New England Patriots vs. Washington Commanders | 2024 Preseason Week 3 Game Highlights

WHY IS THAT GUY PLAYING? AROUND HERE, WHOEVER WINS THE JOB GETS THE JOB. >> Mike: SOME OF THE STARTERS, ANTONIO GIBSON WITH WASHINGTON LAST YEAR. FOUR YEARS AT MINNESOTA. AND IT HAS BEEN SHUFFLING PIECES ON THAT OFFENSIVE FRONT THE LAST TEN DAYS FOR THE PATRIOTS. GETS IT OUT QUICK. AND THE FORMER COMMANDER TAKING PATRIOTS SEE CINCINNATI ON OPENING DAY, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF THAT ZERO-BLITZ-TYPE COVERAGE. >> Mike: THESE ARE GUYS WHO WILL START FOR NEW ENGLAND. GUYS WHO WILL NOT START FOR WASHINGTON IN THE OPENER, WITH THIS PATRIOTS OFFENSE, SHOULD HAVE THE UPPER HAND. AND A GAIN OF FIVE ON THAT CARRY FOR GIBSON. BOBBY WAGNER, THE VETERAN, COMES OVER FROM SEATTLE. THEY'VE ADDED SOME SIGNIFICANT PIECES IN TERMS OF VETS. PICKUP OF FIVE. 47 YARD LINE. LOOK AT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE. I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK PRETTY GOOD AGAINST THE BACKUP FROM WASHINGTON, BUT WE'LL SEE. >> Mike: DOUGLAS IN MOTION, BRISSETT WILL GET BROUGHT DOWN. UNTOUCHED IS KJ HENRY, GETS IN THERE FOR THE WASHINGTON SET. HIT LIKE THAT. >> Mike: FIFTH ROUND PICK LAST YEAR OUT OF CLEMSON. PLAYERS FOR WASHINGTON, BUT THEY'RE THE PLAYERS THAT JEFF DRISKEL'S BEEN PRACTICING WITH THE ENTIRE YEAR. >> Mike: SO IT BECOMES THIRD AND EIGHT. PRESSURE, AND THROW'S INCOMPLETE. THE WIDE RECEIVER, FIRST DOWN AT STARTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE, HE'S GOT TO PLAY A QUICKER GAME. >> Mike: BRADLEY KING BROUGHT THE PRESSURE. THERE'S McNICHOL, AGAIN, RUNNING NEAR THE 40 YARD LINE. >> Cris: HIS OFFENSE IS REALLY PERFECT. IT REALLY IS. >> Mike: McNICHOL, YOU'RE GOOD. JEREMY'S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE FOR SOME TIME AS A FIFTH ROUND PICK THERE. >> Mike: HAWKINS WAS THE DB. 0 FOR THE PATRIOTS, ONE OF THEIR STARTERS, CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ, QUARTERBACK ON THE FIELD. DRISKEL LOOKED THAT WAY, WAS COVERED. GOT THE FIRST DOWN. RODRIGUEZ CHOPPED DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD BY MARCO WILSON. THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN, AND WASHINGTON WILL PUNT IT NO EXAM TOOK PLACE. HE WAS POINTING TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. >> Mike: MAYO GETS HIM OUT. MAYE'S BACK UP. QUARTERBACKS ON THE ROSTER. WE'LL SEE HIM LATER TONIGHT. WASHINGTON BAILS OUT OF PRESSURE. AND MAYE PULLS IT DOWN AND TAKES OFFER. GETS THE FIRST DOWN PAST THE 25 YARD LINE. 26. LEADER ON THE SIDELINE IN DAVID ANDREWS. >> Mike: GOT THE SUPER BOWL RINGS, TIED FOR THE LONGEST TENURE ON THIS TEAM. A CHECK AT THE LINE. BEAUTIFUL. ON TIME AND ON TARGET. ROOKIE TO ROOKIE, INSIDE THE 40, COMING AND JUST GOT KNOCKED OUT. >> Mike: SEVEN PLAYS, 52 YARDS, BY THE NUMBER THREE OVERALL PICK. A LOSS OF TWO YARDS. BAKER, DOUGLAS. BUT THORNTON IS THE GUY THAT NEEDS TO STRETCH THE SEASON FOR THE PATRIOTS. >> Mike: THIRD AND EIGHT. MAYE FINDS SPACE. AND WATCH AND LEARN AND DO ALL THAT. BUT YOU GOT TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES. THIS IS PRO FOOTBALL. >> Mike: FIRES. TO THE END ZONE, AND IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! KEVIN HARRIS MADE A MAN MISS. AND THE THIRD-YEAR MAN AT SOUTH CAROLINA TAKES IT TO THE END ZONE WITH A VERY NICE DRIVE, EXECUTED BY DRAKE MAYE. >> Cris: YOU KNOW, MIKE, SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMEBODY ON THE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE JOB IS TOO BIG. >> Cris: EXACTLY WHO HE IS. YOU ASK HIM A QUESTION, HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. LOOKS LIKE DRAKE MAYE WENT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD, WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHEN YOU'RE A PLAYER, AND YOU GET THAT KIND OF HONESTY OUT OF YOUR HEAD COACH OR ANYWHERE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RIGHT OUT THE GATE. >> Cris: AND JAYDEN DANIELS HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT HE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS. >> Mike: MAYE, SWING IT OUT COMPLETE ACROSS THE 25 OR 28. NOW INSTEAD OF OF THIS FANCY MOVE ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU GET A RUSH. >> Mike: SECOND AND SEVEN FOR DRAKE MAYE. >> Mike: NO DOUBT, MELISSA. HE'S WORKED A LOT ON THAT QUARTERBACK. THAT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED DANIELS ALONG THE WAY. NICE STOP MADE BY JOHN RIDGWAY. SECOND CONSECUTIVE PLAY HE'S MADE. HARRIS WAS THE RUNNING BACK. MAHOMES AND KELCE WERE AWESOME IN THAT GAME. IT OPENS THE SEASON. WE'LL SEE YOU IN 11 NIGHTS. KANSAS CITY AT BALTIMORE. INTERCEPTED! IN THE MIDDLE. HARRIS HAS IT FOR NEW ENGLAND. AND NOW HE'S FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN. THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TAKES HIM DOWN. FROM THE OWNER TO THE HEAD COACH TO THE OFFENSE OFFENSIVE COORDI THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES. THEY ARE THRILLED. THERE. BUT ALL THESE COACHES, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO PLAY THESE GUYS IN THE LAST PRESEASON GAME. >> Mike: HE IS PERCHED DOWN AT THE 40 YARD LINE. >> Mike: PRINGLE IS CLAPPING TOWARDS DRISKEL, LIKE, YOU SEE WHAT I'VE GOT OUT HERE? THE OTHER SIDE, THE BIG HIT MADE BY SHAWN WHITE. SHAWN WHITE WOULD HAVE NOTHING ON FRIDAY. TRADED THURSDAY. GOT HERE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ON THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME FRIDAY. AND YORK, THE POWERFUL LEG, THEY YOU THROW THE BALL, WHERE DOES IT LAND? HE SAYS THE 5 YARD LINE. I SAID, COME ON. THE 5 YARD LINE. HE SAID I'M HITTING 100 NEXT >> Mike: MAYO'S GOT TERRIFIC THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MILTON. COMES PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE. AND THAT'S DEFLECTED. WASHINGTON DOES A GOOD JOHN DEFENSIVELY. STARTING IN THE BIG HOUSE. A CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER FOR THE WOLVERINES, A GOOD OPPONENT IN FRESNO STATE. McSORLEY KEPT IT AND TAKES OFF ACROSS THE 20 YARD LINE TO THE HIS PARENTS DO NOT DO HIS LAUNDRY, BUT THEY DO HAVE A PLATE OF DINNER WAITING FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT. >> Mike: GREAT STORY, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> Mike: IT GAVE YOU ONE MORE DAY OF THE WEEK. McSORLEY, SHOT DOWNFIELD. THINK THAT CROWD THAT DAY WENT "ENOUGH." WE DID THAT AS A TEAM, AND AS A CITY, BECAUSE OF BOTH OF YOU GUYS. >> Mike: MILTON, TAKING OFF. PERCENTAGE WAS POOR LAST YEAR. NO FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS IN THIS PRESEASON. THIS FOR 38 YARDS. HE WILL HANDLE IT AND KNOCK IT THROUGH, AND THEY MATCH FIELD >> Mike: YOU KNOW WHAT, IF SOME POINT IN THE SEASON, IF HE'S NOT ON A ROSTER, HIS PHONEWILL RING. OFF THE GOLF COURSE, GET A RING, SHOW EVERYBODY HE CAN DO IT. NOW, HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A CHANCE IF HE'D HAVE BACKED UP THAT FIRST DRIVE. >> Mike: KEPT PLAYING BETTER? >> Cris: THERE YOU GO. THAT'S MY PUSHBACK. >> AND I HEAR THAT. IT GOES TO THE JOINT PRACTICES THEY HAD WITH PHILADELPHIA. SO THERE'LL BE SOME PRESSURE. >> I'LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. THE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THE WAY DRAKE MAY HAVE PERFORMED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, YOU'RE NOT IN ALL THE MEETINGS. YOU DON'T HEAR ALL THE POINTS, BUT YOU SEE IT. IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND DO THIS LINEBACKERS THAT WAS SO KEY. HOW SIMILAR IS THE DEFENSE YOU'VE SEEN FROM NEW ENGLAND THIS PRESEASON FROM WHAT YOU SAW? >> I THINK THEY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT BLITZES. THEY HAVE COACHES FROM OTHER PLACES, AND THEY'VE MIXED SOME OF THAT IN THERE. THEY WANT THE PLAYERS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. DO WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. GO PLAY FOOTBALL. COACHES CAN'T PLAY GAMES. ONLY THE PLAYERS CAN DO THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THESE LEADERS. HE WAS A GRAD ASSISTANT IN UCLA. JASON LIGHT IS NOW WITH TAMPA BAY. THEY WERE OUT AT UCLA SCOUTING PLAYERS. McSORLEY GETS THIS DRIVE GOING. AND IT'S HUNG ONTO. YOU'RE BETTER AT WHAT, I DON'T KNOW. TELL US ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP. >> UM, HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH A BACKUP PLAYER OH. HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH A DECADE LATER? >> IT'S GREAT. I'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM FROM AFAR AND WATCHING ALL THE AMAZING THINGS HE'S BEEN DOING. TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION, IT'S COOL. TOUCHDOWN! >> Mike: YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S IN. MICHAEL WILEY! >> Melissa: IT'S EXCITING. POSITION AND AT THE EDGE RUSHING POSITION. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE SORT OF REALLY MISSED CHASE YOUNG LAST YEAR. >> Mike: PRESSURE PICKED UP. MATT LANDERS WAIVED BY CLEVELAND, SIGNED BY NEW ENGLAND AND TO THE 33 YARD LINE. >> Mike: HE DOES. AND MELISSA WAS TALKING TO BOBBY WAGNER. STILL DO. AND THERE WAS DEFINITELY, THEY WERE PLAYING OUT THERE TONIGHT. GIVE YOU EIGHT PERIODS OF PRACTICE, MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE HALFTIME, AND PLAY THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME WITH WHOEVER YOU WANT TO PLAY. McSORLEY THROWS. AND A FLAG COMES DOWN. FOR NEW ENGLAND. GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PLAY, WHETHER'S HANGING AROUND ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD OR SO THE OWNERS ARE LIKE, WE MIGHT AS WELL PUT THAT IN THE STADIUM AND CHARGE THEM TO WATCH US PLAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED OUT THERE. SO NOW THE WEDNESDAY SCRIMMAGES ALMOST BETTER THAN WHAT WE SEE OUT HERE. >> Mike: ANOTHER FLAG ON HEARN. THERE AND DO IT. >> Cris: IF THEY GOT 24 POINTS A GAME, HOW MANY GAMES THE JETS WIN? >> Mike: THIRD AND GOAL. McSORLEY, SLAMMED, AT THE GOAL LINE, TOUCHDOWN! AND THE WASHINGTON SIDELINE JUMPING ON THE FIELD FOR MARTAVUS BRYANT AND THAT SCORE THAT MAKES IT 19-10. >> Cris: THERE'S COUPLE LEAPS WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT HE BUILDS, AND I'M STARTING TO SEE IT. >> Mike: YORK WITH THE KECK. WALLACE TO RETURN. DOWN TOWARD THE EDGE. HE'S MADE AN IMPACT ON SPECIAL TEAMS IN THIS PRESEASON FOR NEW ENGLAND. AROUND THE 37 YARD LINE. SO, THE SEASON WILL START FOR REAL FOR WASHINGTON IN TAMPA, RETURN. YOU'RE GOING TO KICK IT, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN IT. >> Mike: NO GOOD. AND THE PRESEASON IS OVER. 20-10, THE FINAL SCORE, WASHINGTON GETS THE VICTORY. BOTH TEAMS IN THEIR PRESEASON, 1-2.