Head Coach Jerod Mayo 9/20: "Everything is always under evaluation"

SPEAKER_1 (0:13)

Stacey, oh yeah, okay, perfect. I'm sorry about that, Jerod. After evaluating the tape and getting together with the coaches, what is the plan for quarterback going forward?

Jerod Mayo (0:27)

jacoby is our quarterback until I say he's not the quarterback. I thought last night he showed a lot of toughness, a lot of grit, you know, on protection breakdowns, tried to do what we asked him to do. But I would say just as a team, as a coaching staff, we just gotta be better.

SPEAKER_1 (0:49)

Next question, Mike Giardi, followed by Chris Ryan.

Mike Giardi (0:52)

Jerod, you were pretty critical of the offensive line last night. Is there anything you can do internally to correct the problems, or is this something that you start to need to look outside the organization to help find some fixes?

Jerod Mayo (1:06)

No, I believe we can correct the problems internally. It comes down to details, and we were not sharpening our details as a unit, and that's what the offensive line is. It's not just one person, it's a unit, and being able to see the picture out of the same set of goggles, and we just didn't do that last night, but I do think it's correctable.

SPEAKER_4 (1:30)

Chris Ryan.

Chris Ryan (1:32)

Hey, Jerod, just looking at the tape from last night, what did you see in terms of the main issues with past protection and being able to recognize some of the stuff they were doing?

Jerod Mayo (1:43)

We had some young guys out there.

You know, they showed a few different looks that maybe caused some confusion, but just the communication as a whole has to be better. And I still have faith in those guys to get the job done. We just got to be very intentional about the way we approach the game and the way we adjust in game.

SPEAKER_1 (2:10)

Open it up for additional questions.

Phil Perry (2:19)

I don't know if you can hear me. This is Phil Perry.

SPEAKER_4 (2:24)

I don't know, can you hear me?

SPEAKER_1 (2:26)

Phil, jump in, and then I'll step back.

SPEAKER_4 (2:28)

Go ahead, Phil.

Phil Perry (2:30)

Sorry, I'm on the audio only version. Jerod, I'm just curious if you guys would consider altering the practice plan for the quarterback reps. Is there any chance you might want to give Drake a little bit more moving forward?

Jerod Mayo (2:48)

Right now, I would say it's still status quo, and kind of said it earlier, jacoby is still our starting quarterback, and we just got to be ready to support him. There are 11 guys out there in the offense, so it's everyone.

So to answer your question, that's very normal consideration at this time.

SPEAKER_1 (3:09)

Next question, Mike Grease followed by Chris Ryan. Jerod, you might have been asked this, and I apologize because I got cut off there for a little bit, but were you asked about Drake and his performance just on the last drive and what you saw from evaluating the tape from him?

Jerod Mayo (3:24)

Yeah, man, look, another guy who has athleticism, he can make all the throws. I thought he, you know, coming off the bench at that time is always tough, no matter what position, but especially at the quarterback position. I thought he did handle himself well and try to put a drive together. Something to build off of. I thought it was a good opportunity for him to go out there and get some live reps.

Phil Perry (3:50)

We'll go back to Chris Ryan.

Chris Ryan (3:52)

Hey, Jerod, is it difficult to evaluate jacoby, given some of the conditions he's had to play under in these first three games? And is that one of the reasons that, obviously, you want to give him a little bit more of an opportunity because of some of the conditions he's had to deal with?

Jerod Mayo (4:11)

I don't know if that's the case. What I would say is, like, all our focus right now is to get to two and two. And, you know, I say we have the bonus Monday and then get ready for San Fran. So, but everything's always under evaluation. But just so I'm clear, jacoby is still our starting quarterback until I say he's not.

Mike Giardi (4:33)

Takeda Stiefel, who are you with?

SPEAKER_1 (4:39)

Go ahead.

Takeda Stiefel (4:41)

Just defensively, it seemed like the overaggressiveness came back to bite you a little bit with Rodgers. Kind of checking in to some of the short yardage stuff to pick up first downs. What went into the idea to blitz him? Maybe it was charted as more than you did against Burrow, less than Geno Smith.