HEAD COACH JEROD MAYO
Postgame press convention
Sunday, August 25, 2024
“Thought the blokes got here out right here and tried to compete. Anytime you will have over 150 yards, that is undisciplined soccer. We simply bought to do a greater job of that. My message to the crew was all of them rely now. Go get your rehab and your preventative care and relaxation your minds, it is time to go and hopefully we’re all on the identical web page going ahead.”
On guys taking part in on this recreation:
“We simply performed the blokes that we thought wanted to have extra stay motion.”
On the plan to play QB Jacoby Brissett:
“That was the plan. We had been going to play Jacoby a sequence or two.”
On Brissett persevering with to play after injuring his shoulder:
“He would’ve been capable of proceed.”
On Brissett’s well being standing:
“I talked to him. We’ll see tomorrow. You all the time really feel just a little bit extra sore the subsequent day. He stated he was good. We’ll discover out tomorrow.”
On the offensive line considerations:
“I believe it’s a concern. The most important concern for me will not be the X’s and O’s of what to do, it was the shortage of self-discipline that they confirmed as we speak. And that is on all of us. That is on me. It begins with me. I bought to be extra diligent in getting to those guys about pre-snap penalties. And the remainder of the coaches must do the identical factor. Gamers additionally must take duty for these pre-snap penalties. Look, the referees, they did an excellent job. They warned us a number of occasions. We talked. Then we bought flagged. Then they stored throwing the flag trigger we did not regulate. One factor I’ve discovered round right here, enterprise is being carried out. And if you happen to see them calling these forms of performs, you gotta self-correct and get higher. And we did not do this tonight.”
On the shortage of progress with offensive line:
“I inform the blokes on a regular basis. Each single day, we bought to get higher. Clearly, we now have to gel as a unit. That is a kind of models the place you bought to be shut each on the sphere and off the sphere to construct that belief. And that is a course of we’re persevering with with.”
On the beginning quarterback choice:
“That is all the time the objective. We gotta watch the movie. We get in at three o’clock within the morning. So, we’ll see.”
On WR Pop Douglas’ snaps:
“Yeah, it was by design. As soon as once more, guys want stay motion. Similar factor with [CB] Marcus Jones. That was the mentality going into the sport and I used to be pleased to see them on the market.
On Maye beginning Week One if Jacoby Brissett is unavailable:
“I want to say 100%. He is our second-best quarterback on the roster proper now. So, is {that a} sure? Subsequent query.”
On the offensive line considerations if Drake Maye needed to begin:
“I am not involved. I am involved about each place. [Vice President of Player Personnel] Eliot [Wolf], and myself, and the remainder of the employees, our job is all the time to search for higher gamers. We’ll be very lively on the waiver wire. There will be some good soccer gamers on the market on the road. Look, we’ll attempt to get this crew higher.”
On what stood out about Maye’s efficiency tonight:
“He confirmed nice poise. He went on the market, his quarterback ranking was 100 or one thing like that. He made performs. He was answerable for the offense. He did an excellent job for us.”
On Jacoby Brissett damage replace:
“I haven’t got an replace. He’ll get an MRI tomorrow.”
On seriousness of damage:
“I am undecided. I am simply undecided.”
On the damage impacting the choice to play Maye:
“Look, we all the time say, the perfect gamers are going to play. Regardless of if it is at quarterback or at offensive line. It would not matter.”
“Yeah, it’s totally irritating. And as soon as once more it begins with me. I simply gotta get on these guys extra in observe about a few of that stuff. I believe probably the most irritating half was after you’ve got been informed that you must transfer up that they proceed to line up the identical means. I might say a few of these calls, I imply I do not know, you have a look at the images and we had been positively.”
On warnings that the officers gave the crew:
“Properly, the purpose of emphasis is that they all the time give warnings the tackles are too far again and stuff like that. We had the warnings and we did not take warmth. They could not flash. They line up off of the guards and I might additionally say relying on who’s on the market reffing all of them see it just a little bit completely different. As soon as once more, probably the most irritating half is that is how they’re calling your alignment, let’s make these changes.”
On seeing Drake make changes:
“It has been nice. As soon as once more, simply his general steadiness and having the ability to come into work each single day and get higher. It has been nice to see.”
On any points with Drake’s hand:
On how assured he’s for Cincinnati:
“We’ll be able to go, we’ll a hostile surroundings. We now have issues to work on. We’ll watch this movie, we’ll grade the movie, we’ll make roster strikes and selections as we see match and we’ll attempt to put the perfect Patriots crew as we will towards Cincinnati.”