Patriots HC Jerod Mayo joins! What did he think of Drake Maye yesterday? What are Mayo's thoughts on the run game? Was Maye concussed? Thoughts on going for 2?
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00:00The drains were flowing a little bit there heading into the end of that football game,
00:04and you just didn't, you get into overtime, you don't come away with the win.
00:08Yeah, I mean, that's disappointing. At the same time, I thought we, you know,
00:13there were multiple situations that came up in the game, first half and second half that I thought
00:17we executed well on. Going into overtime, I felt good about our chances, just didn't pull it out.
00:24Drake May ends up being responsible, arm and legs, for 301 of your 315 total yards on offense.
00:34I think he's your lead rusher for three out of four games. You feel like you've got to find a
00:39way to get that run game going to help him out a little bit?
00:42Yeah. You know, my son last night, like, Dad, what's wrong with the run game?
00:47For me, you know, it always starts up front, and we talk about the mentality and things like that,
00:52and us as coaches, you know, we're in the solution, you know, solution business,
00:56and we just got to find out a way to get Romandre and Gibby and Hasty, those guys an opportunity,
01:02because we can say whatever we want. Like, we couldn't get those guys started.
01:05You know, the first half, we were under one yard of carry, and the second half,
01:09we still were under one yard of carry, and so we just had to do a better job.
01:13When you sent Drake May the memo, did you bold that he needs to slide? Because I don't know if
01:19you got the message. Look, this guy, he's a competitor. He's also a rookie, and he's trying
01:24to make plays. He's trying to do what he thinks is best to help the team win, and I appreciate that.
01:29And at the same time, you know, we have to make sure that he's protecting himself.
01:33Being a rookie, though, and being able to continue in the way in which he likes to
01:37play the game, him saying after the game, I'm not going to change the way in which I play,
01:41even though I went out into concussion protocol. Does that speak to him being young,
01:47or is that just a guy who's going to play the game of football the way in which he wants to be,
01:51to play it and not be worried about any type of injury or anything that could come his way?
01:55He's a competitor. He's a competitor, and I think as he continues to progress,
02:01you know, he'll second guess some of those hits that he's taken, but at this time,
02:04he just wants to help the team win, and I appreciate that.
02:07Gerrard, one of the things that I noticed yesterday is that you were very upset about
02:12another penalty. You're, like, middle of the pack, you know, through the first four weeks
02:16of the season, you guys are in, like, the top five. What's going on with, it seems like,
02:22consistently just sloppy, stupid penalties? And at one point, like I said, it was a point where
02:28you were upset. What do you think the issue is that you're still having these penalty issues?
02:33Well, I don't necessarily agree with all the penalties that are called.
02:36Saying that for the NFL, I am not criticizing the referees.
02:39But what I will say, I thought, you know, we talk about the, you know, the referee crew
02:46the night before every game. We knew that, you know, this was a high penalty calling crew,
02:51you know, the Titans had more penalties than we did. I would say, you know, like,
02:55even on the poke holding call, I thought that was a little bit soft, but they called it.
03:01You know, even the poke not being set, like, that's on the quarterback. And again,
03:04like, the quarterback has to make sure everyone's set, but those are the little things,
03:07the groin pains that we continue to go through, but we just have to be better.
03:12Jerrod, the final play of regulation, unbelievable extension of the play by Drake May.
03:19And then the extra point, what was the thought process of not going for two? And how was that
03:28executed? Is it, you're saying on the splitter, we're going for the extra point. Is there a
03:33conversation while the drive's unfolding? Should you score? We have a two point play ready to go.
03:39How did that all unfold? We always stay ahead of the game. And that conversation happened long
03:43before the 12 second play. And again, you know, I thought that was the best thing to do for our
03:48team. And honestly, you know, either way, unless you execute the play, you'll be criticized. Like,
03:53we go for two and we don't get it a couple of games ago. And this time we kicked the extra
03:58point and I felt good. I felt like that was the right thing to do. So it's not like I'm stuck
04:02anyway. I think, you know, there's a combination of things that go into that decision. And ultimately
04:07it's my decision. That's what I decided to do. Jerrod, it's interesting you say that because
04:12we as fans, we play, you know, we're playing the Madden game. Go for two, go for two. But you're
04:17going, you're playing the game and reality of like, by kicking the extra point gives us the
04:23best chance of winning this football game. I know we talked about like this statistically and that's,
04:28I feel like it's proven on paper that kicking the extra point gives you the better chance of
04:33going in overtime. You know, if you can win the toss, is that the mindset that you had? Like,
04:38this is gives us the best chance. We're not playing some fantasy football here,
04:42but you just said the ifs. I mean, you have to win the toss. I mean, the odds,
04:45right. You know, we didn't, we didn't win the toss. Do you get analytics on that or are you,
04:50we always look at analytics and I would say we also have discussions and at a time of peace
04:54and that time of peace being in a room with the coordinators going through multiple situations.
04:58And then you get into the game, you have to remember the things that you talked about.
05:02Also taking into account the flow of the game and what's, what's actually going on. So,
05:07you know, I think a lot of people think, you know, when you say analytics that coaches are
05:12just sitting there with a book and it's like, well, well, this is 55%. You know, like, this
05:16is what we got. This is what we should do. No, like the weather, like analytics, they don't
05:20take the weather into account. It doesn't take the flow of the game into account. I think there's so
05:23many different variables that you have to kind of go through it. I will say this as a staff. I
05:29thought, you know, we had a play ready to go. I thought we stayed ahead of, ahead of the game.
05:33And I mean, for me as a head coach, I can't ask for anything more from my staff. Is there a belief
05:38though, that as a former player going for it, there is saying, I believe in you, Drake. I
05:43believe in this offense. I'm going to lose, win or lose with these guys with one play from the
05:48three yard line. I think Drake will tell you, it's not about just Drake. It's about what's
05:51best for the team. And that's what I, that's how I look at it.
05:54Going back to just Drake though, his turnovers, do you put that on him being so young or is that
05:58something that he just needs to work on? It's a Drake problem, not a rookie problem.
06:03No, I mean, look, I mean, he's trying to make plays out there and I mean, that comes with it.
06:07It's the same thing when we talk about, you know, guys breaking tackles and having issues holding
06:12onto the ball. Like you love a guy that breaks tackles, but at the same time, you're more
06:16susceptible to, you know, those type of plays. And look, I'm not going to try to change the way
06:21he plays. I look forward to seeing the way he continues to develop. And then saying that
06:25I'm sure the turnovers and things like that will become less and less. And I'm excited about that.
06:30Do you think that you'll see like, you know, moving forward with his ability, like he's proven
06:34that he can run, you say the running games kind of stumbled a little bit, maybe adding him into
06:40that as far as more of a design runs for him to kind of maybe confuse the defense a little bit.
06:45Yeah. I mean, look, that's a great point. And again, I would say
06:49it's easy to sit in here and say that yet at the same time, we have a guy freshly out of the
06:53protocol that we're just sitting here telling them to run out of bounds and slide, but then
06:57we'll put in quarterback design runs. I mean, it's a tough, tough conversation.
07:02On the protocol. So did he have a concussion or is the protocol also for seeing if you did or
07:08if you didn't? Does that make sense? Like, do we know that he indeed had a concussion?
07:12That made no sense to me.
07:14So you asked me, did it make sense? I will say this, just so he didn't get a concussion.
07:19Listen, this is what I would say. The NFL called down. He was putting a concussion protocol.
07:24He cleared the concussion protocol and played for us.
07:26So we don't know if he had a concussion or not.
07:28He was in the concussion protocol. And that's the question for, I guess, the league.
07:32Yeah. So the team doesn't know if he has a concussion.
07:35He was in the concussion protocol. I'm not going to keep going back and forth on this.
07:39No, I'm just curious because it was quick. I didn't know that he was going to be in there.
07:42So if he didn't indeed have one, it would make more sense.
07:44They put a spotter, an NFL spotter called down.
07:48They said, all right, we believe he may have a concussion.
07:51They placed him in the concussion protocol. He cleared those hurdles and was able to play.
07:55Like, those guys are way smarter than me as far as concussions are concerned.
07:58So I don't know.
07:59We can use our concussion experts.
08:01He's had a few.
08:02I think, you know, that's good. It's all they're all different.
08:06Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's hard to say because you had one.
08:09I probably like you have had multiple.
08:11Don't put me in that bucket.
08:13I mean, I don't know. I guess the independent doctor, I guess it's so difficult because now
08:19when we, or at least when I played, I can't, like I said, I can't really talk when you played,
08:23but when I played, there wasn't this independent doctor.
08:26It was like more of like, oh, I'm good.
08:30And then, you know, where now it's completely taken out of your hand.
08:34That's right.
08:34And so even if he passes during the game, then it's up to the team to
08:41make the decision on whether or not we want to put him back in there.
08:43Is that how it works now?
08:45No, if he passes, if we think he gives us the best chance to win
08:49and they clear him on the field, he's going back in.
08:51Okay. All right.
08:52Does your week.
08:53Jacoby Berset keeps trying to put him back in there.
08:59Does your week change at all this week with the trade deadline tomorrow?
09:02Like, do you guys talk about plans a lot?
09:04What is the plan going into tomorrow's trade deadline?
09:07I think first, look, this isn't baseball and in baseball, you know,
09:12you have big name players going to other teams.
09:14Like I would say historically, even as a player and now as a coach,
09:19the trade deadline is a bunch of hype.
09:21It's a bunch of hype.
09:22Like who's, you know, who's going to move a quarterback,
09:25a starting quarterback to another team right now?
09:27Who's going to move a starting left tackle?
09:29I mean, it rarely happens.
09:31Gerard, you had that situation at halftime
09:33and we were kind of talking about this.
09:35It was second and one.
09:36And we're always trying to figure out like the input and everything.
09:40Second and one and third and one.
09:41You got to be able to pick up a four.
09:42Right. Well, I guess the question I'm asking is at that second and one point,
09:46do you jump on the headset and say, hey, let's maybe take a shot here.
09:49We want to get some points or are you just like kind of
09:52letting Alex do what you think is best that he can do for the offense?
09:57Whatever units out there on the field, I'm on that channel.
10:01And I let Alex know what I want to do.
10:03And we'll have you know, sometimes we have conversations.
10:06And again, we try to stay ahead of ahead of the game.
10:08And we talk to those.
10:10But again, I would say ultimately, like it's my it's my my choice.
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10:26Just I'll sum it up.
10:29Another great return on the punt yesterday.
10:32And how important is that from a motivation point of view for this football?
10:37It's huge. It's huge.
10:38And, you know, we challenge the special teams
10:40unit to go out there and make plays.
10:42And they did.
10:42Marcus is doing a heck of a job.
10:44I think he's leading the league in punt return average.
10:46And, you know, it's not just him.
10:48It's the guys that are out there blocking for him.
10:51All right.
10:51Works for me.
10:52Yeah.
10:52All right, coach.
10:54On to on to Chicago.
10:56Now we've got to wrap this up.
10:57We've got to wrap up Tennessee, make some corrections, and then we'll be.
11:00It's about New England.
11:01It's about it's about the Patriots today.
11:03And then tomorrow we'll move on.
11:05How much did you look at Caleb Williams?
11:06Obviously, everybody kind of assumed he was going to go number one.
11:09But when you clap your hands, I thought I was about to be over.
11:11Well, I was just curious.
11:14It's like what the police do.
11:18Caleb Williams, you know, coming out.
11:20I think we all agreed he's one of those guys that can make all the throws,
11:22extend plays and can make spectacular plays.
11:25And, you know, they'll they'll be a challenge for us.
11:28Devon Gottschall called Drake May Josh Allen 2.0.
11:33You agree with that assessment kind of complies.
11:35I call him Drake May 1.0.
11:37I don't want to get into comparisons of Josh Allen's a multi-year Pro Bowl quarterback.
11:43And we're here at the beginning stages of a developing quarterback
11:48that I think we're all excited about.
11:49Yeah.
11:50All right.
11:50Great.
11:51Thanks.
11:51Thanks, coach.