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00:00back let's go to the guest line where drake may is waiting for us on a patriots monday he is brought
00:05to you by northeast men's health the experts in treating men's sexual health with six new england
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00:21don't flow drake may uh have you come down from the high of that great game and that great victory
00:27last night it was awesome yeah i think it was awesome i think just uh you can keep going you
00:32know work on next week um you'll work on getting back and playing uh you'll win in football in
00:37consecutive weeks that's our mindset okay i gotta ask you drake so a lot of key signature plays last
00:44night a lot of highlights people have been sharing on tv social media and beyond but third quarter
00:49we'll call it the throw the throw to digs you're rolling to your right you throw a 35 yard laser
00:55that bends around the defense and into digs his hands for the first down setting you guys up
01:01inside the red zone uh do you guys practice it like that or was that like a little bit a little
01:07bit of what you guys are developing together mixed in with some signature drake may recess ball
01:12yeah i think this is just continuing to play i mean he saw me point and um she adjusted his route
01:19about as quick as i've seen uh made a great catch on the sideline and uh he just continued work
01:23scramble drill you know i think it's a big thing you know that's more opportunities throughout the
01:26game and scramble drill that was how we did a good job of and we had some more opportunities
01:29that i feel like you know on film looking back on you know we missed on and still can improve on
01:33so i'm gonna be honest with you i wasn't even sure stefan digs would be on the field at this point
01:38when you guys signed him in the offseason veteran receiver post 30 torn acl and now he's got
01:44consecutive weeks with 100 yards 146 yards last night caught 10 of 12 balls thrown his way
01:49have you been honestly pleasantly surprised with what he's brought to the table coming off such a
01:55major injury you know what i think just by the way he works and what he loves ball you know i'm
02:00really not surprised i think uh he comes in here and his mindset from the time we signed him was yeah
02:06i want to be ready to go you know week one and he's just been continuing to he'll get better and
02:10better and keeps looking better and better out there on the field and uh just get more and more
02:14comfortable he's a uh you know great player so it's uh fun to have him out there with us
02:17so describe for us what the week of practice and preparation was like obviously when you have
02:23to elevate your effort and intensity on the national stage against a division rival you've
02:29been compared to everybody's watching was the practice and preparation leading up to last night's
02:35game as fiery and feisty as the effort you guys put forth last night yeah you know we just try to
02:41simulate the crowd noise um and try to have a you know focused practice you know i think we
02:45um students like we play our best ball and i think the biggest thing is that we found a way to win
02:52we found a way to win a tough environment on the road and vision opponent that's the big thing but
02:55i think we still have you know our best ball to put forward and and that's what we're looking forward
02:59to drake may quarterback new england patriots here on a patriots monday on weei afternoons uh for you
03:05personally and the game as a whole it was a funny the game was it was sort of there were turnovers and
03:09punts in the first half then a little mini shootout kind of developed in the second half
03:13but for you personally it seemed like you know the pressure was getting to you a little bit in
03:17the first half you were a little skittish back there and then the second half you were borderline
03:22perfect did you make adjustments did you just sort of settle into the flow of the game how do you
03:27explain um how things came together so nicely in the second half for you yeah i think just uh you
03:33know using my teammates i thought the o-line played um great all night protecting me you know i think the
03:38pockets were good and um you know just finding you know you know just in the second half you know
03:42making adjustments and um just feeling like hey we can make some plays with the guys and some stuff
03:47open down the field um just giving them a chance and you're really in the first half i think we've
03:50heard ourselves and uh you know you know credits our defense for playing such a great game overall
03:56and great first half we should have had a bigger lead um going into uh half time okay so fourth quarter
04:03tied 2020 an incredible situation an amazing opportunity for you guys and potentially for a signature
04:10moment for you you guys get the ball back two minutes 10 seconds left tied 2020 and you're
04:16about to lead your first fourth quarter signature game winning drive for the patriots with the with
04:21that kind of crowd noise and that kind of hostility working against you what did that moment feel like
04:25for you drake yeah just kind of work uh you know where else would you rather be you know sunday night
04:31football a chance to beat you know the the bills that replaced um and the ball in my hands with a
04:36you know feel a little way i think that's what you uh what you work in in training camp and all
04:41those two-minute drills forward and uh you know work on you're throwing you're throwing hole shots
04:47against cover two and little things like that so i think that was uh you know that felt good and
04:51um i'm gonna go back out there and and uh regroup and get back after it i'm gonna guess it also felt
04:56good to stiff arm off a 320 pound defensive tackle and then be able to get the ball to stefan diggs out in
05:03the flat there i'm wondering though on a play like that in your mind are you running like a
05:08risk assessment risk reward assessment because obviously when you throw in the flat like that
05:13if you throw it to a defender he's probably going to have a pick six so are you balancing the risk
05:19there or is that just instincts and you're trying to get the ball to your guy yeah just make it plays
05:24you know i mean i think um yeah i kind of got pretty good eyes on you know where the defender's at
05:29before i throw it so just trying to see uh you'll see our guys here if your fingers are up
05:33and as far as remandre last night goes obviously it's you know tough there's the mistake early and
05:39there have been the mistakes in a previous game which were very costly but then comes back
05:43and has a monster game scoring two big touchdowns for you it feels like that sends the right kind
05:48of message to the team like hey if you make a mistake you know giving your best effort that's okay
05:52so long as you get back out there and keep grinding and working as hard as you can
05:56yeah it's just battle adversity you know i think it's uh it's a story of life um you know
06:04thing doesn't go your way just just stay in it and uh you know you made some big plays for us and
06:08um two big touchdown runs and um yeah just just it's just part of it part of football you know
06:13things not can go your way every every play and um i think you just uh show just kind of
06:19how much we need him and how much of a player he can um you know he can help us and uh he's a
06:23great player with the ball in the sand so we're not gonna um keep the ball out of his hands going
06:27back to those series of plays uh at the end of the second quarter down on the goal line i think it
06:33was four seconds maybe you had um first and goal there and you had the quick throw to hunter henry
06:39who just quite couldn't haul it in what was that situation like that seems like pretty intense
06:44clock management situation and were you were you trying to advocate to go forward again with one
06:50second left or do you think that's a good situation to take the points get the lead at halftime
06:54yeah i think just just knowing how much time is on the clock the pass play um no i'm trying not to
07:00um they're trying to save two plays or you know a play in a field goal and just know uh no trust
07:05the coaches or whatever they're thinking um just try to execute the play and um probably should have
07:09gave hunters a little more time but it's hard with four seconds trying to get it out quick
07:14so did you before uh before his big kick which obviously turned out to be the game winning kick
07:21speaking of people who have battled through adversity and then now come out on the other
07:25side of history did you get a chance to talk to boragallis and if so did you offer him any words of
07:29encouragement no no you don't talk to a kid before the game winner that's kind of a a rule um a good
07:36rule to go go by for a game winner so just let him do it in patriots quarterback drake may here on
07:43weei afternoons uh i want to ask you i know a lot of people believe playing quarterback in the nfl is
07:49about consistency like there's you're all talented guys you can all make plays but it's who can do it
07:54consistently week to week and you've put up four tremendous performances in a row here do you feel
08:00like though beyond the big plays and the scrambles do you feel like you're playing the position more
08:04consistently as a young developing quarterback i think you just learn the offense i think just uh you
08:11know learning this league and learning um you know just take what defense gives you and when they give
08:15you big plays just go for them um yeah so just just learning uh this system um trying to know it and
08:20um another year playing with these guys and uh playing more and more games with steph and the
08:24new guys um so yeah just another year under my belt and uh just try to you know learn every week and
08:30uh you know approach it as as a new week and and try to go one another suite drake it looked like some
08:37of your teammates were kind of wilding on instagram live after the game in the locker room in buffalo
08:42last night did you think about popping open instagram to join the party or did you just enjoy the scene
08:47and all the energy that was in there i didn't even see i didn't even see um any of the guys i know they
08:54were uh fired up and dancing so i'm just uh just glad and you know exhausted after after the win and
09:00uh you know the emotion so um i'm just glad that uh those guys are have some fun but we got to be
09:06smart speaking of fired up uh digs was one of those guys dancing and his knee looks healthier than ever
09:12when he's dancing celebrating in a post-game locker room um how much juice did he bring i guess all
09:17week long he kind of talked about how it was just a big week for him he was really looking forward to
09:21going back to buffalo and then we got a little insight to it he did the pre-game interview he was clearly
09:26jacked up on the sideline and on the field how much juice did stefan digs bring last night
09:30yeah he brings it i think he brings it every game um he brings it every week and uh you know a little
09:36more last time to get a return you know one of his former teams but i mean he does a great job of
09:40getting this going every week and um yeah getting us fired up to get out there and compete and uh play
09:46for each other uh obviously now three and two uh winning record a lot of momentum coming off of two
09:54wins in a row next game up for you guys you go on the road down to new orleans new orleans just got
10:00their first win of the season defeating the giants yesterday what do you do this week to make sure that
10:05you don't get too caught up in the high of the big win in buffalo but rather can sort of reset
10:11turn the page and focus on the opponent and task at hand yeah i think you flush it you know we just
10:17watched the tape so just flush it um you'll learn from it and uh you'll know that um you'll know
10:22a tough opponent on the road that uh you gotta gotta toughness to play and uh like i said they
10:29just came off the first one so they're gonna be fired up and um they got you know great coaching
10:32staff and i got some good players on defense so you're looking forward to um you know head down
10:36there and get back after it team social media posted the uh the visual of the postgame locker room and
10:42one of the things coach vrabel said was something to the effect of protect or defend your identity
10:47that's what it's about moving forward uh what does that mean to you when he asks you to
10:51protect the identity of the patriots what does that mean yeah just just put it on tape you know
10:57put it on tape um your effort and finish and playing hard and playing for each other and
11:02having our back out there on the field you know it's us versus everybody else um and just playing
11:07for each other having each other's back and just having confidence and uh not only yourself but
11:11your guys your teammates around you i think drake uh if i'm not mistaken also at the end of the game
11:17nbc i'm not sure if anyone has showed you a screen cap or maybe the video of it afterwards
11:22that looked to be the most fired up that i've seen you on the sideline since you became a professional
11:27last year with the patriots did you find yourself getting swept up in the emotion of
11:32the climax of that game and the outcome
11:34yeah i think it's the first game winning field goal playing in the um nfl i think it's a good feeling
11:40and um you know getting a win on the road against a big time opponent is uh
11:44it's huge and just uh you know proud of the guys and proud of the finish are you getting more
11:48comfortable in your own skin and what i mean by that is you know for the last year plus you were
11:54going through the pre-draft process the combine process then you're in a new place you're competing
11:59for a job you're the first time now you're winning football games you get a winning record you've been
12:04the starter for a while now are you just kind of settling into who you are as an nfl quarterback in
12:09person uh no i think i've really always had the confidence in myself um to go out there and play
12:16and um yeah just so in a new environment i think it's just uh playing for your teammates getting to
12:20know your teammates and uh you know the new coaching staff and uh the new area so uh just
12:26finding ways to like i said just just uh you know every week just treat like a new week and
12:31know that uh this nfl and this league is tough uh you know any week so just uh approach it that way
12:37all right before we get to the quarterback question of the week i gotta ask you have you
12:41been following your tar heels with what's going on down there obviously a disappointing loss to
12:45clemson uh any reaction to that as an alum um yeah i tuned in the game a little bit um you know i know
12:54it's the first year with the new staff you know a lot of new players um and uh i know they'll they'll
13:01figure it out down there so uh yeah just just try to do my best to support any way i can and and uh
13:06guys i know down there and um just say hey it's a long season and um just keep going keep going
13:13shoot and i think it's uh it's tough so all right it is time now for the quarterback question of the
13:18week brought to you by northeast men's health the experts in treating men's sexual health with six
13:23new england offices or at northeastmenshelp.com and this comes from bill in bill ricka and the
13:31question stems from a comment i actually heard you make last night where you said something to the
13:35effect you grew up with your brothers and your dad talking about you always wanted the ball in
13:39your hand with the game on the line regardless of what sport it was basketball football whatever
13:45and i was wondering do you what's your greatest memory of that situation whether it's youth sports
13:50high school sports college of that end of game situation with the ball in drake may's hands
13:55um i think it's probably grace moment of kind of our family was uh really my brother you know
14:04hitting a big time shot in the lead eight i think uh you know playing kentucky and he was kind of a
14:09reserve backup player he was in there at the end of the game and um he hit a game winner so uh just
14:14the confidence in himself and uh really just learning from my older brothers and um just knowing that
14:19at the end of the game with the game on the line um that's what you want and that's what uh
14:24that's what you play for did you add one to the uh the list there last night with the uh you know
14:29tie game in front of the bills mafia josh allen you drive to the game winning field goal is that on
14:34the list now uh i think the touchdown is different i think game when phil is is uh you know it's more
14:42um you know team oriented and big andy with the with the big play so that's just uh the two-minute
14:47drill that's the process of getting him down there and letting him do his thing all right drake
14:51appreciate you joining us uh congrats on the big win in buffalo we got a little winning streak here
14:56too let's see if we can make it three in a row when we talk to you next monday good luck
15:00have a good one go back oh that was drake may and for the first time this year breaking news here
15:08on weei afternoons we got go pats in there drake may one go pats drake may wow you know you're in a
15:16good sports family when you are the mvp caliber according to the latest social media buzz quarterback
15:22of the new england patriots and still you haven't quite gotten to tops on the list you got to go to
15:27your brother's uh accomplishments for the coolest may family end of game moment
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