WHY IS THAT GUY PLAYING?
AROUND HERE, WHOEVER WINS THE
JOB GETS THE JOB. >> Mike: SOME OF THE STARTERS,
ANTONIO GIBSON WITH WASHINGTON
LAST YEAR. FOUR YEARS AT MINNESOTA.
AND IT HAS BEEN SHUFFLING PIECES
ON THAT OFFENSIVE FRONT THE LAST TEN DAYS FOR THE PATRIOTS.
GETS IT OUT QUICK.
AND THE FORMER COMMANDER TAKING PATRIOTS SEE CINCINNATI ON
OPENING DAY, THEY ARE GOING TO
GET A LOT OF THAT ZERO-BLITZ-TYPE COVERAGE.
>> Mike: THESE ARE GUYS WHO WILL
START FOR NEW ENGLAND. GUYS WHO WILL NOT START FOR
WASHINGTON IN THE OPENER, WITH
THIS PATRIOTS OFFENSE, SHOULD HAVE THE UPPER HAND.
AND A GAIN OF FIVE ON THAT CARRY
FOR GIBSON. BOBBY WAGNER, THE VETERAN, COMES
OVER FROM SEATTLE.
THEY'VE ADDED SOME SIGNIFICANT PIECES IN TERMS OF VETS.
PICKUP OF FIVE.
47 YARD LINE. HIT LIKE THAT.
>> Mike: FIFTH ROUND PICK LAST
YEAR OUT OF CLEMSON. NO EXAM TOOK PLACE.
HE WAS POINTING TO HIS RIGHT
SHOULDER. >> Mike: MAYO GETS HIM OUT.
MAYE'S BACK UP. QUARTERBACKS ON THE ROSTER.
WE'LL SEE HIM LATER TONIGHT.
WASHINGTON BAILS OUT OF PRESSURE.
AND MAYE PULLS IT DOWN AND TAKES
OFFER. GETS THE FIRST DOWN PAST THE 25
YARD LINE.
26. LEADER ON THE SIDELINE IN DAVID
ANDREWS.
>> Mike: GOT THE SUPER BOWL RINGS, TIED FOR THE LONGEST
TENURE ON THIS TEAM.
A CHECK AT THE LINE. BEAUTIFUL.
ON TIME AND ON TARGET.
ROOKIE TO ROOKIE, INSIDE THE 40, BAKER, DOUGLAS.
BUT THORNTON IS THE GUY THAT
NEEDS TO STRETCH THE SEASON FOR THE PATRIOTS.
>> Mike: THIRD AND EIGHT.
MAYE FINDS SPACE. AND WATCH AND LEARN AND DO ALL
THAT.
BUT YOU GOT TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.
THIS IS PRO FOOTBALL.
>> Mike: FIRES. TO THE END ZONE, AND IN FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN!
KEVIN HARRIS MADE A MAN MISS. AND THE THIRD-YEAR MAN AT SOUTH
CAROLINA TAKES IT TO THE END
ZONE WITH A VERY NICE DRIVE, EXECUTED BY DRAKE MAYE.
>> Cris: YOU KNOW, MIKE,
SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMEBODY ON THE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE JOB IS TOO
BIG.
>> Cris: EXACTLY WHO HE IS. YOU ASK HIM A QUESTION, HE'S
GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
LOOKS LIKE DRAKE MAYE WENT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD, WHAT DID YOU
SEE?
WHEN YOU'RE A PLAYER, AND YOU GET THAT KIND OF HONESTY OUT OF
YOUR HEAD COACH OR ANYWHERE OF
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RIGHT OUT THE GATE.
>> Cris: AND JAYDEN DANIELS HAS
ALREADY SHOWN THAT HE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
>> Mike: MAYE, SWING IT OUT
COMPLETE ACROSS THE 25 OR 28. MAHOMES AND KELCE WERE AWESOME
IN THAT GAME.
IT OPENS THE SEASON. WE'LL SEE YOU IN 11 NIGHTS.
KANSAS CITY AT BALTIMORE.
INTERCEPTED! IN THE MIDDLE.
HARRIS HAS IT FOR NEW ENGLAND.
AND NOW HE'S FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN.
THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TAKES HIM
DOWN. FROM THE OWNER TO THE HEAD COACH
TO THE OFFENSE OFFENSIVE COORDI
THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES. THEY ARE THRILLED. >> Mike: PRINGLE IS CLAPPING
TOWARDS DRISKEL, LIKE, YOU SEE
WHAT I'VE GOT OUT HERE? THE OTHER SIDE, THE BIG HIT MADE
BY SHAWN WHITE.
SHAWN WHITE WOULD HAVE NOTHING YOU THROW THE BALL, WHERE DOES
IT LAND?
HE SAYS THE 5 YARD LINE. I SAID, COME ON.
THE 5 YARD LINE.
HE SAID I'M HITTING 100 NEXT HIS PARENTS DO NOT DO HIS
LAUNDRY, BUT THEY DO HAVE A
PLATE OF DINNER WAITING FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT.
>> Mike: GREAT STORY, TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT. >> Mike: IT GAVE YOU ONE MORE
DAY OF THE WEEK.
McSORLEY, SHOT DOWNFIELD. THINK THAT CROWD THAT DAY WENT
"ENOUGH."
WE DID THAT AS A TEAM, AND AS A CITY, BECAUSE OF BOTH OF YOU
GUYS.
>> Mike: MILTON, TAKING OFF. SO THERE'LL BE SOME PRESSURE.
>> I'LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
THE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THE WAY DRAKE MAY HAVE PERFORMED IN
THE LAST FEW DAYS, YOU'RE NOT IN
ALL THE MEETINGS. YOU DON'T HEAR ALL THE POINTS,
BUT YOU SEE IT.
IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND DO THIS POSITION AND AT THE EDGE RUSHING
POSITION.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE SORT OF REALLY MISSED CHASE
YOUNG LAST YEAR.
>> Mike: PRESSURE PICKED UP. MATT LANDERS WAIVED BY
CLEVELAND, SIGNED BY NEW ENGLAND
AND TO THE 33 YARD LINE. >> Mike: HE DOES.
AND MELISSA WAS TALKING TO BOBBY
WAGNER. WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT HE
BUILDS, AND I'M STARTING TO SEE
IT. >> Mike: YORK WITH THE KECK.
WALLACE TO RETURN.
DOWN TOWARD THE EDGE. HE'S MADE AN IMPACT ON SPECIAL
TEAMS IN THIS PRESEASON FOR NEW
ENGLAND. AROUND THE 37 YARD LINE.
SO, THE SEASON WILL START FOR
REAL FOR WASHINGTON IN TAMPA,