Patriots HC Jerod Mayo Talks Drake Maye, Bill Belichick & More | Full Interview |The Rich Eisen Show

joining us now on the rich oen show for the first time fantastic because I don't think we were on the air when he back in his day when he was playing and if I recall uh his predecessor didn't have too many uh chats available for us to talk to assistants I like Zoom existed the head coach of the New England Patriots Gerard Mayo joining us here how you doing coach good to see you again I'm I'm doing well how are you guys doing I am doing great um and it's uh better better to see you here what was your experience overall as being an HC in the draft room for the first time uh it was great you know worked very uh hand inand with the scouting Department had a good time good discussions leading up to the draft and we felt pretty comfortable where we were and uh we're happy with what we chose that day well those three days and you're and you're not uh any longer the last top 10 draft choice of the New England Patriots well hopefully we never have to draft this high again that's a good one but that also shows the success of the French that you were the last top 10 draft choice of the franchise until Drake May right absolutely absolutely and you know there they've been very special teams around here for a long time and we're just trying to get back to to the place that we've been in the past so so look starts with the draft we believe in draft and developing and excited what we have all right so let's get to your your quarterback uh my colleague Daniel Jeremiah and a bunch of others were saying there were some Monumental draft trade opportunities that were placed in front of of you uh for teams that wanted the quarterback that you took um what was that moment what were those moments like uh on the clock with those opportunities for you yeah honestly it was kind of antil climatic I thought you know I know everyone's like Monumental uh you know packages and things like that but we felt comfortable at three and we got our guy and and honestly didn't want to move and look our legacies are going to be tied together for a long time you know with that being said he'll come in here and compete uh we have you know a good quarterback room including jacobe uh but the best players will play who does Drake May remind you of of any quarterback that you've been around uh I mean that's a tough one you know this is a guy who you know has a you know very strong arm he's a great leader it's hard to really he is competitive I know the easy answer would be to say like Tom Brady but I think he's his own man and I'm excited to get to work with him and hopefully uh for a long time well he sounds like Philip Rivers I'm just talking about anybody that you does and I know Philip was working with him too you know but yeah I I can I can see that you know the throwing motion is a lot different but sure maybe maybe we'll take Philip Rivers but Philip Rivers has a lot of kids this is a kid honestly I know I know he's a man I know he's a man but this is still a young man I like that answer no listen nobody has to throw em motion to Philip Rivers um but shot a shot put yeah was like sort of like a a sidearm sort of situation but you know so much is made of of you know he's the youngest of four kids so he's used to getting beat up on from his family and and and but what what did you find in the evaluation process that made everybody in the the room consensus go okay third overall we're Assuming he's going to be on the clock we're definitely taking him yeah you know each exposure I thought got better and better you know really got the chance to sit down and talk ball and also talk about his upbringing and look that's a very competitive family just like you said he was the youngest and everyone probably the shortest one out of the group as well and at the same time this guy's a tremendous athlete and don't forget about his parents they did a fantastic job you know not only you know grooming him on the field but also uh his leadership skills and his development so what's your plan for him my my plan for Drake yes sir what's your plan for him yeah my my plan for Drake is you know to get him in the building to get him around AP and the offensive staff uh you know and really not try to overload him especially early on we all you know we all know how that kind of turns out but when it's all said and done I would say ultimately he still has to win that job and we're not we're not just going to give it away and I don't think jacobe you know the type of player the type of competitor that he is is just going to give it up either so we we'll see what happens again so you are going to have an open competition for this quarterback job to see who's the first quarterback out of the shoot in September look I I would say I would say every position every single position on this team it's it's about competition and everyone's competing and what's the old saying uh you know success is rented and the rents do every day so it's uh it starts right now in the spring and then when we get back in training camp we'll have to see how it plays out Gerard Mayo here uh on the Rich Eisen show and then uh you started getting some weapons and some protection as a matter of fact uh your first five selections were on the offensive side of the ball what was your philosophy behind all of that coach yeah you know we just went through the roster and holes that needed to be filled and it happened to be a lot of those holes on the offensive side of the ball and and that had always been our Target like we want to go after guys that are going to help this team going forward our philosophy was we'll get the best player that feels that need uh and then try to develop these guys and see what we get see what we get you know it's so funny you know when people talk about you know great draft great draft but when it's all said and done you got to see what these guys do on the field and their development is definitely very important and then obviously it's it is you know best guess but it's also uh how you relate to these kids and and vice versa what' you like about Jaylen pulk from Washington what you what he can bring day one do you think yeah first and foremost with him he's a Dirty Work player he doesn't he doesn't shy away from blocking safeties and blocking even linebackers and that's what really got me uh hooked on pul this guy he'll do all the dirty work and at the same time he's a tremendous receiver so uh we want that attitude in the rooming on this team and uh the kid from uh Central Florida Javon Baker do you think think he can be a day one contributor as well absolutely you know once again there's a lot of competition in that wide receiver room and he's one of those guys who has a tremendous ability to really run after the catch and if you watch him on film he's one of those guys that he won't run out of bounds he's looking for contact looking to get those extra yards and and that's valuable in this game when you mentioned AVP before that's Alex Van Pelt uh that's who you're referring to your your new uh he's the play caller right offensive coordinator that's right okay I sorry i' I've never been able to ask that question of a coach of New England Patriots and get an answer so yeah you know for a long time we were title less I do believe in titles and look he's our offensive coordinator has a tremendous history uh in this league and can develop quarterbacks we also have you know madoo as well you know handling some of those assistant head coach type of roles as well as really being Hands-On with the uh with the offense I'm very excited don't forget about our quarterback coach TC McCartney so we have guys here that will help uh Dr the other quarterbacks continue to develop and even a guy like jacobe he's not just satisfied where he is right now he realizes that he has to get better as well and he's a very self-aware guy and I think we have the coaching staff to be able to handle handle it and and you know that's just also my way of getting around to the question that I'm sure you've already been asked a million times and you're going to be until there's a game played and then maybe even after that is how are things different how are things going to look differently in an organization that has has been one way one guy and one system for such a long time offensively how is this going to look different can you say yeah I think I think first and foremost just having you know we brought in 17 new coaches and so they all uh they bring their you know the special dynamic or the value to the offensive side of the ball what I will say is look we are we will be able to run the ball I think we have tremendous running backs the guys up front uh with Scotty Peters will continue to develop and then really on the outside we have receivers that can do that can do different things so whether it's pushing the ball down the field or those run after catch type of plays I believe AP and the rest of the staff have a good plan going forward and saying that and saying that just as we've always been a game plan team uh defensively this is a game plan offense and whether that's a a Personnel matchup or a scheme we have to be flexible enough to to go back and forth and do what's best for our team CU that's was that was my next question for you Gerard Mayo is is how are things going to be what similar cuz clearly you know you've been around the modern day Lombardi as bich has been referred to and I think appropriately what what did you pick up from him what do you think your your your head coaching instincts are going to be somewhat similar from him yeah look I have tremendous respect for Bill and everything he's done for this organization uh you know one thing I did learn and I talk about it all the time is that players win games and coaches lose games that's one that's one thing that uh that coach used to always say that I truly believe and so as a coach you know I'm trying to get this philosophy to the rest of the coaches where all right once they cross the white lines they need to have a complete understanding of what we're trying to accomplish and this goes back to the game plan element right so and and the complimentary football we also brought in Jeremy Springer as our special teams coordinator so just having those conversations and you know even for myself like I've always been here in New England it's been it's been very refreshing to hear what goes on in other ball clubs uh around the League what do you mean he refreshing to hear that what are you what are you referring to there yeah I mean I think it's a combination of you know scheme schemes also a combination of how the days are structured you know even with Springer like you know under McVey those days were structured a lot differently than what we've done here traditionally same thing with madoo and AVP and all these coaches you know how I'm I'm still learning look I'm not uh ignorant to the fact that I'm green I'm green at this point I haven't coached a game uh ahead as a head coach in the NFL so I'm trying to pick up little bits and pieces not only from the people inside of this building but also outside the building and look have tremendous uh tremendous support from ownership you know they're not football coaches but these guys have you know they they run a huge business and they know about leading people so just having those sounding boards uh will definitely help me in my development going forward why I mean their support for you has been unquestioned since I mean that was the conversation for for a long time is that you were the coach and waiting coach coach I mean I didn't even bring that up to you when I was chitchatting with you prior to the game when I you know was chitchatting with you in Germany um that was that was the conversation and then there wasn't a coaching search it was like this is the guy end of story you know so which I which I appreciate and and honestly you know I think the league should take a look at you know succession planning and how that kind of uh how that kind of impacts you know the Rooney Rule and things like that so it's definitely uh you know I I appreciate the process I appreciate you know the commissioner and everyone that was involved in this process and once again I learned a lot from Bill and and you know even his sons you know those guys are are tremendous tremendous coaches as well I'm just looking forward to the future and you know it's the day after day after day grind that we have to to make fun and then how are you preparing for game day I mean headset on um and your role will essentially will you be the CEO of the day pretty much is that your plan for yeah that's how I see it you know I feel very confident with the coordinators that we have Demarcus coventon on the defensive side of the ball calling plays and look I'll I'll be in you know the different rooms the offensive defensive and also special teams uh rooms but I want to look at it from uh a top- down perspective uh perspective and I would also say look um I know you know situational football is always huge we have a guy here in Evan rosin that's uh he's already training me up on the different situations and he's learning My Philosophy uh so once we get into into the game it's a smooth operation but look we wanted to be smooth but realistically it's going to be bumpy it's going to be ups and downs and I think any first year uh head coach uh understands and realizes that and uh I try to be self-aware and look even if you rich see something I'm doing wrong okay hey Reach Out reach out I don't want to be in Echo Chambers I don't want people that uh that are will always agree with me I want people that are going to be honest and I think we have those people here hey uh Gerard Mayo I always told maruchi if you ever get a job back in the league again and I told Dion although he didn't reach out to me but college is different your your replay system and who's helping you make a decision point blank in the moment I that that's I told him that's my area of expertise is is having that person racking back the video being able to tell you right in your ear do not throw that flag or anything of that nature like that's crucial you know that is it absolutely you know absolutely and we've seen coaches we've seen coaches you know get fir over the decisions that they've made in those critical points so I I totally agree with you and where you going to keep the challenge flag in your sock where you going to keep it do we know um I think you know honestly I'm still on like the the skinny pants I know now it's like the pant you know the pants are starting to change then I have big Pockets I think I'm gonna go like probably like right on the belly button you know kind of put maybe maybe some velcro there sure and just so it's easy so it's easy I'm going to throw it up you know coach used to throw it he used to throw it down on the field I'm going to throw it up so all right everyone can see it good to know all right these are thing hey these are things we need to know and you need to know absolutely I hey I think of these things all the time yeah so the sock was always just a weird choice to me you had to reach in there I know and then maybe just the anger of trying to find it led to just the spiteful Throwdown I don't know if you're probably right probably he would th he would throw it right at the feet of the referee just like right and the hoodie and and you're going to have sleeves we we've we've decided that we're going sleeves yeah look look let me tell you about hoodies I've been wearing hoodies long before I even knew who you know bill was and honestly look I love hoodies and I will wear a hoodie now I don't know what I'm going to do with the sleeves I guess it depends on the weather but I I love hoodies and that's what I'm gonna wear okay very good coach appreciate the two the two cents and the time and I appreciate look out for my call you just invited you invited me to reach out I will take advantage of that so look out for that thanks for the time congrats on the congrats on the gig obviously belatedly and your first draft and we'll we'll chat down the line thank you appreciate you guys you got it that's Gerard Mayo head coach of the New England Patriots right here in the Rich Eisen show catch the Rich Eisen show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to3 Eastern for free

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Published: Fri May 03 2024