New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel isn’t one to mince phrases… simply ask his beginning quarterback.
Drake Maye obtained caught attempting to flip nothing into one thing throughout Friday evening’s preseason opener in opposition to the Washington Commanders, and it ended poorly. Maye tried to power a throw whereas being sacked and ended up fumbling, setting his opponent up with an especially brief discipline.
Vrabel was requested in regards to the play following the sport, and provided some brutal honesty.
“It’s a nasty determination,” Vrabel mentioned, per team-provided video. “I feel we’re going to want higher from him, and I feel he is aware of that. That’s apparent. It wasn’t there. We simply have to have the ability to discover a technique to eliminate the soccer or take a sack and punt and play protection.”
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Vrabel’s surly response maybe was a results of the way in which the query was requested. WBZ’s Dan Roche, among the finest within the enterprise, mentioned he was “certain the turnover in all probability aggravated” the veteran head coach, who didn’t appear to love the inference.
“Are you asking and answering a query on the similar time?” Vrabel requested. “Is that what you’re doing?”
Yikes!
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Maye will nearly actually hear extra from his boss, and it probably will proceed to return bluntly, however that’s the price of doing enterprise.
The Patriots actually appeared as if the onerous teaching was working whereas they thrashed a reputable contender on Friday. Maye simply has to keep away from making dumb errors and so they’ll be cooking with gasoline,
