PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK DRAKE MAYE
Q: I know you spent a lot of time up there, but how grueling was that out there with those Special Olympians for you?
DM: Oh, it was awesome. Just to see the fun they’re having out there, the fun it brings me, and just them playing, them playing football. It’s just a game we all started playing when we were young and fell in love with at that age. I remember playing flag bag in the day, and to see them out there running routes, throwing footballs, scoring touchdowns, just having fun and being into it. That’s the biggest thing. You see them communicate, having a wristband, caring about it and loving it. That’s the coolest part for me.
Q: What did you think of the officiating?
DM: Yeah, the officiating. Vrabes [Mike Vrabel] was out there officiating; I thought he did a good job. He was trying to help Team Mass [Massachusetts] out, which was cool. No, but I think the rules, you try to keep it within the rules; it’s really just about them having fun. They all want to win; that’s the biggest thing I saw. They all want to win still.
Q: How was today for you out there?
DM: I think it was good for us. It was good for us to see a defense that does a lot of things. They got us a few times; I felt like we got them. So, it’s good for us to see that and experience a new defense that’s very different from Washington and very different from our defense.
Q: What did you see on the touchdown to TreVeyon [Henderson]?
DM: They didn’t account for him, and I just tried to give him an easy ball to let him catch and run, and I think it’s hard to catch him when he’s in the open field.
Q: Mack Hollins told us that he punted the ball because he wanted to shift the energy in practice. Could you sense the same thing as him, and did you feel it had the intended impact?
DM: I think it’s one of those things where there’s fans in here, and it’s an environment that you…
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