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00:00I am joined by Robert Griffin, the third, James White, Field, Yates, Mina Kimes.

00:14All right, so first play we're going to look at, second and two, one of the Patriots' first

00:17offensive plays.

00:18I can't see myself.

00:19Here we go.

00:20What's going on, everyone?

00:21I'm back.

00:22Mike Cadillac, Taylor Kyles here for CLNS Media, back with another episode of the Patriots

00:33Daily Podcast, powered by PrizePix and GameTime.

00:36And if you feel like there's a little bit more pep in my step as I intro this podcast,

00:40it's because there is, because damn it, Drake May is the Patriots' starting quarterback.

00:45We reacted to it last night on our crossover episode.

00:48We did some stand-ups, pre-recorded down in Foxborough today when we officially heard

00:51the news from Gerard Mayo.

00:53But this is our first time to kind of talk about it live on Pats Daily with you guys.

00:57So the plan here today, mailbag.

01:00You guys asked a ton of questions.

01:01It's funny how the Twitter interactions kind of start to creep up a little bit once Drake

01:05May is finally the starter.

01:06So a ton of questions from you guys on Twitter today.

01:10We can try and get to some in the chat after we answer the ones we've prioritized through

01:14Twitter.

01:15So if you do have questions next time, make sure you go to Twitter, throw them in there.

01:18We're going to do those ones first.

01:19But again, if you have questions, throw them in the chat, anything Drake May, anything

01:23Patriots, anything, anything Texans week, if they're not Drake May, that's okay.

01:27We're going to answer anything Patriots.

01:29But before we do, Taylor, let's dive into some film because you're the film guy and

01:33we can talk about Drake May film and actually apply it to things because he is starting

01:38for the Patriots this week.

01:39So let's talk about it.

01:40There is some, you put together some stuff on May, how he can perform on schedule, his

01:44athleticism as a quarterback, and then some stuff that we have to be cautious of.

01:48So Taylor, take it away.

01:50Yes, sir.

01:51So we're going to start with what Drake May can do on schedule.

01:54All right.

01:55All the off schedule stuff is great, but this is the crux of playing quarterback.

01:58And as much as Drake May is lauded for his athleticism, his ability to extend plays and

02:03all that, he at his heart of hearts is a pocket passer and that's what he wants to be.

02:08And there's plenty of examples that show he's got very good, you know, early traits for

02:12him to build on.

02:13So when he played against the Jets, I loved this throw that he had to DeMario Douglas.

02:19Now this was a driver.

02:20There was some back and forth.

02:21You know, he had some negative plays for sure.

02:22We'll get to those later, but this was my favorite throw that he had the entire drive.

02:26Now we're going to get it going.

02:28First of all, you're going to see that the snap comes before he's even ready.

02:31So Drake May is looking over here, just trying to see what's good in the balls coming here.

02:36It's okay though.

02:37He's ready for it.

02:38He adjusts to the snap.

02:39It's the top of his drop.

02:41He's got a rusher already coming down on him.

02:44Part of this is kind of Drake's fault because what he'll do sometimes is if he sees an edge

02:48defender go inside, they'll start to drift into that open space.

02:51But what's going to happen in the NFL, what happens sometimes in college is when one guy

02:55goes in, usually somebody else is coming around and that's what happens.

02:59This interior defender actually looped inside outside where Drake May was standing.

03:04He's not worried about it though.

03:06Subtle move back inside.

03:08Then he's going to throw this anticipation throwing to the spot past the linebacker.

03:13So DeMario Douglas is here when he's getting ready to throw, but he shows anticipation

03:17seeing that second window, completes it to DeMario Douglas to convert on fourth and 10.

03:23Now this is an example of processing.

03:25Okay.

03:26This was from the preseason against the Eagles on a third and five.

03:29I really loved this one.

03:31He told us after the game, this was actually a throw that he missed in practice and Jacoby

03:35Bursette was fired up for him because he did it in the game.

03:38So Drake May, this time it's a low snap from shotgun.

03:42Still able to keep his poise, get his eyes up.

03:45Actually looks to the right, but he sees that this is going to be a smash concept and

03:49both of these defenders have leverage on the routes.

03:52Really he doesn't even get to the top of his drop before he comes off of it.

03:55As you see, he's already moving his eyes.

03:58Now he's looking to the left and sees, okay, this is a high, low concept or a sucker concept.

04:03Now these two defenders are both going to converge on the route from Jalen Polk underneath.

04:08So Drake May says, bet you're going to give me the chunk throw.

04:11I'll take it.

04:12He's going to go to this route for Javon Baker again, showing anticipation by throwing

04:17to the spot, gets this ball out over the middle linebacker, complete to Javon Baker.

04:23First down.

04:24Third and five, two on third down.

04:26That's a ballsy throw right there.

04:27And here's an even tougher situation, third and 10 for Drake May.

04:32This was, I think the best throw that we've seen from him, even in like the summer.

04:36This was a beautiful, beautiful throw and recognition of the coverage he was getting.

04:40So Drake May is going to drop back and he's actually got what's called a cover for tricks

04:45technique or I'm sorry, split safety, but tricks technique where this defender is actually

04:50going to drop back deep.

04:51But this defender is actually going to read the inside route from the number three, the

04:56tight end.

04:57I think this might be Mitchell Wilcox, whoever it is.

04:59He knows that while they're zoned to this three receiver side, he's got man up top with

05:04Javon Baker.

05:05He likes that matchup.

05:07And then the most impressive part is he starts throwing this before Javon's even finished

05:11what was a corner post.

05:13So let's this one go deep downfield.

05:16Javon Baker runs under it.

05:19Beautiful throw in the bread basket.

05:21Unfortunately, Javon Baker upset himself.

05:23He can't bring this winning because it was a gorgeous throw from Drake May.

05:27Now this is an example of his pocket presence.

05:29This is going to be a second and two.

05:31The Patriots are going to go play action from under center.

05:34You're going to see the inside zone break from Drake May before he even gets to the

05:38top of his drop.

05:39He's got pressure off the left side.

05:41Doesn't matter.

05:42He's going to know that with his eyes upfield again, while he's getting pressured, he sees

05:47that there is going to be a vacancy because this defender is in man coverage.

05:51No one is going to be covering this part of the field.

05:54And look who's running into that part of the field, Jalen Pope.

05:57So once again, while being pressured as he's at the top of his drop, Drake May is going

06:01to hitch, hitch up, keep his eyes on the target, throw a beautiful pass.

06:07One more time, actually.

06:08I want to see this again.

06:09Jalen Pope over the middle, gets it out before the pass rusher can strip it and make a play

06:13on the ball.

06:14Beautiful, beautiful throw there from Drake May.

06:18That's what he gives you on schedule.

06:19He gives you the processing where if you don't like, he doesn't like the first read, he can

06:23quickly get to the next one.

06:24And that's something he's gotten a ton of credit for behind the scenes.

06:28And on top of that, the fact that he's going to attack those deep downfield windows that

06:32we haven't really seen Jacoby Bursette or at least successfully try to exploit.

06:36Drake May's got the arm talent to make those work.

06:38So those are really the things where when things don't break down, he's still going

06:42to be able to navigate in the pocket and make big plays.

06:45That throw to Baker down the seam makes me so mad because that is like the, the, uh,

06:52that is like the typical, like Drake May throw to me, like the, the Justin Herbert style

06:56of like, just chuck the ball downfield, 50, 60 yards, put it in the bread basket.

07:01You just got to come down with it.

07:02And I think that's the most exciting part, right?

07:04Or one of the more exciting parts, obviously the arm talent, you can throw it anywhere

07:07on the field.

07:08You see it in those clips.

07:09But the other part is the athleticism and we haven't had that dual threat quarterback

07:13here in new England for a long time.

07:16Steve Grogan, Alex Barth mentioned last night on the show, he told me I was disrespecting

07:20Steve Grogan's because he hasn't haven't seen it.

07:22But Taylor show us the athleticism and what may brings from that end as well.

07:25Yes, sir.

07:26And everyone who wants to hear more about Drayvon Baker, we will talk about him later

07:29in the mailbag.

07:30Do not fret.

07:31All right.

07:32So Drake May showed that he can make plays off schedule, both in the preseason and even

07:36against the jets.

07:37So this was a play fourth and eight.

07:40Now earlier in the drive, and we broke this down in another Drake May film review, we

07:44went through the entire first drive of his career.

07:46We felt like he kind of got off the stick concept pretty quickly, where we know that

07:50he tends to struggle with the quick game.

07:52Sometimes it's processing more often than not.

07:54I think it's his footwork that leads to inaccuracy.

07:56But here I think he actually makes a good decision.

07:59So he gets the snap initially.

08:01I think he's looking to Hunter Henry.

08:03I'm not sure if he, you know, feels this defender coming into the window.

08:06If he thinks that if he lets this go, maybe Hunter Henry gets tackled short.

08:10I'm not in his head.

08:11I'm not sure why he makes this decision, but I like that.

08:14He does feel that there is a soft edge for him to get around those.

08:18It's fourth and eight recognizes its man coverage.

08:20And we've talked about this.

08:22Defenses are not going to be able to play man coverage against Drake May the way they

08:26have against Mac Jones, Bailey Zappi, Jacoby Brissett, while Jacoby Brissett and even Zappi

08:31did have some, you know, ability to extend the play run for first down, sometimes just

08:36buying up time to make another secondary throw.

08:38Drake May has better wheels in both of them.

08:40And if you let him out of the pocket and even in a fourth and eight situation, he's going

08:44to be able to exploit that.

08:45So he gets outside the pocket, shows off that speed, exploits the man coverage, gets the

08:50first down.

08:51But we've also seen, and this is where Drake is at his most dangerous when he scrambles

08:54down the middle of the pocket.

08:56Because when this happens again, especially against man coverage, everyone's kind of got

09:00their backs turned.

09:01And when you have the middle of the field, you have access to way more space.

09:04And when Drake has a head of steam and he's running straight, that's when he's tougher

09:08to bring down because he's about 225 pounds.

09:11He's a big guy and he's got a little bit of wiggle when he's going sideways.

09:14He's not as much of a threat, but this is where he's really scary.

09:17So this is a third and 14 situation backed up.

09:21This is the kind of thing where with the Patriots under Jacoby Brissette, you're assuming that

09:24this isn't going to be a conversion because how in the world are they going to get 14

09:27yards, especially behind a porous offensive line.

09:30Now, initially Drake may looks right.

09:32Seems like he's eyeing his check down, but you're going to see they're playing cover

09:35to technique to this side where this defender is doing a good job, midlining these two routes.

09:40And this deep defender is going to be able to possibly converge on the downfield concept.

09:45And Drake knows, yeah, he can get this out to his running back in the flat, you know,

09:49just get the ball out of your hands, but he knows it's not going to be a conversion, but

09:52what he notices, there's a whole lot of room in the middle of that pocket.

09:55So he thinks about throwing, I don't know if it's a pump.

09:57I don't know if he decided, Hey, wait a minute, I could just run straight up the middle, but

10:01that's what he's going to do.

10:03Exploit that hole in the middle of the pocket and run for more than 14 yards gets the first

10:08down and then some.

10:10So that's what he can do in those scary backed up situations where typically you don't really

10:14think the Patriots have a shot.

10:16Now this is an element that really excites me.

10:18Is Drake made Jaden Daniels?

10:20No, he's not even really Caleb Williams, but he was still one of the best scrambling quarterbacks

10:25in college football.

10:26And you can even mix them in on some designed runs.

10:29He's not, you know, he's not like Lamar Jackson type or nothing like that, but in these short

10:32yardage situations or in these red zone situations, he's a massive asset because he does have

10:38good running ability.

10:39So here you're going to see that he's going to target James Bradbury.

10:43It looks like on a zone read keeper.

10:45Now people get zone read and read option confused zone read or any read is really when you just

10:51have one of two options to give it or pull it.

10:54When you talk about like read option, that's when you're reading again, that do I hand

10:58it off or do I take it myself?

11:00And then the option is usually if you have a throw as well.

11:03So that's read option.

11:05This is zone read where they're going to have an inside zone concept, but Drake may has

11:10the option to keep this ball is once again, bullseye is on James Bradbury, who it's kind

11:14of hilarious how badly he plays this.

11:17So first time it's safety.

11:19You see, Drake may sees that he's coming inside.

11:22He also sees that this edge defender is coming inside and he's got Jaheim Bell blocking this

11:26DB.

11:27So he's got a lane right here.

11:29So Drake may is going to take it.

11:31James Bradbury has no idea what the hell is going on.

11:35He's going to run in for a touchdown, showing off that ability to make some plays in design

11:40QB runs, not just scrambles.

11:44This is the best play Drake may made in the kind of thing that gets you so excited as

11:51a Patriots fan.

11:53Can he make these big crazy throws from the pocket?

11:55Yes, he can.

11:56Can he scramble and make plays with his legs and just run for first downs?

12:00Yes, he can.

12:01But we can also do is use his legs just to buy himself more time.

12:05And then he's actually going to get outside the pocket and throw this one way downfield

12:10for a big play.

12:12So one, two, three, four, five step drop.

12:14Soon as he gets to that top of that drop, what do we see pass rusher winning around

12:18the edge?

12:19Drake may isn't scared of it, but he knows because he's got the soft edge, he has time

12:25to buy a little bit extra and try to make a play outside of structure.

12:28KJ, KJ Osborne sees that the safety bit down on the sale route and says, Hey, I'm just

12:33going to take this upfield.

12:34Hit me if you can.

12:36Drake may says, Can I?

12:37Of course I can put this one way downfield busted coverage.

12:42KJ Osborne makes a man miss would have been a touchdown.

12:45But unfortunately, this was called back because of a Chucso Cora for penalty.

12:50He was not on the line of scrimmage.

12:52But just once again, we're going to go through that whole thing because this was one of the

12:54coolest plays that we've seen from Drake may.

12:56So once again, hits the top, feels that pressure, knows he's got a soft edge, gets outside the

13:02pocket.

13:03KJ Osborne heads up play to get open deep downfield.

13:06And then Drake may putting it on him for what should have been a touchdown.

13:10Hopefully in the regular season, we don't have anybody, you know, everybody that's supposed

13:14to be on the line of scrimmage is on the line of scrimmage.

13:16And I tweeted out that video last night and kind of wrote that, you know, the Patriots

13:20haven't had a quarterback like this in a long time.

13:23And while a lot of people agreed, a lot of people kind of took offense to it and were

13:27like they had Tom Brady.

13:29He had a big arm.

13:30He had a rocket.

13:31I'm like that.

13:32That wasn't the point.

13:33Right.

13:34Brady.

13:35Brady had the cannon arm, but he did almost everything in structure where a three step

13:38drop on the money and he could sing it all the way downfield.

13:41But it wasn't a play like that where he's getting outside with his legs and making something

13:45happen with his arm.

13:47Cam Newton, the opposite, a mobile quarterback.

13:49He led the league in rushing touchdowns that season, but his arm was shot at the end.

13:53He couldn't throw the football.

13:54So now they sort of had that blend that I guess modern day quarterback, a Patrick Mahomes

13:58type, even Aaron Rodgers, not not as modern, but can move around and can make plays off

14:03script off platform and sling it around.

14:06So I'm super excited about it.

14:07But that also comes with some downsides, Drake May included.

14:11So what are some reasons for caution for Drake May before we wrap up this mini film session?

14:16Yeah.

14:17Also in the comments, I did misspoke.

14:18I'm sorry.

14:19I did misspeak.

14:20I said read option.

14:22RPO is.

14:23Oh, yeah.

14:24OK.

14:25OK.

14:26So, yeah.

14:27Good call in the comments.

14:28My bad.

14:29Sometimes I talk and I can't even hear what's going out of my mouth.

14:30OK.

14:31Good call by you guys.

14:32That's why we love you.

14:33Now, with the things that are going to worry you a little bit about Drake May, I had a

14:34whole compilation on Twitter.

14:36I'm just going to let it run.

14:37We don't really need to get into the nitty gritty because we have another videos.

14:41But the biggest thing is what he is going to have is mechanical issues like we see in

14:45some of these plays where his footwork is in the right place and some of these balls

14:48sail on him or they're not hitting their target.

14:50He's going to have mental mistakes like the play where he almost threw an interception

14:53to Austin Hooper because he comes off an open to Mario Douglas, goes to the other side of

14:57the field, doesn't realize that there's a defender just waiting for him to make that

15:00play.

15:01Now, another issue potentially is snaps under center.

15:04Now, he fumbled on under center snaps with Nick Leverett twice.

15:08That's something that obviously you really can't avoid, especially when it comes to a

15:12team like the Texans, where they have just so much talent and the margin for error is

15:16going to be very slim.

15:17Last thing, he may invite pressure sometimes right now.

15:20We know he's going to make silly mistakes in terms of sometimes his decision making

15:23with his throws.

15:25But there are also times, like I mentioned, the drifting usually it's more of a self-preservation

15:29tactic.

15:30But in the NFL, you really don't want to be doing that very often.

15:33So he's going to need to know how to navigate these pockets on a consistent basis when not

15:38to go into what he thinks is space, but is actually more of a trap.

15:42Those are really the big things like the bottom line.

15:44This kid's not going to be perfect, but what we want to see is no repeat errors.

15:48If you make a mistake in the game, I want to see you learn from it, ideally in game,

15:53whether it's next drive, whether it's next quarter, I want to see, OK, I can't do this.

15:57I need to do this and improve.

15:59And then obviously, if you need to protect the football, he's not very turnover.

16:04He's more turnover a burst, I would say he had one of the lowest turnover worthy rates

16:07in college football last season, but he's also a rookie.

16:11He's going to be seeing things he hasn't seen before.

16:13But yeah, those are the big bugaboos.

16:15Mistakes are going to happen.

16:16He's going to get himself in trouble when it comes to pressure at times and under center

16:20snaps could be an issue, especially with Nick Leverett.

16:23But I know that they've still been working behind the scenes on that.

16:25So, you know, you hope that that won't be as much of an issue.

16:28And we'll we'll answer that coming up in the mailbag to sort of what to expect from me.

16:31Right.

16:32Because it's not going to be perfect.

16:33It's not going to be near a finished product.

16:35It's not even going to be, you know, what Jaden Daniels is doing, which is obviously

16:38playing, you know, really right now at like an MVP, of course, Rookie of the Year type

16:43level.

16:44He's not as polished as a guy like that.

16:46He's still learning.

16:47He's still growing.

16:48He's young.

16:49He had limited reps even in college.

16:50So the mistakes are going to be made.

16:51Mistakes are going to be had.

16:52But that's going to be the nature of the business.

16:53Again, we'll talk about it.

16:54But those are the sort of things, right.

16:56The mechanical issues, the under center stuff that are just going to have to get weeded

16:59out as he progresses.

17:01And he gets to do so with now a 12 game season ahead of him as the Patriots are turning to

17:06Drake May.

17:07All right.

17:08We're going to get into all of your mailbag questions from Twitter, a couple in the comments

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18:31All righty, Taylor, let's get in.

18:34Real quick.

18:35I just saw this from Lowe's posted, I think Doug or no, I'm sorry, somebody from Sean

18:40McGuire got the quote.

18:43Keon White on his penalties said, I really don't care.

18:46I'm going to be a more old school heavy hitter.

18:48You take the fines when they come, but you just keep playing.

18:50If I stop playing as fast, then I'm not going to be as dominant.

18:53Keon, that is not the point.

18:56Like having, it's one thing if you just want to play fast, having situational awareness

19:00has nothing to do with you playing fast.

19:02Like I don't love that answer.

19:04I hope that the coaches gave him a little, you know, a little talking to about the kinds

19:09of penalties he needs to avoid.

19:10I just thought that was interesting to say the least.

19:13Yeah, for sure.

19:14Again, it's like you said, it comes with, I guess, the territory of playing like a fast

19:19physical player.

19:20You're going to run into the quarterback sometimes and you're going to, you know, make some mistakes

19:25and mental mistakes, but you also have to be cautious of it, right?

19:28You can't just say, well, I don't care that's going to happen.

19:30You still have to make like legitimate changes and try and try and do things in your game.

19:35So not the best comment from Keon, but you know, we'll see, we'll see what the coaches

19:38say.

19:39It'll see how that plays out.

19:40All right, Taylor, let's get in to our Drake May week mailbag.

19:43First question is from Hebhammer94, my buddy Sammy James on Twitter.

19:47Shout out, Sammy.

19:48What is a realistic expectation for fans to expect from Drake May this Sunday against

19:53the Texans?

19:54Do you think they use them conservatively or are they going to let them cook?

19:57For my perspective, conservatively would be not having him drop back 25 times.

20:03If that's the plan, hell yes.

20:05Like 20 drop backs I'm cool with.

20:07If it gets to 25 because of a game situation and you know, they have a two minute drive,

20:11fine.

20:12I do not want to see Drake May drop back 30 times.

20:14Like he can fall out.

20:15If you put him in the right situations where he can go deep off play action, you know,

20:19he has some three step drops where he can get the ball out of his hands at the top because

20:22he's got some kind of shot play that he likes.

20:25Things like that I'm fine with, but you do not need to showcase Drake May this week.

20:29You have a good run game.

20:31Mondry Stephenson obviously didn't participate today because of a foot injury.

20:35Nicolette Verrett was limited today with, I believe it was an ankle injury.

20:39Yeah.

20:40Yeah.

20:41Ankle injury.

20:42So of course, you know, those have to be factored into the run game, but I think they also factoring

20:45because if you have Brian Hudson potentially at center, I'd rather run the ball than have

20:50him try to, you know, make all the calls and get the offensive line in order.

20:53I wonder if they'd actually give it to Mike and one who actually, that's one thing I've

20:56been thinking about because if he's at guard, it's a lot easier to make those calls.

20:59Obviously you're not in the center, but it's easier than when you're out at tackle.

21:02Definitely.

21:03But yeah, that's a, I think that Drake is going to be able to go deep.

21:06I'm expecting like three deep throws at least I would say, cause I really do think they're

21:12wanting to give them opportunities to air it out and give defenses a reason to respect

21:16them and not just to cover one all live long day.

21:18But yeah, I think it's going to be more on the conservative side because I think you

21:21got to protect this young guy, especially with the offensive line situation.

21:25Like I think it'd be very irresponsible if they just said, Hey, let's drop back pass

21:29on like all these first downs, which they don't usually do.

21:32I think they are pretty good about typically having some threat of the run for the most

21:36part.

21:37But yeah, you just, you want to lean on your ground game.

21:3930, 35 carries should be the goal and put Drake may in the best position to succeed

21:43where he doesn't have to drop back in obvious passing situations.

21:46Totally agree.

21:47And that's why I want to bring up this question here as well.

21:48Do we think AVP will mostly use, uh, or run his scheme and system that he's been running

21:53or do you think he's going to incorporate some stuff that Drake may did well in college?

21:56And I think we already kind of saw that in the preseason a little bit where when he played

22:00versus Jacoby, it was a little bit different.

22:02It was more, uh, you know, shotgun stuff.

22:04It was RPO type plays, right?

22:06Where he can kind of quick read, get the ball out, uh, get the ball in space and also run

22:10if he has to.

22:11And we saw it even in the clips that you just showed.

22:13So, uh, in this kind of dovetails into the, into the past question where I don't know

22:17if it's going to necessarily be conservative, but I don't think they're going to run this,

22:21you know, extravagant offense that, uh, is going to be way too hard for him and his line

22:26and his wide receivers to all get on the same page and understand.

22:29So I'm with you too.

22:30I think lean on the lean on the run game, um, especially because the Texans have sort

22:35of the, like you mentioned it earlier to me, a middle of the road run defense versus, uh,

22:39their daunting defensive line and pass rush, which we'll get to.

22:42But I do think they'll, they'll sort of incorporate some, some college style things, if you will.

22:47It's not going to be a, it's not going to be hold up the cards type college offense.

22:49Right.

22:50But you know, they'll put some stuff in, uh, that he likes to run.

22:53He talked about that a little bit today at his press conference too, where they do have

22:56some input.

22:57And Alex Van Pelt has also said that they're going to mold their scheme and system around,

23:01um, you know, the, uh, the strengths of the quarterback.

23:03Yeah.

23:04A hundred percent just to build on what that might look like, because yes, like you sure

23:07we've heard a couple of times, there's things in there that he likes, which is smart.

23:10That's one of the things where, you know, Alex Van Pelt hasn't been perfect, but I think

23:13his work with Drake may has been pretty good.

23:15But yeah, I think we'll see more moving pockets, you know, sprint outs, bootlegs, more RPOs,

23:20maybe downfield RPOs.

23:21I'm not totally positive about that, but I know that Drake may was pretty good with those

23:25in college.

23:26Uh, but yeah, just using his athleticism.

23:28I think that's the biggest thing.

23:29Um, you know, like I said, maybe some, uh, quarterback runs or at least some, uh, read

23:35kind of plays where he has the option to give it or keep it, um, and gives defense a little

23:39something to think about.

23:40So yeah, absolutely.

23:41So I think we're going to see more, much more of a Drake may tailored offense, but we saw

23:45what Jacoby said.

23:46Yeah, for sure.

23:47All right.

23:48Well, let's talk about then, uh, this Texans defensive line.

23:50Uh, I tweeted out a, um, you know, sort of a, a stat grab about it yesterday where, uh,

23:56the Patriots as of right now are allowing the highest pressure rate in the NFL upfront

24:0048.3%, according to next gen stats, uh, the Texans generating the best pass rush in football

24:06right now, 42% and defensive end and Neil Hunter leads the league with 29 pressures.

24:11Again, that's all next gen stats numbers opposite Daniel Hunter, or sort of in that edge rusher

24:16category for Houston is Will Anderson, uh, last year's number three overall pick.

24:20So they are, uh, they're able to get after it, especially on the edge Lowe's asks, will

24:24this defensive line post more of a struggle inside for a guy like Nicola Brett, who wasn't

24:28great last week in PA in pass pro or Taylor?

24:31Is it mostly coming off, uh, off of the edge?

24:33Is that kind of what may is going to have to deal with this week?

24:36So a couple of things I want to address first one, I know people always bring up Caleb Williams

24:39and how he got sacked seven times and all that, and he's pressured a ton.

24:44I just want to say, I looked at all the sacks, a lot of that had to do with being in crazy

24:49long yardage situations.

24:51There was one like blown up screen where Caleb just didn't have anywhere to go with the ball

24:54into the sack for a couple of throws where Caleb goes backwards and just does things

24:58that you don't really like.

24:59Drake may will make some kind of head scratching plays.

25:02You don't see him go backwards very often the way that Caleb does a lot.

25:05So I don't, I don't think it's a apples to apples with their situations.

25:09Obviously the offensive line still has to keep up, but I don't really think that there's

25:13going to be a game where Drake may get sacked seven times.

25:16Now that said line games, and that's why I want to avoid the obvious passing situations

25:20because then yes, the interior is going to be an issue because they're going to be able

25:23to specifically attack what is already a backup center and Nicola Brett could be a deeper

25:28backup and Brian Hudson.

25:30And you know, Mike and when he was not someone you're really worried about, but still the

25:32communication there, all it takes is one week link on the chain and then it breaks

25:36down.

25:37So I would say the entire offensive line is an issue or a concern in those situations,

25:43but on a down to down basis, really it's just the edges.

25:46Houston's guys in the middle are fine.

25:48But it's really will Anderson into Neil Hunter.

25:51Those are the ones who scare you.

25:52Now I spoke to Darian low today.

25:54He mentioned, reminded me that he actually played with the Neil Hunter when he was with

25:57the Vikings and he's a very, Neil Hunter has a crazy spin move and he's like, yeah, I just

26:03got to be ready for it.

26:04Even talked to Darian about the fact that the biggest improvement that I think he's

26:07made outside of the independent Aaron use is not getting beat inside.

26:11We've talked about this a ton where last year he was losing so fast trying to just two hand

26:15punch guys.

26:16They move his hands aside and just have a free path to the quarterback or they're not

26:19even going around the arc.

26:21You can't have that because that's where Jacoby presets taking some of his biggest hits.

26:25And with Drake, yeah, he can get around the pocket.

26:27And I think with that spin move, Drake's mobility will be a huge asset, but you also just don't

26:33want him to still be in the process of a throw and then get hit.

26:35And then we'll Anderson can just do a little bit of everything and that scares me with

26:38Trey Jacobs.

26:39Now I need to do a little more research.

26:40I'm early in my scouting report phase.

26:42I don't know how much they switch up.

26:43Trey Jacobs told me that they do a little bit of playing on both sides, but with Jacobs,

26:48he's still learning the strike system.

26:49He's still learning the offense.

26:50He's on.

26:51This is going to be his third start.

26:52A second start, third, third start, left tackle, right tackle, and then this week, right?

26:57And it's going to be his third start.

26:58And he was even saying that right tackle is still something he's getting used to because

27:01he hasn't played it since college.

27:03So with him, I am definitely worried, but it's more of the situation.

27:07Like great dude, hard worker, clearly talented player.

27:11But you know, you're going up against a guy who was taken very early in the draft and

27:14one of the best veteran pass rushers in the NFL.

27:16So the edge guys are really where the concern is.

27:19But if they're on like third and 10, it's anybody's game.

27:22I'm scared of any gap getting attacked.

27:24How do they, I'll go to this question then at Kyle's for miles, uh, how did the Patriots

27:29do it then?

27:30Just for me?

27:32I don't know.

27:33It's your last name's Kyle's.

27:34I'm a runner.

27:35So Kyle's and miles kind of puts that together.

27:36Maybe it's Ahmed putting together a, uh, a burner here, but so you mentioned that, right?

27:41Jacob's on the right side, just getting used to Peter's this system, the strike system

27:44with the Patriots doing very low, uh, a better left tackle than right tackle.

27:48We've said that many a times on this show, uh, but someone who is again, replacement

27:52level, not, not a superstar.

27:54So what do they do then to help that out?

27:57Is it, you know, chip help?

27:58Is it keeping in line guys?

27:59Is it, uh, unbalanced situations with Zach Thomas or, or things like that?

28:03How do you, please God, I can't take another penalty.

28:07Okay.

28:08What's your answer then?

28:09How do they do it?

28:10Um, well, one stay ahead of the chains so that you don't have to put him in situations

28:13where yeah, you know, we know that he has to drop back and we're pinning our ears back

28:17and there's not a whole lot he can do getting the ball out of his hands quickly.

28:20Obviously, you know, we heard about that against the 49ers.

28:23I think that's been the plan for Jacobi the past couple of weeks, but one, sometimes it's

28:27just coverage where, you know, the Patriots do this teams a lot where they just don't

28:31give you the first read.

28:32And then by the time you get to your second, things collapse and there's not a whole lot

28:35you can do about that in the quick game.

28:37That's just good defense sometimes.

28:39But I think Drake needs to capitalize when there are open guys and he hits that back

28:43foot just needs to get the ball out of his hands and also protecting him from himself.

28:46Sometimes if you're in third and you know, 11, 13, 12, and you really don't need the

28:51conversion, it's early in the game, throw a screen run.

28:55Just don't keep putting Drake in positions where he has to be, you know, put on the Superman

28:59cape and be the guy that we know he can be.

29:01But with this offensive line, I just don't think you want to take those same chances.

29:05So I think relatively, relatively conservative play calling is the way lean on your ground

29:09game, you know, mix in the past, obviously, but just be careful about how you do it.

29:13You said chip help.

29:14I think we saw more chip help on even three step drops last week.

29:17I really like that max protect all play action because now you've got a guy who can throw

29:21the post and you got the guy that can throw the cross.

29:24You know, he can challenge every level of the field where those two man routes aren't

29:28as dangerous when all you have is a threat is the roster and then they're dropping seven

29:32into coverage and it's like, well, this is bad math and then even he can exploit it with

29:36his legs.

29:37So that's going to be a big part of it is play calling.

29:39And then Drake also has to put it on himself to make sure he's not holding on to the football,

29:43which I'm sure he'll do.

29:44He's usually good about that.

29:45But as I said earlier, he's a rookie, so it's going to be inconsistent.

29:47Yeah.

29:48All right.

29:49One question here before we take a quick break to talk about our friends at game time and

29:52I'll take this one first.

29:53Should the Patriots extend Jacoby to be a long-term backup for May?

29:57Now, there's a lot of layers to this question, right?

30:00Because he comes in here one year deal, 8 million bucks, and basically for better or

30:05for worse signed on to be at least, you know, throughout the first couple of weeks of the

30:09season, a punching bag, right?

30:10To, you know, take over, help migrate, if you will, Drake may into this offense, be

30:15sort of a, a, a mentor, which Drake mentioned today, a guy to help teach him the system

30:21and, and things like that.

30:23Now, they only did sign him for one year and they have now demoted him to a backup role.

30:29But I think having a veteran around as a backup in Jacoby, we're set now that this is obviously

30:35going to depend on a lot of different things that happen, right?

30:39We talked about it last night, if, you know, AVP is in sort of a tryout to be the long-term

30:44offense coordinator here, right?

30:46If, if things don't go well with Drake May, they're going to move on.

30:49But if, if Van Pelt is still here, I don't hate Jacoby being a backup here in the system,

30:54right?

30:55He's a veteran presence who can come in and win you a game if need be.

30:59And you don't really need to, again, you don't have to teach them the system again.

31:02He can just come in and be that mentor and continue to be that, that sounding board and

31:06that guide for a young Drake May.

31:08You don't want this to be a next season, Drake May, Joe Milton situation, just like, you

31:14know, a couple of years ago was okay.

31:15Brian Hoyer was here with Mac Jones and then all of a sudden it's, um, or it's whoever

31:21was here.

31:22There were, there was somebody else here, but it ends up being just Mac Jones.

31:24Yeah, it was where it ends up being Mac Jones and Bailey's happy in year two.

31:28And then when Mac gets hurt, you have to go to Zappy and it's this whole, this whole cluster

31:31rep that we saw unfold the last time.

31:33So ideally I want a veteran here to be May's back.

31:36I don't want it to just have to be Joe Milton.

31:38And I think Jacoby is a great option.

31:39Now is you're going to want to do that or does he want to go play football somewhere

31:43else?

31:44That's the, that's the main question here.

31:45He's used to new England.

31:46He knows the people, he's a captain.

31:48I think they, they appreciate him.

31:50But if he wants to go try and win foot or play football games, then it's obviously not

31:54going to be here in Foxborough.

31:55Exactly.

31:56I mean, that's, that's pretty much it.

31:57I won't really see why he would want to stay one.

32:01I think it's weird to be voted a captain somewhere and then you lose the job and you're going

32:05to come back when the other guy is the captain.

32:07Like I know that they all Joe well and all that, and I think the personality is meshed

32:10well together.

32:12But I always a competitor.

32:14I'm sure he thinks he could start somewhere or have a better chance to play somewhere

32:17because here he knows there's no chance he's going to play unless God forbid Drake gets

32:21hurt.

32:22There's going to be other teams that are in similar situations, the Patriots, or they

32:24maybe draft a kid and they're like, ah, we just want to make sure that we have somebody

32:27in the system who can be that better and a good mentor figure.

32:31Now the kind of wrench there is the fact that Kobe didn't play that well and people are

32:37going to love his toughness and all of that, but they're also going to see the numbers

32:40and be like, ah, yikes.

32:42So I don't think he's got much of a leg to stand on if he wants to be a starter necessarily.

32:46Obviously I'd love him to stay because we know they work well together in that room

32:50and I think he is a great mentor figure, but I don't see why he would stay given.

32:54Once again, he lost his job after being a captain and, uh, you know, he probably wants

33:00a better opportunity elsewhere that he's probably, I mean, next year Milton could be QB two for

33:04all we know.

33:05And then he's QB three.

33:06And it's just like, well, why am I doing here?

33:07Just collecting a paycheck.

33:09Like, you know, again, he's a competitor.

33:10He's still fairly young for a quarterback, you know, relatively.

33:14So yeah, I just, I don't think it's realistic, but if he's up for it, you know, I don't think

33:18anybody would, uh, would, uh, be against it.

33:20I think that's the perfect way to put it.

33:22It would make a ton of sense again, depending on, um, who comes in as an office of coordinator

33:25to another OC might want to bring in a different veteran who has ran the similar system before

33:30and bring him along that way.

33:31But, uh, ultimately we'll see what happens.

33:33I think we both agreed that he would be a good option.

33:35It'll ultimately end up being up to Jacoby, uh, and the coaches are.

33:38But actually I do have this question from Amit producer on it.

33:41Why isn't Mike going to the game on Sunday?

33:43I'm not going to be at Drake Mays for a star cause one of my friends is getting married.

33:46So I can't be there.

33:47I know it's too bad.

33:50Uh, shout out my friend who's getting married.

33:52Uh, that'll be fun.

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35:21It's going to be super exciting.

35:22All right, Taylor, let's get back to the mailbag here.

35:26Um, quick, easy, fun one, uh, to kick off the second half of this mailbag.

35:31How many yards does Drake may throw for on Sunday in his first NFL game?

35:35200 and 20, 215, let's see the last time a Patriots quarterback even threw for that many

35:46yards.

35:47I'm going to check real quick.

35:48Cause I think it's going to be conservative where he's not going to throw a ton, but I

35:52think he's going to have some bombs.

35:54Um, last time a quarterback, it was, uh, all the Broncos games happy pass for two 56 Zappi

36:01also passed for two 40 against the Steelers.

36:04So maybe I'm going too low.

36:05How many did he pass for against the Jets in their season finale?

36:08Does it say it wasn't say it 88, Oh, less than a hundred.

36:15That's a Jacoby Brissette number right there.

36:17The less than I would have said it was less than a hundred and yeah, I'll go a little

36:24bit higher.

36:25I'll go 230 yards.

36:26Two 30 is my number.

36:27I, again, I think they're going to, um, I think they're going to let it loose a little

36:30bit.

36:31Not, not in a crazy way.

36:32His strength is throwing the football and making plays through the air.

36:35So, uh, let's see what happens and see if we can get it done.

36:38So I'm going 230 yards.

36:40I was watching like some Cole Williams highlights, just like the throws, not necessarily how

36:43we did them, just deep throws that were successful.

36:46And I was just like, yeah, you might get those now.

36:49That's crazy.

36:50Right?

36:51It's so long.

36:52I can't wait.

36:53I can't, we haven't seen, again, we haven't seen insane throwing of the football since

36:56Tom Brady was here.

36:57We haven't seen the running of the football since Ken Newton from the position.

36:59So blend them all together.

37:01It's going to be exciting.

37:02All right.

37:03Speaking of this offense, Taylor, what wide receivers benefit the most from this move?

37:08I would say Jalen Polk is an obvious one because he and Drake had been working together and

37:11getting to know each other since they first got to Foxborough to Mario Douglas, who Drake

37:16may liken to Josh downs, who was his best receiver when they had his first career season

37:21as a starter at UNC.

37:23And then Keyshawn booty, another guy who's spent a ton of time with Drake may in the

37:27preseason.

37:29The main personnel groupings were Jayvon Baker, Jalen Polk, and then Keyshawn booty with like

37:33pop mixing in a little bit.

37:34So booty has been building every week.

37:37He's getting better and better, which has been really cool and exciting to see.

37:40It's first as a blocker, he's getting like one or two targets a week, but they're being

37:44more impressive as the weeks have gone on.

37:47And as someone who's practiced with Drake a decent amount, I'd imagine that he'll be

37:50pretty active and someone that Drake is going to have a lot of confidence in as well.

37:54So really those young receivers, I think are going to have the most benefit.

37:57Like Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry Gibson, Mandre, they'll get their touches, but I think

38:02it's a youth movement.

38:03That's really like, what was I saying all the way?

38:06Like when Drake got picked in like in the spring, I was saying if three of their young

38:10players can play significant snaps and do well, I think it actually makes the offense

38:14a little bit scarier and something you need to respect.

38:17Hope we've seen flashes.

38:18Maybe we haven't seen anything in real game action.

38:20So TBD, but I do like at least that the offense is starting to put guys out there who we could

38:25see working with Drake make for the next Drake may for the next, you know, three, four

38:28plus years.

38:29Yeah.

38:30I'm super excited about booty.

38:32I think he was, he was great the other night.

38:34I thought the way he blocked as well was, was pretty huge.

38:38Just as far as like a guy who just goes out there and wants to win and doesn't care about

38:41himself and, and people have wondered a little bit about Kashawn booty's attitude and the

38:45off the field stuff with him and the things that happened down at LSU and whatnot.

38:49But he proved to me last week that he wants to go out there, catch footballs, block his

38:52block his ass off and win football games.

38:55So that, that was really good to see.

38:56And you mentioned too, that those guys have sort of worked together as that sort of second

39:01second group wide receiver quarterback.

39:03So hopefully they can bring that to the first team.

39:05The other youth movement player though, Taylor is Jayvon Baker.

39:09We haven't touched on it, but we do have a question on him and you touched on it earlier

39:12that we're going to talk about it.

39:13So does this get Jayvon Baker on the field again, Mayo preaches playing the young guys

39:18and that they get better by playing.

39:20So what does this mean for Jayvon Baker?

39:23And also does Taekwon Thornton snaps continue to fall?

39:26What do you make of the rest?

39:27I guess of the wide receiver Taekwon Thornton played, I think one snap last week.

39:32He's pretty much out of the rotation.

39:33He was replaced at X by Jalen Polk with Kashawn booty taking over for Polk as the Z will poke

39:38and KJ.

39:39Now KJ has a shoulder injury.

39:41I don't know how serious it is.

39:42And if that's why he obviously he was an active, I don't know if that's necessarily the reason

39:47because Kashawn booty has already kind of been on the rise.

39:50So for the two veterans, AJ, especially with Kendrick Bourne, I don't see him having very

39:55significant role in the offense moving forward.

39:57He didn't do much with the time.

39:58He was on the field as a receiver, unfortunately, either Dave on Baker, it's the same deal y'all

40:03like if he's not playing or not getting opportunities and now we've seen it with Kashawn booty.

40:07So it's not even like, remember with booty, we will be saying like, why don't they giving

40:10him chances?

40:11And that was weird because it's like, well, this is a talented kid.

40:14You put him at X where he shouldn't be.

40:16And then he couldn't get his feet in bounds instead of maybe giving him more chances or

40:20more ideal situations.

40:21You benched him.

40:22And we didn't know if it was behind the scenes or what, but that was a situation where I

40:25figured maybe he's not doing enough on the field.

40:27Now we've seen Kashawn booty rise up the ranks and get more snaps.

40:31And we've literally heard Alex van Pelt, I believe it was say that Jayvon needs to earn

40:35the trust of the coaches.

40:36He needs to earn the trust of quarterbacks.

40:38He needs to line up the right way.

40:40He needs to run the right routes.

40:41You cannot, there's yes, you need to get better on the field.

40:44You need to do the bare minimum though, to get on the field, the bare minimum is doing

40:48enough that people don't think they have to worry about you if they send you out.

40:51And that's unfortunately what it seems like Jayvon Baker is for the offense right now.

40:55Y'all know I'm a huge Jayvon Baker fan, his talents out of this world, Alex van Pelt praised

41:00him for being able to get open and being able to make plays at the catch point, but you

41:04got to earn it.

41:05And I don't think he's earned it yet.

41:06And I, you sort of had me come back on my Jayvon taker Jayvon Baker take a little bit

41:14last night when we talked about it on the crossover, where I mentioned Jayvon Baker

41:18as a guy who, you know, you're continuing on to this youth movement and these guys have

41:21worked together a little bit.

41:23Maybe they give him a chance with Drake may, but you mentioned it to me last night, where

41:28if he doesn't know what he's doing on the field, then that's just going to hurt Drake

41:31may even more.

41:32You need everybody around Drake may doing exactly what they have to do.

41:36So you don't hinder his development anymore, where, you know, he could drop back and hit

41:39his, hit his back foot.

41:41And he could look to a guy and think that, you know, Drayvon Baker is supposed to be

41:43there and he's not.

41:44And so that that's the kind of stuff that you want it to be as perfect as it can be

41:49around Drake may.

41:50We already worry about the offensive line a little bit right now.

41:53And so you want at least the receivers to be going in the right place and knowing what

41:56they're doing.

41:57So if Jayvon Baker can't do that, it doesn't really matter how much and how easily he gets

42:01open, right?

42:02If he's not in the right place at the right time, and is it on the same page as Drake

42:04may, it's just going to hurt not only may not only Baker, but the offense as a whole.

42:09And then think of this example really quickly.

42:11So like Derrick Stingley Jr. they're facing this weekend.

42:14What if Jayvon Baker is running a curl against a player of that caliber and Stingley, who

42:19if you make a mistake, just got to pick it off, say Jayvon Baker runs a curl and adds

42:23one more step than he's supposed to literally just one that will pick six because Drake's

42:29going to throw it.

42:30When he thinks that receiver's coming back to him, that one step gives Stingley the advantage

42:35to be able to attack the ball without being contested.

42:38And then you're on the sideline.

42:39That's going the other way.

42:40That hurts the entire team.

42:42So I know it can be hard to be like, well, you know, what difference does it make?

42:45He's young.

42:46He's going to run the wrong routes.

42:47Yeah.

42:48But if you're doing it in practice so much, they don't trust you on the game field.

42:50Those are the kind of reasons why, because one tiny mistake from a young player can be

42:55the difference.

42:56And if you're not earning those snaps on the field to even make those mistakes, you know,

42:59that's a bigger conversation.

43:00Yeah, for sure.

43:01All right.

43:02We have a couple more and then we're going to get out of here.

43:04But I just saw this one in the chat and it's purely speculative, speculative.

43:08And I know you love these kind of questions, Taylor.

43:10So, old man, Bob, he's our guy.

43:13If Polk caught that touchdown last week, is Drake May starting this week?

43:17If they win the game, Jacoby throws the game winner.

43:19Do they turn to him or do they keep on the bench for at least another week longer?

43:23I was thinking the exact same thing, honestly, like during the game, I was like, if they

43:27win this, is Jacoby off scott free?

43:30It's a good question.

43:31I think he would have bought himself one more week.

43:36So do I.

43:37I think the vibes are better.

43:38I think like we said, if they lost against the Dolphins, significant changes would need

43:42to be made.

43:43Like that would be a turning point where something's got to give and is congested as the offense

43:48field.

43:49At least that would show you like, okay, we can kind of push downfield because the drive

43:52itself wasn't bad.

43:53Like Jacoby was actually doing well.

43:55So if he caps that with a touchdown and they win, yeah, I think he may have one more week.

44:00But also Jacoby was part of the reason it wasn't a touchdown.

44:03So yeah, I think I'm with you.

44:05And then the end of the game to Romeo said that he mismanaged it a little bit.

44:09I think that was in the on the coffee for him.

44:10I don't think they necessarily wanted to play Drake May this weekend.

44:13I don't think they wanted to do it unless they had to.

44:16And I think that was a little bit, you know, a part of the plan here where let's not shoo

44:20him in if we don't have to.

44:22So if they won that game, if percent had that game winning drive under his belt and they

44:26didn't have to put Drake May up against this great pass rush against the four and one Houston

44:29Texans who are the best team in the AFC self and one of the best teams in football, I don't

44:34think they would have.

44:35I don't think it would have gave them an excuse to keep Berset out there one week longer,

44:39where if they went with Berset this week after what happened on Sunday, that's not putting

44:44the team in the best position to win.

44:45That's not.

44:46That's not, you know, the what Mayo says where it may gives us the best chance now and in

44:51the future.

44:52He was saying that Berset today, he mentioned Berset's protection of the football and understanding

44:57the offense kind of bought him, essentially bought him some time as the quarterback and

45:01was the reason why they went with him early.

45:03Tides change.

45:04Things shifted.

45:06It was a clear transition point, like you said, on Sunday, and so I don't think they

45:08had any excuse to not go to May this week, but I do think that again, I'll say it again.

45:13I think it would have bought him a little bit more time and would have bought the organization

45:16starting Drake May a little bit more time as well.

45:20All right, Taylor, two more.

45:23Do you think the coaching staff can string this team together so we can finally have

45:27a clean game again?

45:28No missed tackles, no stupid penalties.

45:30We talked about it before the mailbag with Keon White saying that, you know, he's not

45:33going to change the way he plays basically, and he gets those penalties and that's okay.

45:37Whatever he said, I'm obviously paraphrasing phrasing here, but not a great quote.

45:41A lot of stupid penalties last week.

45:43A lot of drive changing penalties, third and 15 pass interferences, personal fouls, roughing

45:48the passers, 12 men on the field, just too many mental mistakes that stem from coaching.

45:53So new quarterback, new vibes, new era, all the buzzwords we want to say.

45:58Do things change from the coaching staff perspective and does this team, do they have the ability

46:01to get back on track in that regard?

46:04So there is some level of optimism that the Patriots can get better.

46:08Okay.

46:09One, the missed tackles haven't really been a problem since the short week.

46:12And I think we all expected that.

46:14Like Gerard Mayo is a linebacker.

46:16You're going to tackle when you have a linebacker as a coach.

46:19The penalties are a different story a little bit because we've seen the ebb and flow with

46:23his team where they get a ton of penalties and then they get none and then they get even

46:26more penalties and then they don't get any penalties.

46:29You know, it's not been consistent now.

46:30They are, I think, middle of the pack or bottom half of the league in penalties, to be fair.

46:35So it's not like they're going out here every week and just doing whatever they want and

46:39they can't be corralled or anything like that.

46:40It's not, it's not that case.

46:42Frankly, some of the penalties that they were called for were pretty ticky tack, like the

46:45fault guard on Nick Leverett.

46:48The delay game was just bad coaching.

46:49Honestly, that had more to do with the coaches and the players.

46:53You know, there was even the holding penalty on Nick Leverett I didn't love.

46:57Some of the penalties even on Hunter Henry may have been a little, you know, I'm not

47:01so sure.

47:03I think there's, there's a chance they could play a clean game.

47:05I think also if they're motivated and they really, especially against a team like the

47:09Texans where it's like, no, you can't sleep on these guys.

47:11Maybe it's the Dolphins.

47:13They're a young team.

47:14They're an immature team in terms of being a new organization being run by new leadership.

47:19Maybe they kind of slept on the Dolphins.

47:20I don't know why they would.

47:21Well, he had just lost three straight games, but that's how it felt.

47:26But the Texans, they know they can't mess around.

47:28This is too good of a team for you to be beating yourselves.

47:29Cause then if you do that, you're not going to have a chance.

47:33I'm going to give them a little bit of faith this week.

47:36As bad as it, I'm going to say they do, but I'm not, I'm not as confident as I've been.

47:42Some of the other times we've talked about, I don't know if it necessarily happens this

47:46week.

47:47Right.

47:48I mean, they've played a couple of poor games from this regard, the missed tackles, the

47:51penalties, et cetera.

47:52And the reason I have a little bit of optimism that they can write the ship at least eventually

47:57is that they showed in week one that they can play clean football.

48:01It's not like they've played five straight weeks of poorly coached, poorly disciplined

48:05football.

48:06They showed at one point in time, it was week one, it was a new season.

48:09Everybody was fresh and they hadn't lost games yet, but they did show that they at least

48:13have that ability.

48:14Now some captains are out.

48:15Some leadership is out.

48:16You're down to, you know, you're starting quarterback or you're, I guess your captain

48:19quarterback and the guy who was originally the leader of the offense.

48:23And so things are changing and leadership's changing.

48:25So it's going to be up to those guys as well, you know, to get everybody going, you know,

48:29straightforward.

48:30But this coaching staff showed that they can get these guys in line.

48:33And I think that that gives me enough optimism that eventually they can do it again.

48:37All right.

48:38Final question.

48:39And it has a little bit to do with the team and the locker room and the vibes and things

48:44of that nature.

48:46So the hot hand picks asks, is it farfetched to believe that we could see across the board

48:51higher effort supporting cast from may receivers running better offensive line, playing better.

48:58And I'll add to that guys playing smarter because all right, look, new change, new motivation,

49:03dynamics, different, I guess a shift in mentality where we're moving forward to the future.

49:08Does that kind of stuff resonate throughout the locker room?

49:10And do you think we can see guys playing better just because Drake mays on the field?

49:14I think maybe subconsciously they could be a little more locked in because they're just

49:17so tired of the same old thing and losing and bad offense.

49:20I don't think maybe the receivers could run harder and we see maybe more effort from them

49:24because they are young.

49:25I think they're more susceptible to the ebbs and flows of an NFL season, especially when

49:29things go bad and obviously drinks their guy.

49:31So they're going to want to show out offensive line.

49:34I don't think they're going to try to be better because I think they knew that they were getting

49:37to go be percent lit up all the time and probably felt really shitty about that.

49:41So yeah, I don't expect the offensive line to play any differently really.

49:44But I think maybe from the receivers, we could see a little bit more effort, but I also hate

49:49to get into the guessing whether a guy's going hard or not, unless it's very obvious.

49:55Really just these more like receivers have been frustrated than like they're not trying

49:57to me.

49:58So yeah, I don't really know about that, but on the offensive line, I'm going to give you

50:02like a hard no.

50:03I think they've been trying pretty hard because nobody wanted to see Jacoby Brissett taking

50:07the hits that he was taking.

50:08So I am fully of the mindset that a team can completely shift the way they play just because

50:13of one change of quarterback.

50:14And I've seen it before firsthand.

50:16I'm not going to get into my quarterbacking days back in Worcester State, but attitudes

50:21change and shift.

50:22You're the one who had to get benched.

50:23No, I was the one who came in and won some games after things hit the fan a little bit.

50:27And so I've seen guys rally and it's not just because it was me and it's not just because

50:31of the part.

50:32You were winning.

50:33Yeah, right.

50:34But yeah, you're winning.

50:35But when things change like that, when you're banging your head against the wall and nothing's

50:39changing and then finally one thing changes, it's like, oh, maybe there's a chance here

50:44and there's a little bit more hope.

50:45And let's rally around this guy because this guy gives us X, Y, and Z.

50:50And so I've seen it happen.

50:51And I've seen it happen in the NFL, too.

50:52Things change like freaking Tim Tebow, right?

50:54Tim Tebow won games and that team's whole attitude, their identity, the shift changed.

50:59And he wasn't even that good of a quarterback.

51:01And just like I wasn't that good of a quarterback, but things play differently.

51:04And but guys, you know, guys change things, right?

51:06And so I've seen it happen.

51:07I think it can happen.

51:08So I'm of the mindset that I don't know if it happens here, but things like that can

51:12happen.

51:14You know, May brings a different attitude, brings some juice.

51:16The future is now right.

51:18This isn't you know, I liked that saying when Rappaport reported it yesterday, where the

51:24future is now in New England, where when Jacoby was out there, it feels a little bit like,

51:28all right, we're still we're not there yet.

51:30We're still trying to build.

51:32And so we're not really trying to win games yet because we haven't given the we haven't

51:36given the franchise to Drake yet.

51:37And we haven't had the next draft yet.

51:39And there's a lot of waiting.

51:41And guys don't want to wait.

51:42Guys don't want to, especially older veterans who only have a certain amount of time left.

51:46And so now it's Drake's turn.

51:48We believe in him.

51:49We believe we're ready now.

51:50We believe he's ready to win now and he can help the rest of you win.

51:53So here's to hoping that, you know, the rest of, you know, everybody else follows suit

51:58and things go positively in that nature.

52:00All right, that's going to do it here, Taylor, for us, for our Drake May week mailbag.

52:04We will be back later on in the week for all of your Patriots coverage here on the CLNS

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52:15We'll be back down to Fox ball all week, all week, excuse me, with your updates.

52:19So make sure you keep it here with us on Twitter as well.

52:21At T Kyle's 39 and at Mike Kablick Patriots versus Texans coming up on Sunday and it's

52:27Drake May's turn.

52:28Taylor, you look like you have something to say before we go.

52:30Also quick tease coach flight trainer for Christian Gonzalez, Marte Mapu, one of the

52:35best trainers in the game.

52:37Friend of the show.

52:38Really awesome dude.

52:39Really generous with his time.

52:41Just actually recorded a video with him breaking down five or six of my favorite clips from

52:46Christian Gonzalez in each of his matchups this week.

52:49Also got coach coach flights perspective on each of the matchups because he kind of works

52:53with Christian when they prep each week.

52:55So we got to know what the mentality was and also Christian had some really cool words

52:59for his coach and getting to see his reaction.

53:01That was awesome.

53:02So be looking out for that later this week.

53:04Yep, for sure.

53:05That's going to come down here on Patriots Press Pass.

53:07Coach flight is the man, so make sure you keep it locked in here.

53:10Taylor got a nice, a nice video with him breaking down all of that Gonzo film.

53:14So until then, until next time, take care of yourselves, take care of each other, and

53:18we'll talk to you soon.

53:19Peace out, everyone.

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