Green Light with Chris Long - Drake Maye! New England Patriots, Relationship With Peyton Manning, Mike Vrabel & Madden!

Episode Date: February 20, 2025

Drake Maye joins Chris Long and talks his rookie season in New England, acclimating to the NFL, learning from Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, and new Head Coach Mike Vrabel! The fellas have a great time as they chopped it up during their time in New Orleans and enjoyed a great Madden conversation as well! (00:00) - Intro (4:25) - Drake's Rookie Season (8:55) - Acclimating to the NFL's Game (11:52) - Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels (16:53) - Relationship with Peyton Manning (18:55) - Rookie Leadership (21:25) - Playcalls and Madden (25:22) - The Maye Brothers Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪[phone]‬ Send any Talent Search submissions to: [e-mail] Include any video of your talents, takes and bits as well as a little bit about yourself. Love hearing from the Green Light fans. Also, check out our paddling partners at Appomattox River Company to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. https://paddleva.com/ Green Light Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/951jyryv2nu6l4iqz9p81him9?si=17c560d10ff04a9b Spotify Layup Line: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=675d445ddb824c42 Green Light Tube YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxWFAA-wuB7osdiAJyLOcw Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are they long play calls? Yeah. Are they like Grewd long? Oh. Like give me one that's not going to give any game. Yeah. So let's go like hop the gun flood right. We'll pull, we'll go hop the gun flood right slope.

Let's go two scat, why butcher. We'll go Z colt and we'll can it three scat. So hop to can it three scat? Yeah. Hoping to flood, right, slope. Two scat, why butcher can't three scats. See, I would go on two scat. Yeah, there you go.

There you go. Exactly. Welcome to the Green Light Podcast. presented by BetMGM. BetMGM is still the home of the second chance. Every Friday of the NBA season, BetMGM is making first field goal wagers more exciting with second chance.

With BetMGM's second chance, you will get your state back in cash if your first field goal scorer scores the second instead. Be sure to take advantage of this offer if you haven't signed up for BetMGM yet. Use bonus code green light when you sign up. Welcome to the Greenlight podcast. Drake May sits down with Chris and talks about his rookie season in the NFL, the highs and lows,

acclimating to the NFL game, and having Mike Vrable as his new coach in New England. They even talked a little bit about the UNC UVA rivalry and ended with a good conversation about Madden, with Chris detailing how he'd defend Drake in the video game. The fellas chopped it up over Super Bowl week in New Orleans. A great episode, great conversation. Enjoy it. and we'll see you soon. So we don't get a lot of quarterbacks,

and I was really excited to hear we got one of the next great ones, in my opinion, and Drake May. Drake, how you doing, man? Chris's going on, man, thanks for having me on. Yeah, hanging down here in Louisiana, can't complain. You can't complain. You can't beat it.

Yeah, you can't complain. Good weather. We had a gator out there. Did you see the gator that grilled up? I did see it. You got a sweet set up here now. Are you eating good down here? Yeah, eating pretty good.

Yeah, good. Man, a lot I want to talk to you about, but number one is oldest rivalry in the South, UNC, Virginia. What was your record against Virginia? I don't know the answer. This isn't it got you. I was two and one. Two ones.

I only played twice, but I was two and one. We were actually my last year, North Carolina before I left. We were 10th in the country. And y'all beat us at our place. It was a bad, bad loss. That was a banner win for us, brother. I was huge for y'all, yeah. Coach I was a big fan.

And then, yeah, the oldest ride, we went to y'all's place. My first year playing, and it was a pretty good game. Yeah. I think it's, like you said, it's two kind of old. old rivalies. No question. Kind of same type college town vibe. So it was always some good games.

What about you against Carolina? Man, I think we did pretty good against Carolina. This is back in the day. Yeah. But we took care of Carolina for the most part. There we go. You all have really upped your game. You're a Charlotte guy?

Yeah, right side Charlotte, a little north, but yeah, I went to high school right in the middle of Charlotte. So did you grow up a Panthers fan? Huge Panthers fan. Me too, dude. Cam Newton was my favorite. Steve Smith, Cam Newton, Big Jared Allen on the edge, OG.

I love those guys. man dude and when I was growing up they were like they were you know they were good when you were growing up yeah this was like back when they had you know Delome and all those guys Sam Mills yeah you know he's got statue outside of the thing and Kevin Green all those guys I was actually just at the Pro Bowl with Peyton and I told Peyton that uh that 2015 Caroline Panthers run like my dad we had season tickets we'd always go to the games I love Cam Newton Luke Keithie all those guys and you know Greg Olson the whole squad and we went to the the San Francisco Super Bowl so I've been that I

That was my first yearball I ever went to and Panthers lost, obviously. That was a tough one. I told Peyton, that was Peyton's the last game, so it was pretty sweet. Yeah, well, it was bitter sweet. Yeah, yeah, and I'm bittersweet. Gosh, dude, I used to paint my face and go to the game. Like, it's like a 12-year-old. Oh, yeah.

And then we finally get to play the Panthers when I'm a pro. Mm-hmm. I get in a fight and I get ejected. They're throwing bottles. I'm like, oh, come on, I love you guys. Was it in Charlotte? In Charlotte? It was in Charlotte.

Oh, how about that? Yeah, it was tough. But, no, man, I enjoy watching your play. I know as hard as a rookie quarterback. I'll just tell you this, like, and this isn't any indictment on who I think you can be, but I was like, do not throw him in the fire, like five, six games in, but you really did a hell of a job.

The one question I have in that first game is I had you down for 18 seconds after Hunter hit you. I timed it. Did it feel like 18? I saw him at the Pro Bowl as well, man. I told him, man, I said that was kind of my, you know, welcome to the NFL moment. Yeah, that was my moment.

First start, kind of to Neil and obviously Will Anderson, both of them coming off the edge. We were worried about them. So everybody in the NFL now, the D-lines, you know, shoot, y'all coming off the edge, man, it's a tough for us, us QVs. So I think every team we face, you know, you feel like the D-line's always good. And it was tough job for O-lines across the league. They got such a tough job. But, yeah, I was definitely, I just threw a touchdown kind of in the first half. We're down 14-7, get the ball the second half.

We got a chance to kind of get back in the game. And that first drive, yeah, I get strip sacked by Neil Hunter. He looks like a creative player mad and come off the edge. And strip sack didn't see him coming. And should have got the ball out, bad sack I took. And, you know, I think the game was kind of weird. He looks like a GI Joe, bro. I know exactly.

He's crazy. You know how I'm supposed to have muscles like that. What hurt when he hit you? Yeah, I think you kind of looking. I was looking right, looking right. We had a little tight-in, a little option route that I should have thrown. Probably got yelled out of the meeting for that. and that throwing that kind of came back left

and he came off the right edge and just kind of a little bit of a, I think it was maybe my shoulder. I think, you know, maybe my shoulder, my right shoulder, which is not good. It looked like everything. I know. But one of those just, yeah,

that one kind of brought me back into, hey, this is what you're in. It's what you're kind of the NFL moment. Well, I felt like the first touchdown passed you through was an absolute dot. It was just, it was like everybody watching was like, okay. You know, he's going to be all right.

Yeah, it felt good. We were down 14-0, and we had to go route at the end of the half and, you know, try to take a chance on Stingley. He was obviously a great player, so it ended up fine. I should have down here native, you know, Kishon Booty. So it was nice to get on the scoreboard and then had that, you know, coming out of the half wasn't too great after that falling out. That's all I mean, who was the most ferocious defense you played against this year?

Oh, I think the Texans, they're hard not to, you know, say them. I think, you'll play some other. I thought the charges, I think Joey Bosa and Clemoudamette, They still got some kick in their stride, and they played well. Other than that, I thought actually the Jets were good. I think they were good. I think they had some guys kind of banged up throughout the year, but they got some good players. No question.

Is there a coordinator you were impressed with having to prepare for? Oh, that's a good question. The biggest thing, I think, you know, what Sean McDermott and they do up in Buffalo, kind of what they've done is history. He was obviously the Panthers, you know, back when, you know, I was growing up here with the D. And kind of watched them go to Buffalo and how the defense has been for so long. They kind of do the same stuff. Yeah.

They stay in nickel personnel and they keep it simple. But kind of what they do is pretty cool. Just staying four down and, you know, make it beat. They got a good nickel and they're good up front and still vomit or still, you know, making plays. He's still rolling. That dog is so hard. I know. I hit his incentive form.

My last, I played one drive. You hit the incentive? Week 18, I played one drive. It was a third down. And I think, you know, he needed one more sack and he got me on third down. I was out the rest of the game. Is he going to buy you dinner? I know, right.

No, no. I should reach out. I know. Well, the other thing was, I thought you had a play that if they were giving Aspies out for just one play, you know the play. Tennessee. Yeah, I missed Hunter Henry in the back before. I should have been in the open. I should have been a touchdown way before. Yeah, but it was more fun. You're missing Hunter Henry. Talk me through, starting with missing Hunter Henry. I was going through your head. Yeah, we kind of had a bunch set. We bunch set to the right. We had a single guy back side and kind of came back. I kind of came back. I kind of came back. I kind of did. I kind of did. I kind of did. I kind of. just kind of en route in the back of the end zone. I had them.

And from there, just kind of playing streetball. Mandrae ended up fine a scene, but really throughout the play, just trying to shift a little ride. I ended up dodging a few guys. But really, I think Hunter was, I was still trying to find Hunter back there. And he stepped out of the end zone, Hunter Henry, and he's kind of waving, don't throw it to me. I can't throw it to him now.

He's just kind of watching like a fan back there. We were laughing about it at the bus after. But then since then we were just trying to make a play and found Mondrae and gave me a chance. It was pretty sweet. What's the biggest? Like, you know, I was a high pick. There's a lot of pressure.

It's a big jump, you know, and you're taking over an organization that for a long time, they've been spoiled with great quarterback play. Yeah. What do you think is the biggest difference that shocked you about either the speed of the game or the multiplicity of the coverages or the preparation?

Yeah, I think preparation. I think preparation is part of it. And just you've got to bring it every week, you know, as you know, you can beat anybody with a good game plan. We were up on Buffalo a half, 14-7, and you can lose anybody in this league. I think that's kind of what the best thing about the NFL.

Everybody loves it about. Like any given week, you've got a chance out there on Sunday. And I think just a few plays, whether it's turnovers or missing wide-open guys can make the difference in the game. I think the biggest thing for me was just kind of different role getting thrown in there as a rookie and kind of leadership-wise quarterbacks. It's with it, and that's my personality to be a leader, just kind of knowing my role and kind of coming in mid-season.

and how to leave the guys in a different way was challenging. So I think, you know, as you know, just the NFL is, it's, you know, one of the best. It's hard to beat the NFL, I think. And it's so many great players and so many great faces. And I think the camaraderie is a little different than college. It's a little different, right? Yeah, a little different age. For me.

Some people got kids. I know. I know. I'm telling them asking guys that, you know, play cards after. I said, no, I got to go home to kids. And so I'm living up there by myself. I'm like, all right, I'll just hang and watch some more. That's the wildest part, man.

This is adjusting to everybody's got a different dynamic. Did you, I don't want to docks you, but are you in the Foxborough area? Yeah, yeah, I was right by the facility. I tried to stay close. Me too. When I was there, bro, I stayed on North, you know, North Road or whatever it is. Yeah, I know what I'm at the stadium. Oh, yeah.

Those condos in the back of townhouses. Okay. And you know, all the guys kind of live there. It's kind of a college feel. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, right near, yeah, Foxborough is kind of a, yeah, a little college town kind of feel. I like it. And there's nothing around to do, so it's just be out of facility.

and hanging out with the guys. And there's no windows in that facility. I know, right? We're actually, Mr. Crafton, they're building a new one. They're going to be windows? Yeah, I think this next spring. You go in there, you don't know what time it is, bro. Exactly.

It's dark when you go in, it's dark. That was the hard adjustment for me, it was the damn weather and the sunlight. There's no windows in there, and only windows is when you're going out for practice, and it doesn't matter the weather. We're going out there outside, so. Do you still feel like, you know, Bill's gone?

You don't know, Bill. Have you met Bill yet? I have, yeah, back in Chapel Hill. He's the man. He's the man. He's the man. He was cool. But do you still feel like his imprint on that place? Oh, for sure.

I think the Patriot way and the kind of practicing on, you know, whatever weather and, you know, lifting hard and lifting hard during the week. And in season, out of season, it doesn't matter. We're running sprints, running the hills. I think that's still kind of the Patriot way. And Hill. The hard work works. I think that kind of is kind of what his staple was and what he left in the organization. I think a lot of coaches and especially since we kind of stayed inside the Patriots kind of, kind of,

of tree, as you call it, coaching-wise, we kind of still kind of embrace that. Have you obviously got a chance to talk to Rable? How much time you spent with him and Josh? Yeah, yeah, I talk about on the phone, you know, three or four times each. I think, you know, they're both, you know, first off coach Veroble,

you know, he's been a head coach somewhere else. I think that kind of maybe, you know, spice it up for us, you know, kind of getting outside of the Patriot kind of tree technically, but I think, you know, getting, he's still within it because he played there as well. He knows about the defense and all that. But being somewhere else

and knowing what's like to have success And being in the playoffs for a different city, different organization will be awesome. Coach Brable, he called me on the phone and he's been great. So looking forward to kind of getting known him. I think he will bring some toughness and you kind of coach you hard

and we need to be coached, you know, even great players that we have and veteran guys, we want to be coached hard. Yeah. You know, I don't know everything, especially me, trying to make a, you know, jump to my second year. You know, you want to be coached hard and Coach McDaniels, you know,

and offensively would bring that for us. He coach, you know, I think the best ever do it and get a chance to, hey, this is what Tom was thinking on this play And this concept could be pretty sweet to sit in the film room and say, hey, you know, Tom was wrong a few times too. You know, it would be pretty cool to see that. Well, Josh is an amazing coach. He was a coordinator in St. Louis when I was there for a year.

Yeah, I didn't know. When Bradford, I remember Sam Bradford? Yeah, I know San Bradford. Oh, yeah. And had a great year that year. Yeah. You know. He was in St. Louis for a little bit.

And so I think you're going to roll, man. But who's the next, who's like next up for you all? Like, you look at some of the young guys on your team. You had some exciting. players. Who do you think is that next guy for the Patriots next year to step up? Ooh, that's a good question. I think we bought into two rookie receivers. I think Jaylon Polk and Javon Baker that are kind of feeling out this year and they both battle some injuries, but I think, you know, I think it's hopefully expecting, you know, one of them,

if not both, to kind of make a splash this year. I think kind of, and it's really a taking upon myself. You know, the guys came over with me, the receivers and kind of quarterback receivers. It's my job to get them to football. But also I think it's their job. They know to kind of get, you know, get their stuff together, you know, get to, you know, lifting hard and running hard and practicing hard. It's a different way to practice in the NFL. You know, it kind of takes them off your body, but you still expect to be full speeds. It's been to be in the right spot, especially in the right spot, especially in the group of the NFL life. Well, it's different for all us rookies, you know, especially with the new NIL space.

We all think, you know, we're rich coming into the league and, you know, really that money goes by fast, you know. So I think kind of this new kind of space is good for us to kind of, you know, get a feel. of hey, this is, you know, you make this, you know, lifestyle and we still get, you know, ways to go and kind of goals we need to meet. Is it harder in the pros, like, so far, you know, with the off season, you're starting your first off season. Like, y'all getting together and making sure you're on the same page. You can build that relationship like Mahomes and Kelsey have. Me and Hamilton, we're just talking about that. Like, you know, there's being in the right place, but then there's, as the play breaks down, like finding the soft spot in the zone.

And knowing where he's going to break his route off and all this stuff, the things, us grunts up front don't have to think about. We're X's on a paper. Yeah, exactly. You know, but you guys are, you're, you all are more artists, like when you really have that relationship. But I feel like in college, we're all in the same place all year long. And now, like, with the geography people leaving and that sort of thing, is it harder to get on the same page? And what are y'all going to do to do that stuff in the office? Yeah, you make a great point.

I think the biggest thing for me, I think there's levels to it. I think kind of the first level is, hey, I trust this guy throwing routes on air. I kind of know where he's going. I know his steps. I know how he's breaking off in-routs, out-rout routes. I know how he's kind of getting in and out of breaks. I think that's kind of the first level to it. And the second level was kind of one-on-one.

Hey, I like this guy in one-on-one. I know one-on-one. I know where he's going to be at in this route. That kind of comes from routes on air. And then when you know, hey, on this route, I think that's when you can kind of level up, hey, in this zone coverage. This is where, you know, I can expect, hey, you can sit in this zone. You've got a sail route, 15-yard sale route.

And it's, you know, a trap corner in cover two. You know, you can kind of sit there and, you know, don't run into them to throw a pick. I think little things like that is what you see Mahomes and Kelsey do so such a great job of. And then you get into the, you know, option routes for different guys for Kelsey. I'm sure he's got poster corner here or, hey, I can break it off high or kind of flat. I think that's different levels. And I think just like I said in an interview and the Patriot up there, I said feeling the guy out.

And I said, Paul, that's answered. But really, I think the biggest thing is, yeah, you got to kind of, you know what he's kind of knowing what he's thinking. Yeah, I knew what you meant. Yeah, exactly. So it's kind of falls in the same. tree but I think that's you know really I'm seriously like feeling the guy out running routes and yeah and knowing where he's gonna be at it comes to you know there's levels to it yeah no question Hamilton asked me to ask you I said what

would you ask Drake May about a coverage and he said all right ask him if we're mugged up everybody's in the got the backers and the A's you got your man beaters and they bail out to play two where are you going with the ball don't probably check down check that's what they'd want me to say I'd probably still try to take a look at one of the deep shots. Take a look. Yeah, take a look. Just a peek? Take a peek.

So I think the bill ultimately try to get to completion. How much is Peyton Bannig knowing him meant to you? Because I know you did the Manning Passing Academy. Yeah, the camp down there. Yeah, the camp's huge. I think the best thing about it is, you know, all these camps nowadays, you know, they just come out here and, hey, go play your little flag football. And down at their Manning Camp, we got, he brings us college guys, you know,

quarterbacks from across the country, you know, of all different types. I know shoot Jayden Daniels down there. Mike Pinks was down there with me. You know, Quinn Ewers was down there. You know, so a bunch of, you know, the top guys in college from my last year playing. And we're coaching these kids hard. We're doing our own drills. We're doing five-step drops under center, teaching these kids how to play under center,

play action from the gun, seeing two high coverages, one high. And then at the same time, getting a chance to, you know, mingle with these guys and, you know, hang out with them at night and throw with them during the day. and all these different things. So, you know, what a great experience to, you know, be down there with, you know, the man and crew, you know, two of the best, Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. And I think they're just, there's the best thing about it. They're one of the, you know, one of the guys they call them, your quarterbacks, you know,

special attorney. And I think it's, you know, it's special what they do. And it's fun to be a part of it. Is footwork a big adjustment, like having to pay, like, a little bit more attention to your footwork? Is that one of the things that, like, in college is not as emphasized? Yeah. Or is there a jump at all?

Like, have you always been, you know, I thought one of the things that made Tom great it was his pocket mobility. It's not like he's athletic as you, but he was always able to climb and find the soft spots. All he was the best at it. I think he was just a simple drop. Sometimes he's just one step and slide back, a little slide drop and kind of sit there.

And his pocket mobility and his feel in the pockets, you know, one of the best. And he's so good at getting the ball out and not taking sacks. And, you know, finding the right guy. So it would be fun to watch them in this system, you know, what it was like. And hey, this is what Tom took the drop. And I think it's huge timing your feet up

with the routes is big for me, as big something that I feel like I improved on this year and continue to take kind of the next step and, you know, inside a new offense to take some from this past year and take some into something in this new offense would be fun. Have you gotten a chance to really, you know, you talk about being a leader. It's hard when you're young because you're like, and I don't mean this, but you don't have a resume yet and you're building it. Oh, yeah. And the way I've always been is like I got to be playing well to lead, but y'all are in a

position where you have to lead no matter what. Yeah. It was it hard for you to find the space or the opportunities to like really get on a guy, you know, being a rookie? Yeah, it was. It was challenging. I think because I kind of felt like coming, I think the six games was my first start coming this, you know, six game and, you know, I think we were, you know, maybe the fifth game

we were one in four, one and five. And, you know, we lost the Texans that game. And I felt like it was kind of my time to kind of step in, hey, this is like kind of a spark in the season where we need to make kind of a run, a good chance to make the playoffs. and I felt like I didn't really have that title yet. And having Jacoby in the room was, he was the best. He's the best. He's the best veteran I could ask for that I'd been there in the room with me.

He could run for president. Yeah, exactly. We used to call him like president. Exactly. What a teammate he is. He's just awesome. I think, you know, for me, you know, having him there and kind of learning how he prepared, how I handled guys in the locker room, you know,

when he stood up, you know, to say things in some meetings and when he didn't. And, you know, when, you know, it wasn't a good break out of the huddle in a play in practice, he'd bring the break back. And little things like that, you kind of take on for the rest of my career and always be thankful for my hopefully getting back in New England. From there, like you said, it's tough challenging, you know, to be in the pregame before the huddle or being there half-time and say, you know, as a rookie, who's just my, you know, one or two games and, you know, coming into it, I think it was tough for me to find that, but I think that's something I could take a next step into next year.

Who are the vets that you really gravitated towards this year? Yeah. Besides Jacoby, because obviously he's, number one. Obviously, Hunter Henry was great in the tight-in room. Him and Austin Hooper. two guys, you know, two veteran tight ends that would help finish just some play calls, some long play calls for me in the huddle. They're smart guys. Are they long? Yeah.

Are they like Grood long or? Oh, some of them can get too. Yeah. You know, grilling Chris Sims on the call and it's like 30 seconds long. Yeah. Oh yeah. Some of them can get, you know, can kind of, yeah. Like, give me one that's not going to give any game.

Yeah. So let's go like hop the gun flood right. We'll post. We'll hop the gun flood right slope. Let's go two scat. Why butcher. We'll go Z Colt and we'll candidate three scat. So hop the gun.

You want to can it? Three scat? Yeah. Hopping and flood, right, slope. Two scat. Why Butcher can't three scat? See, I would go on two scat. Yeah, there you go.

There you go. Exactly. So you just flip the protection. It's a simple path. What the hell is butcher? Butchers is just a concept, a front side concept. It's like a high low. Okay.

All right. See, I play Madden. And, you know, this is still fresh. Yeah, hey, Madden. You play Madden? My dad used to love me playing Madden. He said, hey, if you're going to play Madden, you can see coverage, see you're out.

Your dad's smart. Yeah, my daddy. I learned more about coverages after football because, you know, I just have my hand in the dirt. Yeah. And then I pick up the sticks. And I'm like, man, like, now I know what covers is. What should I do on mad defense-wise? I'm double-mugging you.

Are you double-mugging you? I'm double-mugging you. But if you get on my edge, then I got to change it up. If they go empty, the guy runs up there. If they go empty, I'm not going to double mug you. I'll probably go sugar week and run like cover two drop and see if you can hit the honeyhole. Like, if I'm playing you, I'm a little worried because you got a good arm. Yeah.

But if I'm playing certain guys, I'm going to make one of the Madden players, you wait to see the formation before you pick a defense. Oh, for sure. Oh, wow. I mean, are there guys that don't? Oh, yeah. I'm not a total. I'm making sure what type of player you were. I'm not a total new.

I'm making sure what type of player. I'm an elite three, all right? Yeah, okay. You believe LeBron's a top 100? I saw. He just won his, what, like a thousandth game or something? I'm casting some doubt on that. Yeah.

Can you imagine being the best basketball player in the world and having enough time to play that much, Madden? I mean, you got time. I guess so. I guess so. I guess. It's not like football. We're in meetings all day. And basketball, I get a good workout, but I'm sure I heard LeBron gets in there early for game days. And what do you running on defense? I try to play man and men. I think it's a little overpowered.

I think game coverage is. It's too good. Try to use the robber, the linebacker. I love robber. Yeah, make it throw in a dime safety in there. And then I drop the end. Yeah. The more guys in coverage is better.

Do the little pre-snap adjustments. I've seen those guys down in the residence that drop everybody. Oh, yeah. It's so annoying, dude. What do you think about the virtual reality thing? Yeah, it was a cool addition. I think we got into it a little late. Yeah, we got it up there in New England.

It was great for them to get it for me. It was a cool addition. The best thing for me was just learning the system. They put all the plays on there, whether it's red zone or I'll do the two-minute list a lot. It was just kind of easy past plays that we had. Kind of every week, two-minute and see different coverages. You can change it to cover three, cover two.

You can change it to any coverage, which I would do to try not to know the coverage. But you can try to change it to mix up the coverages and go through our plays. There's a setting where you can even throw it and kind of simulate throwing it. But I tried to stay off that just to not be throwing it. You might hurt yourself throwing nothing. Yeah, you're throwing like a Wii remote, like you ever seen like the Wii remote, like the Numbchuk?

Yeah, I know, yeah. Yeah, like you used to, you'll hold that little, your button like your boxing to move the doorstick. Yeah. So you grew up on the Wii. Yeah, I grew up on Wii and GameCube. Man, you made me feel old as I was on the Nintendo. There you go, yeah. Yeah, we played the GameCube.

We still play the GameCube a little bit. GameCube. Exactly. Hell yeah, dude. Well, here's my burning question about the pads. I think y'all should wear those reds every game. Those reds are sweet, aren't they? They're sweet.

We're old-in-to-in' them, but I thought we played pretty good in them. But the reds are sweet. I think they're maybe coming out with the – Maybe is what kind of the fans are wanting some blue, some throwback blues. Oh, really? It would be sweet. I love the reds. The fans are wanting it, so I think that'd be pretty sick.

Do they ask y'all what to wear each week? Because they used to ask us, like, what do you all want to wear this? Yeah, usually, but the reds that only brought up two games. They can do it. It's like the Reds that only brought up two games. greens with the Eagles they should be wearing them every every week but I got to say this UNC had some sweet uniforms oh we brought some throwback whites this year that were sweet I hate to say that I think you know Carolina Blues is one of the best oh yeah it's hard it's hard

to beat Carolina who's your favorite Carolina player of all time kind of player of all time how about that you're talking football wise yeah it could be anything I mean I know some basketball players you know the OG legend um you know LT Lawrence Taylor's hard to beat Lawrence Taylor, getting to know him, kind of as he's gotten older and still playing golf a little bit. Yeah. But other than that part, kind of recent years, I think Eric Ebron, he's, I love Eric E. He's a great dude. Oh, he's awesome. The best personality. Yeah. What a guy. So he's golfing. You guys are, you're on the sticks a lot. Yeah, I play a little golf. Oh, yeah. Eric plays because I'm too. So I try to play some of the

off season. I drop them kind of once July comes. Here's when I knew I would like you. When I saw the video of you and your brothers or when your brothers were busting your ball. Oh, yeah. And you're getting emotional, but they're just, it wouldn't have was like, you come on, you're about to cry. And he's like, what's up, bitch? Pretty boy.

Overrated. A bitch. I'm serious. Are you serious? I was getting emotional for a sec, but now I'm laughing out. Who let him say that? I know, exactly. I was, that was both.

Hey, I'm one of three. So it's the same damn thing. I mean, how cool is that to get to go through? through all this stuff with them. Yeah, it's awesome. You probably know there's my three best friends and, you know, grew up getting bullied by them growing up and kind of them kind of flipping the switch and supporting me and coming to games and, you know,

where my jergers is kind of, it's a full circle moment. It's pretty sweet. That's amazing, man. It's hard to be. That's amazing. Are they out here this week? They are. They are.

The oldest one Luke still plays basketball. He's over, he's still playing. He's still playing. He's to terrorize us. Yeah, yeah, he play, yeah. I tell you what, Virginia was tough, though, in basketball. We're a basketball score now. Defense, they give, you know,

kind of problems. We lost Tony Bennett, though. Yeah, I think he hung him up, but he was a good coach. Yeah. How many games? You get back to any games? Football games. I like watching on the couch, man.

Yeah, it's the best seat in the house, isn't it? And it's 10 minutes away, but, like, you know, it's like Sunday. I'm not going to go to the game. I want to go home. So I'm watching on the couch. Watch it right here. Because when you're at the game, and I love people, but they just want to talk to you. I know.

And so I don't know if your parents are like this, but like my dad, when he came to games, when he did get to, he was on TV, was he was. was he would warn the people in the suite. I don't want to talk. Yeah. I just want to watch. My dad's the same way. Yeah, don't talk to it.

My mom hates it when people come and yap their ear off the whole game. Like, we're here to watch the game, you know, not catch up on what your kids are doing. So. Well, dude, congrats on your play. We hope you come again and pop on the podcast. But also, congrats on the engagement, man. Yeah, sir. Yeah, I appreciate it.

No, I know. She's over there. She was just talking about growing Super Bowl. I want to go to the game. I said, I mean, the best seat of the house is on the couch. Absolutely. Hopefully. He's a couch guy.

I can tell he's a couch guy. This is what I like to do. Couching. And yes, she doesn't like me gaming, but she'll be it. Hey, well, guess what? One day you'll be 39 with three kids and you'll have a man cave and your wife will let you play man. I said, I ain't changing. That ain't changing.

He's never going to grow up. Dude, congrats on everything. Thanks for coming on. This is sweet. Of course. Oh, love sack. Oh, my God. A love sack lounge.

A love sack couch. Last night. We had our love sack lounge. Our studio was hooked up. Airbnb Furn. with Lovesack, amazing setup. We had Sackchinals, beanbags. One of them, Barry Sanders sat on,

like just came in the house and just plop down on the beanbag, and then Nate walked over with a trading card and was like, hey, will you sign this? And he signed him, bro. He's so nice. Barry Sanders is a nicest guy, dude. The greatest.

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