Head Coach Jerod Mayo 10/27: "I've never questioned the resilience of this team"

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Jerod Mayo (0:30)

Good afternoon.

I thought it was a good team win. I thought those guys, even though we were down a few guys, we always talk about the next man up mentality. I think the safety is definitely, you know, stepped up today, especially without having Duggar and Peppers back there. I thought the three of those guys did a good job. You know, going back to the next man up mentality, you know, you lose Drake there early in the game and thought Jacoby was ready to go. Was it perfect? No. But at the same time, I thought the operation was good. I thought he made some good throws. And we just had to continue to build on that. I thought up front, the pass pro was pretty good. There was a time where 95 started kind of taking over the game a little bit. But I thought the guys again showed the resilience that they've developed over the past few weeks. Really proud of the guys. There were a lot of there was a lot of noise and a lot of chatter. I'm very appreciative of just their attitude and professionalism on an everyday basis. I thought it was good. Look, I would say the guys on special teams, I thought the energy overall was better. It's good to get a win here at home in Gillette.

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Jerod, I think with the week that was here, and it came down to sports can be funny, it came down to a fourth in goal at the one with 25 seconds left. What did that mean to you to watch your team rally together and put it in, but also come off hooting and hollering, and what did you say to them in response in that locker room?

Jerod Mayo (1:58)

It means a lot, you know. You know, when you preach something that shows up in the game, it's always going to be more impactful. I would say, like, there comes a time, a point in time where everyone in the stadium knows you got to run the ball. Whether you're talking about on defense, if we're on defense, or if we're on offense, there comes a point in time where they know, everyone knows, the fans know, everyone knows that it's a run play, and you got to really just defeat the man across from you. And look, fortunately, our guys got movement, and we scored, so it was great.

SPEAKER_6 (2:26)

Hey, Jerod, Kyle Dugger was out at the ninja report late. How did you guys have to do some last minute adjustments with him out of the game?

Jerod Mayo (2:32)

It looked like Jonathan Jones was playing a little bit more safety than usual. Yeah, Jay Jones, another guy, we talk about versatility in our personnel, and he knows every single spot, every single location. I would also say, I thought Marte did a good job as far as controlling the huddle, and just communicating overall, and those guys played well. Again, just to go back to the next man up, not to sound cliche or redundant, that's the mentality that we have to have if we want to build what we want to build.

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Jerod, plenty was made last week of the comments of saying that the team played soft. I want to give you a chance this week, different outcome. What word would you describe to describe the way the team played today?

Jerod Mayo (3:11)

I don't think I've ever really questioned the resilience of this team, and I'm not going to go back to those comments. What I will say is we have a room full of guys with the mentality that you got to change the page every day. Every day is a new day, and we have to get better and understand that practice is the most important thing we do until we get to the game.

SPEAKER_8 (3:31)

I think it was four yards per carry allowed for you guys defensively today.

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