HEAD COACH JEROD MAYO
PRESS CONFERENCE
May 11, 2024
Q: Are you a shorts and T-shirt in all weather type of guy?
JM: Yeah, honestly, I thought it was going to be a little warmer out here. I like hoodies. At the same time, I’m trying to do my own thing without the hoodie and now I’m just going to freeze my butt off.
Q: What did you accomplish yesterday and what are you trying to accomplish today?
JM: First and foremost, yesterday was more of an evaluation day to see how these guys are physically and also mentally. Today, we’ll have a little bit more as far as competitive drills. You know, still following the rules, but it would be good to see those guys actually going out there and playing football.
Q: Was there any player that really impressed you that first day and stood out to you?
JM: Honestly, we have 20 tryout guys here as well, so there are a lot of guys that came out here and looked good in shorts and T-shirts. I think the thing we have to remember is that it’s football, so there have been a lot of shorts-and-T-shirt all-stars that never really touched the field. We’ll have to wait and see until we get the pads on.
Q: What were your early impressions of Drake Maye?
JM: Early impressions of Drake? Look, he has a lot to work on. A lot to work on. But I have no doubt that he will put the time in. You didn’t see him out here yesterday, but he was here all night trying to get on the same page as everyone else.
Q: When it comes to Drake [Maye], what type of work are you guys doing with him, not on the practice field, but trying to get him up to speed with the playbook and the offense?
JM: Yeah, it just comes down to time, that’s the biggest hurdle. Then, you work under some of these phase 2, phase 3 rules, where you don’t have as much time as you want to, so you can’t have those conversations. Hard work works, we talk about it all the time, and he is working hard. Day 1…
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