game plan was, I think that's

01:52what ABP wanted to start with, and we all wanted to start with, we were confident, but

01:57you know, things didn't go as expected, and you know, that's all you can really say about it.