Alex Barth: Mike Vrabel has Been Keeping a CLOSE EYE on Drake Maye

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On Thursday's edition of Felger & Mazz, the guys were joined by Alex Barth of 985thesportshub.com. While discussing where Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has spent some of his time during the team's minicamp practice, Barth explains how Vrabel has stood closely to second year quarterback Drake Maye.

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00:00what's up alex hey guys i'm just warning you we're dealing with that post-practice wind again so

00:04if you hear that that's what that is we'll make it stop alex yeah i'll try i'll throw my hands up

00:10put a piece of paper in front of the microphone and use it as a windscreen please right or exactly

00:14turn opposite the wind and block it with your back yeah or your ample noggin okay uh let's start

00:21with who looked good today uh drake made really efficient day for him uh ball really didn't hit

00:27the ground 14 of 15 started 10 of 10 and it was a lot of shorter stuff but there was a focus as

00:32andrew callahan reported this was a first down day they were working on their first down package and

00:37in josh mcdaniel's offense we know it's so important to stay on schedule and stay ahead of the chains

00:42and i think one thing i'm looking for for drake may in year two we know he has this big arm and he can

00:47extend place and create downfield can he be decisive without being rushed and erratic right can he get

00:54rid of the ball quickly when he needs to get rid of the ball quickly and still make the right decision

00:58and that's what he did today uh again hitting short stuff over the middle did hit some checkdowns

01:03just keeping the offense on schedule which to me is something you're watching for big time this year

01:08that relates to cutting down on the turnovers it's not all of it but if he can do that it's

01:13going to help him cut down on the turnovers speaking of short stuff alex how did the offensive

01:17line look and how did will campbell look in particular so it was kind of the same as yesterday

01:23the defensive line won the day but to me it looks the same as it looks in most non-padded practices

01:28the defense is going to be ahead of the offense if we're going to take anything performance away

01:32from the offensive line today jared wilson who continued to work in at center he had a botched

01:37snap with drake may under center that's pretty much as far as i'll go in terms of the performance

01:41stuff on the offensive line until the pads come on alex i uh can't say so many gushing tweets today

01:46about rookie wide receiver kyle williams so what happened was it a step back for the uh the steal of the

01:51draft yeah quieter day for him he actually did have a drop uh on a on a short hitch route that

01:56was kind of the one time i noticed him more involved stefan diggs pop douglas you didn't

02:01see him flashing as much today as he did yesterday i had stepped back would be would be fair okay who

02:06else did not look good i asked you by saying who looked good you said drake may who did not and if

02:10it's kyle williams is going to be your answer give me someone else oh kyle williams had the drop i i you

02:15guys might say this is a cop-out but i think it's true it's jalen polk the fact that he's not on the

02:19field at this point and in mike reed's report i think was minor muscle tightness or minor muscle

02:24soreness something like that he's truly on the bubble like i i don't think just because he was

02:28a second round pick last year there's a spot waiting for him on this team it's a very crowded

02:32wide receiver room and there are other guys out here making plays kendrick born has had two solid

02:36days kashaun booty's been getting open these are the guys he's competing with and he's not on the field

02:41to to kind of make his case so for a guy that that i think needs some urgency to make the roster

02:47it is early but i think he needs all the reps he can get it is potentially costly that he's not on

02:52the field right now especially knowing that you know the off-season shoulder surgery he passed his

02:56physical and he was cleared on that it's another issue that's holding him out okay he's done it's

03:01a bust could see it halfway through last year not gonna happen i thought he was gonna get a shot but

03:07but i am interested also in booty since you brought him up uh alex like correct me if i'm wrong i thought i

03:13read yesterday that didn't begin with him and digs weren't he the first two first two guys at you

03:19know as quote unquote wide receiver one wide receiver two yesterday so they're putting a lot

03:24of stock in booty it feels like yeah he's been involved they're kind of rotating with that top

03:28group digs pop booty born williams like those guys are all kind of mixing and matching but he's

03:35right like those feel like the top of the depth chart those five guys so he's right there in the mix

03:41for that absolutely okay what's the offensive line mix right now so the spots that are kind of

03:46settled are will campbell uh at left tackle mike on whenu at right guard mostly morgan rose at right

03:52tackle i know you talked about this yesterday he rotated out a little bit with demontre jacobs

03:56where they're really it feels like there's a building competition is at left guard and center so

04:00yesterday it was jared wilson working in at center with garrett bradbury cole strange kind of was settled

04:07at left guard where we thought there'd be the competition today wilson worked at both spots and

04:11sometimes it was strange coming off the field and sometimes it was bradbury so i wonder if they view

04:16wilson really as one of their top five linemen in the competition isn't as much him winning a spot as

04:22it is okay we know we want to start this kid who's the other guy that we're going to keep in or who's

04:28the guy we can afford to take out is it cole strange at left guard or is it garrett bradbury at center

04:32alex barth join us from 985 thesportshub.com down at gillette uh tell me how vrabel has been on the

04:38field with the offense i'm specifically interested in and i asked um bedard this yesterday i'm gonna

04:45ask everybody i guess because it it does interest me i think it's important how close to drake may

04:51is mike vrabel on a minute-by-minute basis during these practices and is he involved with the offense

04:55vrabel i'm talking about so what i've noticed they do the way they kind of structure the practice when

05:00they go into 11 on 11 there's a walkthrough period it's the offense against not air but other

05:04offensive players just kind of giving a landmark then they do sort of a walkthrough pace against

05:09the defense and then it's full speed when and the defense does the same thing on the other side

05:13when they're in that early walkthrough vrabel's with the offense not with the defense and he kind

05:17of stays over there and he's essentially in that middle linebacker spot so he's seeing the whole thing

05:22and he's eye to eye with drake may watching drake may read what would be the defense then he's kind of

05:27back behind the offense for those other two periods you see him and pop in you know drake

05:31may spending a lot of time with josh mcdaniels vrabel's been there for a little bit of it but

05:35i do think it's interesting that in that walkthrough period which is really when they're installing it

05:39right how do you want it run not how are you running it how do you want it run vrabel's watching drake

05:45may set everything up and run it when they're installing it why are you guys laughing in here the wind

05:51yeah the wind go ahead just no he looks like he's ready he and toto are ready to fly out of kansas

05:56here any minute now he's off the ground through rain through sleet through snow barth has his

06:03patriots takes ready to go before you get blown away uh barthy what are we missing what should

06:07we be talking about that we haven't asked you about uh i'd say the special team stuff i think

06:11you're gonna kick me off the air if i say that i might travion henderson was a lot more involved

06:16today and even without the run stuff like they're building him up this was something i was wondering

06:21remember they used to redshirt every rookie running back they'd get yeah and so i wondered

06:25with mcdaniel's being back if that was the case for henderson again it's just two days but

06:29i think his role is going to be pretty significant i think like he looks involved through two days

06:34and they need it because they need speed and explosiveness on that offense outside of pop

06:38douglas it's not a fast group you add travion henderson to the mix he's a big boost in that regard so

06:44i like how much i've seen of him early okay alex thanks so much for taking the time we appreciate it kid

06:51good

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