Drake Maye believes Patriots need to be ‘coached hard’ by Mike Vrabel
Speaking at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Drake Maye stressed that he's ready to compete under Mike Vrabel's "hard coaching".
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Drake Maye is looking forward to his first season under head coach Mike Vrabel. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Mike Vrabel made it clear during his introductory press conference as Patriots head coach that he wanted to rework the culture and tone currently in place at Gillette Stadium.
“We’re going to earn the right to be here every day. We’re going to move entitlement from our football team,” Vrabel said of his plans for the Patriots in 2025. “We’re going to get everything that we’ve earned from the head coach to the position coaches, all the way down to the players.
“We’re going to earn the right to be here every single day. …We want to treat every player the same way they treat the team, and we want to treat every employee the same way they treat the team.”
Advertisement:That approach could lead to a serious wake-up call for a lackluster Patriots roster in 2025 and beyond, with accountability and an exacting attitude standing as hallmarks of Vrabel’s tenure as a head coach.
For Patriots QB Drake Maye, that approach should be welcomed by New England this upcoming season as the franchise tries to claw out of the bottom of the AFC standings.
“For me as a player, especially as a quarterback, you want that, you like that, you want to be coached hard,” Maye told NBC Sports Boston’s Phil Perry in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl LIX. “We’re playing at the highest level, but we still need to be coached hard.”
Advertisement:“I guess the biggest thing people get away from — we don’t know everything. Especially me coming in, second year, just finished my rookie season, I don’t know everything. I want to be coached hard. I know (offensive coordinator Josh) McDaniels will get that done, Coach Vrabel. I think some of our guys, including me, we probably need that — a little hard coaching.”
Fellow Patriots player Christian Gonzalez shared a similar attitude about Vrabel’s mindset earlier this week, with the star cornerback acknowledging that a “lax” environment at Gillette Stadium “might have hurt” the team in 2024.
While the Patriots need to add talent to a rebuilding roster this offseason, Vrabel’s efforts toward rebuilding the culture in New England and demanding more from the current personnel in place should also lead to positive returns on the field.
It’s an approach that former Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan mapped out for the Patriots just hours after Vrabel was announced as the team’s new head coach.
“You need to keep your (expletive) head on a swivel. You need to understand that (expletive) is going to be really hard for a little bit,” Lewan said on social media of Vrabel’s mentality as a head coach. “And it’s going to be okay. But just know, you’re about to go into hell for a little bit. You’re going to be sitting there in the locker room, you’re in small groups, ‘Who the (expletive) is this guy?’ ‘Why is he talking to us like this?’ ‘Who does he think he is?’
Advertisement:“Yeah, he played in the league, whatever … By the way, in that first team meeting, he’s going to tell you how many years he played in the league. And he’s going to reference it forever. Not a bad thing, boys. I’m telling you, it’s going to work out. I was a part of it. While I was in those small little groups, and you start to get away from it, and it’s ‘Yeah, this dude knows what the (expletive) he’s talking about.’”
Vrabel’s tenure in New England might lead to some grueling training camp practices this summer. But Maye is welcoming the challenge presented by his new head coach.
“We’re really excited about Coach Vrabel,” Maye said. “He’s played in New England, knows what’s like to have success for the Patriots and for that team and been a head coach somewhere else. He’s kinda of been out of the system and seen different things. Excited to get back going, and I think he’s really excited. So I think the guys are gonna be pumped up.”
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