Drake Maye on the team's second-half performance 11/1: "We settled in and found our groove"

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Drake, you say, getting your hand taped at the end of the first half, what did that magically do for you in the second half to get out there and get it done?

Drake Maye (0:07)

I wish we could say it was the magic touch. We just started to finish off drives, and we hit some big ones, which helped, and we had some catch and runs, which were nice, but we started to run the football pretty well. It was nice to see that, and then we just started playing complementary football. Will you explain, getting turned around, how much of a momentum building was that?

The touchdown, yeah, I think it was huge. You know, we kind of needed to open it up a little bit and kind of break the barrier of getting in the end zone. I think we did that. And I think, you know, coach was just, you know, kind of honest a little bit to start hurting ourselves, you know, Coach Raibs and Coach McDaniels. So they were just kind of hurting ourselves and killing drives. And I think they did a good job. First off, I think, you know, coach, the Dolphins did a good job of having a plan, kind of get after us, you know, early a little bit. And we kind of settled in and found our groove.

SPEAKER_3 (0:51)

What was the statement of Coach Raibs' message during halftime?

Drake Maye (0:55)

He was saying, well, we wanted to get off a fast start, but we didn't do that. So he was saying, you know, just band together, stick together. And kind of same message we've had all year, go be the answer. Don't wait around for anybody else to go make it. You know, kind of you go make it. And I think that was kind of the message everybody took in. And we just felt like we did that. It was good to see what's from those guys.

SPEAKER_4 (1:13)

Regardless of who's available moving ahead from the wide receiver position, how big was that for Kyle and Pop to have those big plays down the field?

Drake Maye (1:18)

It was huge. It was huge. Them guys, you know, first off, they do things right. You know, really, all the time. I think it's a credit for them blocking the run game, getting rewarded, and I think Pop's, you know, tough to tackle. He's a tough tackle when you get out there kind of on the edge, and you saw it on the touchdown run. So it was good for Kyle to get, you know, get one, another one, a deep one. And we got to get those guys, you know, the ball in space more, because those guys can move.

SPEAKER_4 (1:40)

He's on the third down too.

Drake Maye (1:41)

Yeah, he is. It was first off a great catch. He kind of shows up time and time again. And the early fumble, we just told him to keep him in and respond. This is about, this is the NFL. It's going to happen. And we did that. Can you describe what you saw in the running touchdown? The rostering touchdown? Yeah, it's always, that play comes in and you're always, you get a little amp for it. It's, you know, there's kind of me and Mondre, two on one. It's like kind of basketball, a fast break, kind of just, you know, hopefully you make the guy guess wrong. And we did. So I'd rather give to Mondre. And we did in college, 90% pitch, 10% run. So I have to beat 10%.

How tough was losing Hunter and what kind of adjustments do you guys have to make after that? Yeah, it's always tough losing Hunt. You know, we had a, you know, anytime with Hunt and Eli in there, when we were kind of down some receivers, those guys were going to be a big force. And Hunt and Eli, we kind of had the weather, and a lot of stuff inside was good. We felt like we had a chance to kind of work inside. And it was tough. I saw him on the, when he got up from the catch, you know, I was worried about him, and you know, shouldn't, probably shouldn't be worried about him, but I'm worried about Hunt. And I know he went back to the locker room, he seems fine in there. He seems like he's walking around fine, and he's got a smile on his face. So he's always Hunt.

SPEAKER_5 (2:49)

How would you describe the conditions, the effect it had on the game, and how it challenged you?

Drake Maye (2:54)

I feel like the suit, the Carolina blue. We got rigged last night, man. We got rigged against Miami. But no, I think, the conditions we knew was going to be tough. We know we thought it was going to rain the whole time. Then we come out here and warm ups and, sorry guys, I don't know who it is.