Head Coach Jerod Mayo: "We just have to get better." | Patriots Press Conference

well excited any chance we get to come out here on the field and and compete you know today I would say this week is a little hybrid type of week for us as far as preparation uh still focusing on NEP but at the same time trying to make sure our game planning and all that process The Scouting Report process uh goes smoothly so out here today you'll see some o vers D some of that stuff is carded right it's carded so it's like Washington plays offensively defensively and also special team so do that mean from a reps and death trck perspective uh that's why I said it's the hybrid of training camp and evaluation and also getting ready for the regular season so you know everything's evaluated even the scout team uh reps are evaluated so we want those guys to give a good look at the same time we're still evaluating those guys that work on CY as well uh there's a little work on on ciny um but you know as I said earlier it's still training camp for us and it's about getting us better and us on the same page we can't you know we can't win games until we figure out what we're doing and that's the goal you mentioned that everyone who's healthy will play is there any um thought processes how much time the quarterbacks will get and like you know similar to it will it be similar to game two or a little different um it'll be a little different I want to keep that close to the vest though but look all the quarterbacks will play in game with Kendrick and talki talk is this situation where you expect them to start the season on the pup list or do you anticipate one of those or both those guys com back you know when those guys are ready to come back um they'll be out here practicing and that's the you know that's the hard part I don't like to put time limits or deadlines on it when they're ready to play and we get you know we get them from the weightlifting staff and also Jim wh his staff then we'll go with it what is oh no it's him again it's the same one it's the same one I know ask so you guys have been here the whole Camp it's you guyss there it is right by it's you damn it pause the interview we got to kill this thing no we do not kill bees or anything else yeah thanks Josh uch has kind of had a curious Camp worked off to the side hasn't been available for some of the days is this something from the offseason something happened during the spring or in the summer here uh that's something that happened during the summer it's I mean I don't think it's major but you know put him in the bucket once he's ready he'll go he is dealing with something though and I'm the same lines with Marte mapu we saw him like first day I want to say not much since where what can you tell us context wise what what his situation yeah you know he's one of those guys who I mean I would love to say dayto day but we're probably talking weeks week week to week um I'm sure no one ever said that before to you guys but uh week to week ger heard a few people say this Summer that you don't like the term players coach yeah why is that I just think I'm a I think I'm going to be a great coach and whether you want to call it whatever you want to label it as I mean more power to you it's the same thing I you know when people say well he a black coach no I want to be a good coach first that happens to be black that's kind of how I see it I happen to be a player at one point in time how do you think that man ested itself in the way you conducted training camp this summer I mean as far as this wasn't a team that gave a lot of Veteran days off and things like that yeah because we just have to get better you know coming off of last year kept a bad taste in our mouths we still have a lot of players that returned from then um and and I I would say you know they want to work and that's the most exciting thing for me they want to be out here in pads they want to do live drills and things like that so uh that's our goal is to be better uh be a better team this year is the plan with with uh Drake this week to have him run some of the off some of the cards like doing Scout team stuff or is he gonna be focused more on patri no he'll be focused more on Patriot stuff and he'll be focused more on Washington stuff quite frankly what do you want to see from the quarterbacks Drake and jacobe in particular this week yeah I think it starts with the operation I always say you know good huddle good break good play and so it starts in the Huddle then getting guys lined up and going out there executing the play you know making the right reads and and moving the offense down the field when it comes to that pre- snap operation for Drake May is he in a place where if he had to start you feel like he's ready or do you feel like he's still kind of coming 100% I think he's ready to to run a huddle you were very blunt your assessment of the offensive line in the wake of the Philadelphia preseason game how do you feel they've responded over the last couple days yeah they've responded well and I will say you know going back and looking at the film The Practice I got that but if you were to look at the whole body of work with our offensive line they they've done a good job and they're getting better going forward between joint practices preseason games how many snaps do you need to see from a guy to say I want him on my team is there a set number in your mind no not really in my mind I think you know you just want people that love football football and that will do everything as far as preparation in the weight room in the classroom to get on the field those are the guys that I really want and I'll take a less talented guy that just loves the game of football and you know he's going to get better with the high ceiling than a player who's just you know blessed with a lot of athleticism but it's lazy so that's we talked about the offensive line you just mentioned L Robinson we've seen working a little bit more with the I guess the ones in theory um hey when you say that I know that's why I put it in quotation marks um is it because of just how he's playing or is it something that from City it seems that's sort of a competition no I will you know it is a competition I would say you know he's strung you know a few weeks together here and and that's the thing I I told these guys at the beginning of Camp there are more people in this room than there are jobs and so either you're going to hold on to your job or someone's going to take your job and I would say all those guys have been battling so it's going to be a tough decision ladies first there you go that's a gentl um I asked um U Michael wenu right after the first G or that second game if there was plan to move him to tackle and he said he's just been told he's at guard for right now but then we've just on work at some tackle this week uh what's kind of the plan there I I would say look we always as coaches reserve the right to change our mind and I don't want that to get you know misconstrued any type of way but you know that was the plan initially and then you know as we continue to build depth amongst the offensive line we had to move those guys around does that have anything to do with Len Robinson as you said stringing some weeks together that uh no it has everything to do with us just trying to find the right combination oh oh yeah sorry yeah you're I really appreciate you're such a gentleman you brought in several Players yesterday couple linebackers wide receiver what's the top process behind that at this stage of Camp yeah there there's no better you know evaluation tool than getting guys out here 11 V1 and seeing what they can do you know we're kind of limited during the season to have you know guys out there because it's just a workout in the bubble and so uh the thought process was look bring in some players that we've identified as being you know potential candidates to be on our team and to see what they have I know guys different for different guys and time of year figures into it as well but do you anticipate making Cuts or the bulk of your cuts on Tuesday maybe a little bit before what's the's that time you know you know that's uh a conversation that Ellie and I have had we've gone back and forth on how to really uh do that what I will say is you know when you play a Sunday night game compared to a Thursday night game you kind of get you know tight on time so we'll have those discussions here and also on the road before the game d with those cuts looming who who has the final say uh to make those Cuts between you and Elliott yeah I I thought I was pretty clear about this is and you know for me Elliott and I are on the same page I hope it's always that way you've heard you know the horror stories around the league as far as coaching GM uh relationships are concerned the final say so is Elliot we collaborate on everything he I mean we collaborate he collaborates on a little bit of scheme things I collaborate with him as far as evaluation but I lean on the experts in that world and Elliot is that guy do you need to come out of Sunday night with a a starting quarterback in in your your mind and do you need to tell them that early or what did your plan for that I would say by Monday night we should know who the quarterback is you know Sunday night game it's always hard to really crank through the film you know especially on the road but I think Monday uh Monday Tuesday we probably need to know who it is now that doesn't mean I'll tell you on Monday at that defensive tackle spot where you had Christian barmore we talked about farms in the preseason opener have seem pretty active Goda who else anyone else in there that that's catching your eye at that defense Tackle Spot inside well you I mean you can you can throw Dan in there as well he's one of these guys who you know he's a penetrator um we know exactly what he is and he's a good player for us and we also have guys on the perimeter on the outside I would say that can slide inside uh on third down so those are all things that that we've thought to in terms of the starting quarterback decision would you say that you have final say with that or is that another thing where Elliot um I mean the players that go on the field I would think I would have final say but uh once again I know I've used this word a lot we will collaborate on um I want to ask start a little bit more I'm sorry I know that's a big but um one thing that I want to bring up is that at the beginning of the spring you were very um forward about that Jacob's your starter Jacob's your starter but there's been a shift after this last game where it's up in the air it's a big competition has that taken you by surprise a little bit with how things have gone what has led to that uh not really you know I would say you know you come into camp and you want to have an idea of how you know how it's going it's still a competition and jacobe is still qb1 it's a competition amongst all the guys on the field including the quarterback spot so you know hopefully that you know kind of makes sense to you guys but he's still he's still ke we're gonna talk to ABP tomorrow maybe good time to check in with you just on how that Dynamic with you and ABP is going how would you describe that it's going well um you know we're on the same page we meet multiple times a day um I have nothing but you know complete faith in AVP and the rest of the St what have you learned about him just from being around him every day in terms of what type of Coach he is yeah he's just one of those steady guys you know a big play doesn't get too high a bad play doesn't get too low and I think you need that in your coordinators now you also need coaches that you know can kind of you know really turn up and and get on the players but at the same time the consistency and in his attitude I think has definitely rubbed off from the guys coach what have you seen just kind of curious about the Run game in the big picture as you switch to this AP Run game how do you feel about where it's at right now I think the Run game is is going well um look we have a great group of backs which I think is a great group group of backs they may not get the publicity and things like that but between you know Gibby and and raand and the rest of that group uh I feel I feel confident about the coach how have you felt about Del Pettis so far and his fit in that safety room sorry say it again how have you felt about Del Pettis so far like what have you seen from him in his fit in the safety room yeah he he's definitely uh he's making a case for himself um not only defensively but also on special team so that's going to be a a hard decision there but he's he's doing a good job for us ites back to the quarterbacks can we just group the quarterback questions or something it is important it is important um is it Alex's decision who the starting quarterback is it's between Alex myself Elliot and the rest of the offensive staff I think our goal is to put the best team that we can put out there have you guys seen it all the that's two questions see that's two see now you're go ahead say it again what's the question no it wasn't is it have you guys seen it the same way do you think to this point in the summer I think so I think you know look I think anyone can see the confidence growing in Drake anyone can see Jobe go out here and as a total body of work do a good job so um we'll see how it goes