WEEI Afternoons: Drake Maye GUSHES about playing for Mike Vrabel

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00:00Let's talk about Mike Vrabel for a minute, if we can.

00:02Obviously, a very emotional day for him,

00:04though he tried to downplay it all week long,

00:06heading back to where he used to work

00:08and prowl the sidelines for six years.

00:11Can you sort of talk about how that emotion

00:13spilled over onto you and especially the team?

00:16You know, it seemed like both your post-game press conference,

00:19which we heard live last night on our post-game show,

00:22and then that video the Patriots circulated

00:24on social media afterwards where you gave him a game ball.

00:26It seemed like you were a little bit emotional there as well yourself.

00:31It seems like he's having a real profound impact on you, Drake.

00:36Yeah, I think it meant a lot to us,

00:41him downplaying and not making a big deal.

00:43What I was hinting at earlier,

00:45what's interesting versus what's important,

00:46and he cared about us.

00:47He cared about his team, and he said that was in the past,

00:50and now he's moved on.

00:51He's worried about us, and we love playing for coach.

00:54And I know I had a similar experience back in high school

00:57when I left my old high school

00:59and played my old high school in a game,

01:02and we beat him.

01:03And I know it's not the level of what coach had

01:05being a head coach in the NFL,

01:06but I know that it just means more,

01:09and we know it means more for him

01:11and go back to a place where he's had history

01:13and great success.

01:14So we wanted to win it for him,

01:16and I think it was cool to see him

01:21kind of care in the locker room in such a motion.