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Drake Maye joined the show for Patriots Monday and talked about the big win yesterday against the Raiders, his favorite throw of the game, how he was happy for Pop Douglas’ big game, he answered an 8 year old’s question about being the smallest player on the team, and more!
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00:00Drake, congratulations.
00:01What a big win for you guys.
00:04Yes, sir.
00:05Thanks for having me on.
00:06Yes, sir.
00:06As always.
00:07I mean, obviously, it was an impressive performance yesterday,
00:09and that was despite all of the team injuries that have piled up with you guys.
00:14Let's just start with the basic question of why do you believe you guys were able
00:18to put so many points on the board yesterday?
00:21I think it's just execution of the game plan, execution of the plays.
00:25I think we've felt like we've been tired of saying, man,
00:29there's plays to be out there and we haven't made them.
00:30I think we could put some together, put some drives together,
00:32and it's hard to come out of a game when you feel like you're beating yourselves.
00:37I feel like yesterday was an example of us executing and hitting plays over there.
00:41Drake, you said after the game, Josh McDaniels was beautiful calling plays.
00:45When he gets on a roll, can you kind of feel it in the huddle,
00:48like you know that, oh, boy, we're starting to cook here?
00:52Oh, 100%.
00:52I think the guys feel it, and that's been a challenge all years
00:55from when we feel like we get in the rhythm.
00:57Once we pick up, I feel like we've done a good job picking up the first first down
01:00and kind of not stalling on the drives and not stalling on the red zone.
01:03I think Coach was honest throughout the week and throughout practice
01:06and throughout the last couple weeks for Coach Vrabel and McDaniels
01:10for us to finish the drive.
01:11I think we've tried to implement that more and focus on it more,
01:14and it's ended up paying off for us in a big way.
01:18You know, Drake, Mike Vrabel was on with us this morning with Greg Hill,
01:22and it sounded like when they were talking about the difference in the offense
01:25between the first several weeks and what's happened lately,
01:28they put a lot of the blame on themselves.
01:30And do you believe, Drake, that the plays that you guys are running now
01:34are more catered to what you do best
01:37and that they have essentially tweaked things
01:39to go more towards what your skill set is as a quarterback?
01:44I think that's the kind of balance of finding out between you guys
01:47and, I mean, between the players.
01:50I think that's kind of the balance you kind of feel out early on in the season
01:52of what we feel like we can kind of major in and do more
01:55and what kind of wrinkles we like to kind of mix it up
01:57and give defense trouble.
01:58So I think it was just a great example of us kind of putting together plays
02:04and the coach, really coaches just calling them and us executing them.
02:08So I really think that's what it comes down to.
02:09What was your favorite throw yesterday, Drake?
02:11You had a couple deep ones to Kyle.
02:12You hit Raritan on that 31-yarder.
02:14You dropped right in there.
02:15What was your favorite?
02:18Shoot, let me think.
02:20My favorite throw yesterday, I would probably say
02:25probably the first one to pop.
02:27I think any time you can see somebody wide open in the end zone like that,
02:30it's a good feeling to see somebody that wide open.
02:32So I'm always like that.
02:33Even the last one, pop was wide open too.
02:35So two for two for pop.
02:36How does it feel as a quarterback to get a guy
02:38who maybe hasn't been really on the stat sheet as much to get them going?
02:44Like give them a game like yesterday where Pop Douglas has two touchdowns.
02:48It's huge.
02:49It's huge.
02:49I've been trying to tell Pop all year he's doing the right things.
02:52He's blocking in the run game.
02:53He's running good routes.
02:54And he just, I mean, the ball hasn't found him.
02:56I think that's kind of this sport.
02:58And sometimes you do things that may not show up on the stat sheet,
03:01but it'll come back around.
03:02And that was a, it was great to see Pop, you know, kind of get his, get his glory.
03:07And he'll be, you know, continue to be a big player for us and make big time plays.
03:10When that happens, do those guys ever come up to you and thank you?
03:12Just like, oh man, I really needed that.
03:15No, you don't really.
03:16I think they kind of, they kind of get the, they kind of get it.
03:19I mean, that's one of the best things about our receiver rooms is they're,
03:22they're so, you know, selfless and, and really enjoy.
03:25You see them dancing and celebrating when they go see other guys scored
03:28or make a big time catch.
03:29So it's awesome for me to see that and really being it, being it with them.
03:33And just the other body, you know, somebody else who has success.
03:37And it's really, it's really just cool to see.
03:40And you shouted out the O-line after the game,
03:42but how about in particular Lomo who got in there for 49 snaps
03:45and seemed to hold up pretty well?
03:48It's always good for a young, you know, young player like Caleb at a young age
03:52to get some, some reps and some real experience, you know,
03:56in a game situation where he's got a, you hold up there on the left side,
03:59and a position he hasn't played as much, but I know he played in college,
04:02but to get in there and you get, you know, Crosby coming over there some,
04:06and, you know, a big time player and he's able to hold his own
04:09and do some really good things.
04:11So I was proud of Caleb and looking forward to seeing kind of just his role
04:15in this offense and just kind of the mentality of our offense of next man up.
04:19Yeah.
04:19You talked afterwards about being able to eat a ham sandwich in the pocket.
04:22What does that feel like on a day like yesterday, like to a quarterback,
04:26when you realize the O-line is giving you all the time in the world?
04:31It means the world.
04:32I mean, to those guys, you know, props to those guys for giving me some time
04:36and us able to make some plays back there.
04:39I mean, it always starts with those guys up front, you know, them five
04:42and, you know, playing their butts off and they've done that.
04:44And I think it's just to continue for us to, you know, keep, stay inside out,
04:49you know, up front and then me transfer up and try to get in the pocket
04:52and deliver the ball on time.
04:53And that's the formula.
04:54And you see when we do it, you know, time and time again, we have good results.
04:58How's Will Campbell, Drake?
04:59And you probably can't give us a medical update, but how about his spirits?
05:02Do you check in with him?
05:03Yeah, Will's in good spirits.
05:04You know, Will's in good spirits.
05:04He's a battler.
05:06He's a warrior.
05:06So it's always, you know, a pleasure to take the field with Will
05:09and I'm looking forward to, you know, get back out there with him.
05:12All right, Drake.
05:13The Efton-Chisholm lateral, was that something in the playbook
05:17or was that something that, you know, Efton just had some heads-up thinking
05:20on that play?
05:22No, I think Chisholm made a great play.
05:23You know, I think, you know, it has been confusing
05:26because a lot of teams haven't thrown laterals,
05:27but, you know, Chisholm made up just a good play.
05:30So I'm going to leave it up for debate on what you guys think,
05:33whether it's design or not design.
05:35I mean, is that something that's encouraged?
05:37Like, you know, I guess, I mean, to be quite honest,
05:39it took all of us by surprise.
05:41I wouldn't say it's encouraged.
05:42You know, I think, you know, one of our, you know,
05:45our second team's, you know, team key as a team is ball security.
05:48So as long as you're keeping, you know, good tear of the ball,
05:50I think it's, you know, Coach Raves is all about, you know,
05:53whatever it takes.
05:55Well, Drake, you guys have been so good on fourth down conversions lately.
05:58Does that change going forward, like, what you can do on third down as well?
06:01Just the confidence that you know, if you need to,
06:04you can go another down.
06:06No doubt.
06:06You almost treat it like two downs.
06:08I think it gives, you know, Coach McDaniels and, you know,
06:10his ability to talk with me in the headset, kind of the mentality of, you know,
06:13maybe he only needed to get, you know, to fourth and manageable, fourth and,
06:16you know, less than, you know, four or five to be able to get a chance for a
06:19coach for able to trust us and get back out there on fourth down.
06:21And I think we just got to keep proving them right and picking up the fourth
06:25down for him to, you know, keep trusting us.
06:27So, Drake, this is kind of a broad question, but one of the reasons that,
06:32you know, I encourage my kids to play sports is because you want to learn how
06:34to lose and you want to learn how, you know,
06:36to be embarrassed and knock down and get back up again.
06:39You obviously face a lot of criticism at the beginning of the season,
06:42but you were able to keep your composure through it all.
06:44And for the last two weeks, you've played at an elite level.
06:46Is there like,
06:47is there something you've learned about handling that type of adversity at the
06:50highest levels that people who are going through their own adversity could
06:54learn from?
06:57No, I think, you know,
06:58the biggest thing for me was just, you know,
07:00knowing the work that you put in and trusting that.
07:03I think not losing sight of that.
07:04I think there's going to be so many, you know,
07:06different viewpoints and what people think is going on and what's happening.
07:10But really,
07:10I think it's just between yourself and your kind of confidence in yourself and
07:15knowing that when things aren't going your way,
07:18you feel like you're not playing football,
07:20as good a football as you wish,
07:21or you feel like you can.
07:22It's just got to, you know,
07:24dig deep and trust the people around you and trust the circle around you.
07:27And just kind of value the opinions of people that you trust.
07:30I think that's the biggest thing in this position and in sports growing up.
07:35You know,
07:35value what your parents say and value what maybe a close teammate and,
07:39you know,
07:39even your coaches are just put people around you and trust the work you put
07:42into it.
07:42Because more times than not,
07:44you know,
07:45enough work and you play at a high level and things will come,
07:49come back around.
07:50Pretty good weekend,
07:51Drake,
07:51even North Carolina with a big win on the road in Pittsburgh.
07:53Did you watch any of that game?
07:55And how does Bill look like a giddy Bill Belichick?
07:58How does his like post-game dance celebration compare to Vrabel?
08:03No,
08:03it was awesome to see the heels going to win.
08:05Yeah.
08:05I'm always watching the heels on Saturday.
08:07I play close attention and I'm rooting for him pretty hard.
08:10So it was funny to see,
08:12I saw the locker room interaction after it was funny to see coach Belichick.
08:16It sounded,
08:16it looked like he didn't want to have any emotion or any dancing,
08:20but he kind of almost looked like he about leaned into it.
08:23So it was,
08:24it's funny to see.
08:25No question.
08:26So yesterday,
08:28unexpectedly,
08:29we got to see the debut of Fernando Mendoza,
08:32another young quarterback.
08:33What did you think of his first NFL throws out there?
08:37Yeah,
08:37I was just talking about that with some teammates earlier today.
08:40It was dating back to my first,
08:42first action against,
08:43you know,
08:43we were on a road game,
08:44we were playing the jets and it was the end of the fourth quarter.
08:46We were down and we were kind of just driving the ball down the field.
08:50And it reminded me of that.
08:51And it was,
08:52it's funny to look back on kind of my situation of,
08:55of doing that my rookie year and,
08:57you know,
08:57watching him,
08:58you know,
08:58yesterday,
08:59but I think it's,
09:00I think it was,
09:01it was cool to see,
09:02you know,
09:02anytime a number one pick,
09:03you know,
09:03coming in and,
09:04you know,
09:05the crowd is obviously involved,
09:06but I can't say enough about how Kirk's playing.
09:08And he's playing at a high level and they've done some good things on
09:11offense.
09:12And I'm looking forward to see,
09:13you know,
09:14kind of how they do the rest of the way.
09:15Drake,
09:15it was kind of cool yesterday.
09:16They honored the 2001 Patriots team.
09:19The,
09:19you know,
09:20the one that basically kicked off winning here in Boston for a while.
09:23Did you get to spend any time with the 2001 guys that were all around
09:27the area or,
09:28you know,
09:29did you have any interaction with any one thing having to do with this
09:33weekend,
09:33the special weekend for those guys?
09:36I didn't see,
09:38I saw maybe Vinatieri.
09:39I saw out of Vinatieri.
09:41I'm always,
09:41I'm a big fan of,
09:43obviously somebody at that position.
09:44I always say that kickers and quarterbacks are kind of the most,
09:47you know,
09:47mental side of the,
09:48of the football position.
09:50I'm having to deal with the most kind of,
09:52you know,
09:52your own thoughts and confidence.
09:54And I always kind of relate that with quarterback,
09:56with kickers.
09:57So I got a chance to see,
09:59see him and obviously a big fan.
10:01And then really,
10:02I think coach Vrabel said he hung out with the 2001 team for,
10:04um,
10:05a couple hours on Saturday,
10:06but no,
10:06we didn't get a chance to,
10:07but I've heard the,
10:08um,
10:09you know,
10:09and Michael said that the ceremony at halftime is pretty cool.
10:12Yeah.
10:12Vrabel hasn't always,
10:13I'm sorry,
10:13not Vrabel.
10:14Um,
10:14uh,
10:14Vinatieri hasn't always been that jacked.
10:16Like he just got all of a sudden started working out several years ago.
10:19And now the guy is totally jacked.
10:22Yeah.
10:23I haven't really noticed that.
10:24I remember I was a young kid when he was,
10:27but obviously he played for a long time.
10:28So he became a teenager at the end of his years,
10:30but,
10:30um,
10:31props to him if he's been working out.
10:32He has been.
10:33All right.
10:33So Drake,
10:34it's time for ask me anything.
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10:43These questions are submitted by our listeners.
10:46Uh,
10:46let's go to question number one.
10:48Hi,
10:49Drake.
10:49What advice would you give to a kid who loves sports,
10:53but is always the smallest kid on his team?
10:57Always the smallest kid on your team,
10:59man.
11:00Um,
11:00I think,
11:00you know,
11:01I think the only way I can relate to that is,
11:02is being,
11:03you know,
11:03the smallest of my brothers growing up and you just got to,
11:05you know,
11:05find ways to do,
11:07do things better than others.
11:08And I think that's whether it's,
11:09you know,
11:10playing harder or,
11:11you know,
11:11knowing your,
11:12your job or assignment at the,
11:13at the highest level or,
11:14or more than,
11:15um,
11:16you know,
11:16the other team or the other teammates,
11:17just to find a way to get on the field.
11:19I think having bigger heart,
11:20you know,
11:20it's not the size of the dog and the fight.
11:23It's the size of the fight and the dog.
11:24It's what they always said growing up.
11:25So,
11:25um,
11:26I think just find that,
11:27have that attitude and,
11:28and get after it.
11:29There you go.
11:29Young last.
11:30That was Andrew from Marshfield.
11:31Good question.
11:32Very good.
11:33Andrew.
11:33That was awesome.
11:33How old is he?
11:34Eight years old.
11:34Eight years old.
11:35All right.
11:35Well,
11:35there you just made his day.
11:37Uh,
11:37let's go to a question.
11:38Number two,
11:39ask me anything.
11:40Hello.
11:40This is Spencer Fitzgerald from Wayland,
11:43Massachusetts.
11:45Drake may,
11:45if you were to get a dog tomorrow,
11:48what kind of dog would it be?
11:52Ooh,
11:52if I was to get a dog,
11:54you know what?
11:54I think my first answer would be,
11:57you know,
11:57I wouldn't have much say in it.
11:58Cause my wife would,
11:59would probably be,
12:00uh,
12:00the one picking it out.
12:01But other than that,
12:02I would say I'd kind of like,
12:04uh,
12:04I heard King course.
12:05Those are pretty sweet.
12:06I get kind of a tack dog,
12:07a kind of dog to be able to watch,
12:09you know,
12:09the house and,
12:10uh,
12:10maybe a big German shepherd,
12:12but my wife would probably say some type of,
12:14uh,
12:15you know,
12:15poodle or whatever,
12:16shepherd or whatever they say.
12:18Doodle.
12:19I think doodle the word.
12:21So by the way,
12:22you can,
12:23you can understand,
12:24like if you go and drive through the neighborhoods in Boston,
12:26you know,
12:27you're in a high money neighborhood,
12:28not by the cars they drive,
12:29but the amount of doodles that are there,
12:31because it's like breed getting a bread doodle is big business around here.
12:37Drake.
12:37So not that you have to worry about the money,
12:39but it's like,
12:40it's,
12:40it's a big deal around here.
12:43No,
12:45I haven't,
12:45I haven't looked at too much into it.
12:47I don't think a dog is on our agenda.
12:49I'll hear anytime soon,
12:50but I just Googled it.
12:52I didn't know what a cane Corso is.
12:53That's cool.
12:53Yeah.
12:54It's massive.
12:55Those things are like a hundred pound dog.
12:56Yeah.
12:57I've never heard of them,
12:57but yeah,
12:58it's like a Mastiff type dog.
13:00Is that right?
13:01Yeah.
13:02I think Jacoby Brissett have one and he always,
13:04you know,
13:04you have to see,
13:05you know,
13:06his dog and his dog has definitely got a little,
13:09he's got a little viciousness to him.
13:11So stay away from those.
13:13All right.
13:13Let's go to our final.
13:14Ask me anything.
13:15Question literate.
13:17Draco.
13:18I was at the game yesterday.
13:20Awesome.
13:21Awesome performance,
13:22man.
13:22My question is what is your favorite horror movie?
13:26And if you don't do horror,
13:27what is your favorite Halloween movie?
13:32Ooh,
13:33horror movies.
13:34I don't love,
13:35you know,
13:35scary movies.
13:36Um,
13:38actually Halloween movie.
13:40Michael was just saying we need to watch some Halloween movies kind of in the season.
13:44Um,
13:44I don't mind Frankenstein,
13:45the OG Frankensteins.
13:46Um,
13:47I don't mind.
13:48Let me think.
13:50Uh,
13:50some of the scary movie ones.
13:51I kind of like,
13:53uh,
13:54who was the one with,
13:55uh,
13:56it's the clown with the balloon.
13:58Oh,
13:59it was.
13:59Is that what it's called?
14:00Yeah.
14:01It.
14:01I think it's called it.
14:02Yeah.
14:02Oh,
14:02that was probably the last scary movie I saw.
14:04So I probably won't see anyone for a long time.
14:07Okay.
14:07Stiz,
14:08who we work with is like a huge horror movie guy.
14:12Can you recommend one?
14:13Did you,
14:13I take it you don't like slasher movies,
14:15right?
14:15I think you're probably,
14:16it sounds like you're like me,
14:16but scary is good.
14:18As long as it's not like slasher stuff,
14:19right?
14:21Yeah.
14:21I mean,
14:22any of the ghosts are kind of jump out,
14:24pop up at you.
14:25I'm not a big fan.
14:26I'd say,
14:27Drake,
14:27I'd say,
14:28keep it classic.
14:28If fan,
14:29Michael's looking for a horror movie to kind of get in the Halloween,
14:31spirit,
14:32just go with the original Halloween,
14:341978,
14:34Michael Myers,
14:36absolute classic movie,
14:37not too over the top violent.
14:39I think it'll be a great Michael Myers ones.
14:41I like the Michael Myers ones.
14:43Okay.
14:43There we go.
14:43Those are pretty cool.
14:44Yeah.
14:44Not bad.
14:45Yeah.
14:45The original Halloween is good.
14:46I don't know about the later ones that,
14:48you know,
14:49the Jamie Lee Curtis is like a grandma or something in it.
14:52I'm not quite sure about those.
14:54Drake.
14:55Congratulations,
14:55Drake.
14:56And what a,
14:56a good stretch of games that you guys have had.
14:59Obviously,
14:59you know,
15:00you guys are going to,
15:01it's,
15:01it's what,
15:02what the most impressive thing I think was that you did it with so many
15:04different receivers and it'd be nice if AJ Brown is back.
15:08I don't know whether you're hearing anything or have you talked to AJ
15:11just to see how things are going.
15:14Yeah.
15:14I definitely,
15:15you know,
15:15talked to my teammate who's,
15:16you know,
15:16sits beside me in the locker room.
15:18We're my locker roommate.
15:19So,
15:20no,
15:20definitely.
15:21I've been checking in with him and looking forward to seeing him.
15:23And when he gets a chance to get back on the field and,
15:25you know,
15:26always good to have guys making a bunch of different guys making plays.
15:29And it'll only be good to,
15:30you'll see number one back out there in action.
15:32Sounds great,
15:33Drake.
15:33All right.
15:33Well,
15:34congratulations once again.
15:34And thanks for calling in,
15:35man.
15:35We appreciate it.
15:37Awesome.
15:37I'm going.
15:37Go back.
15:38All right.