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. LOOK AT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO
LOOK PRETTY GOOD AGAINST THE BACKUP FROM WASHINGTON, BUT
WE'LL SEE.
>> Mike: DOUGLAS IN MOTION, BRISSETT WILL GET BROUGHT DOWN.
UNTOUCHED IS KJ HENRY, GETS IN
THERE FOR THE WASHINGTON SET. HIT LIKE THAT.
>> Mike: FIFTH ROUND PICK LAST
YEAR OUT OF CLEMSON. PLAYERS FOR WASHINGTON, BUT
THEY'RE THE PLAYERS THAT JEFF
DRISKEL'S BEEN PRACTICING WITH THE ENTIRE YEAR.
>> Mike: SO IT BECOMES THIRD AND
EIGHT. PRESSURE, AND THROW'S
INCOMPLETE.
THE WIDE RECEIVER, FIRST DOWN AT STARTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE, HE'S
GOT TO PLAY A QUICKER GAME.
>> Mike: BRADLEY KING BROUGHT THE PRESSURE.
THERE'S McNICHOL, AGAIN, RUNNING
NEAR THE 40 YARD LINE. >> Cris: HIS OFFENSE IS REALLY
PERFECT.
IT REALLY IS. >> Mike: McNICHOL, YOU'RE GOOD.
JEREMY'S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE FOR
SOME TIME AS A FIFTH ROUND PICK THERE.
>> Mike: HAWKINS WAS THE DB.
0 FOR THE PATRIOTS, ONE OF THEIR STARTERS, CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ,
QUARTERBACK ON THE FIELD.
DRISKEL LOOKED THAT WAY, WAS COVERED.
GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
RODRIGUEZ CHOPPED DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD BY MARCO WILSON.
THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN,
AND WASHINGTON WILL PUNT IT 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, COMING AND JUST GOT KNOCKED OUT.
>> Mike: SEVEN PLAYS, 52 YARDS,
BY THE NUMBER THREE OVERALL PICK.
A LOSS OF TWO YARDS. 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. NOW INSTEAD OF OF THIS FANCY
MOVE ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU GET A
RUSH. >> Mike: SECOND AND SEVEN FOR
DRAKE MAYE. >> Mike: NO DOUBT, MELISSA.
HE'S WORKED A LOT ON THAT
QUARTERBACK. THAT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED
DANIELS ALONG THE WAY.
NICE STOP MADE BY JOHN RIDGWAY. SECOND CONSECUTIVE PLAY HE'S
MADE.
HARRIS WAS THE RUNNING BACK. 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. THERE.
BUT ALL THESE COACHES, THEY JUST
DON'T WANT TO PLAY THESE GUYS IN THE LAST PRESEASON GAME.
>> Mike: HE IS PERCHED DOWN AT
THE 40 YARD LINE. >> 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 ON FRIDAY.
TRADED THURSDAY.
GOT HERE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ON THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME
FRIDAY.
AND YORK, THE POWERFUL LEG, THEY 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 >> Mike: MAYO'S GOT TERRIFIC
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MILTON.
COMES PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE. AND THAT'S DEFLECTED.
WASHINGTON DOES A GOOD JOHN
DEFENSIVELY. STARTING IN THE BIG HOUSE.
A CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER FOR THE
WOLVERINES, A GOOD OPPONENT IN FRESNO STATE.
McSORLEY KEPT IT AND TAKES OFF
ACROSS THE 20 YARD LINE TO THE 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. PERCENTAGE WAS POOR LAST YEAR.
NO FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS IN THIS
PRESEASON. THIS FOR 38 YARDS.
HE WILL HANDLE IT AND KNOCK IT
THROUGH, AND THEY MATCH FIELD >> Mike: YOU KNOW WHAT, IF SOME
POINT IN THE SEASON, IF HE'S NOT
ON A ROSTER, HIS PHONEWILL RING.
OFF THE GOLF COURSE, GET A RING,
SHOW EVERYBODY HE CAN DO IT. NOW, HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A CHANCE
IF HE'D HAVE BACKED UP THAT
FIRST DRIVE. >> Mike: KEPT PLAYING BETTER?
>> Cris: THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S MY PUSHBACK. >> AND I HEAR THAT.
IT GOES TO THE JOINT PRACTICES
THEY HAD WITH PHILADELPHIA. 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 LINEBACKERS THAT WAS SO KEY.
HOW SIMILAR IS THE DEFENSE YOU'VE SEEN FROM NEW ENGLAND
THIS PRESEASON FROM WHAT YOU SAW?
>> I THINK THEY HAVE SOME
DIFFERENT BLITZES. THEY HAVE COACHES FROM OTHER
PLACES, AND THEY'VE MIXED SOME
OF THAT IN THERE. THEY WANT THE PLAYERS TO TAKE
OWNERSHIP.
DO WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. GO PLAY FOOTBALL.
COACHES CAN'T PLAY GAMES.
ONLY THE PLAYERS CAN DO THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THESE
LEADERS.
HE WAS A GRAD ASSISTANT IN UCLA. JASON LIGHT IS NOW WITH TAMPA
BAY.
THEY WERE OUT AT UCLA SCOUTING PLAYERS.
McSORLEY GETS THIS DRIVE GOING.
AND IT'S HUNG ONTO. YOU'RE BETTER AT WHAT, I DON'T
KNOW.
TELL US ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP. >> UM, HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH
A BACKUP PLAYER OH.
HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH A DECADE LATER?
>> IT'S GREAT.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM FROM AFAR AND WATCHING ALL THE AMAZING
THINGS HE'S BEEN DOING.
TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING
ORGANIZATION, IT'S COOL.
TOUCHDOWN! >> Mike: YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S IN.
MICHAEL WILEY!
>> Melissa: IT'S EXCITING. 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. STILL DO.
AND THERE WAS DEFINITELY, THEY
WERE PLAYING OUT THERE TONIGHT. GIVE YOU EIGHT PERIODS OF
PRACTICE, MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO OR
WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE HALFTIME, AND PLAY THE
SECOND HALF OF THE GAME WITH
WHOEVER YOU WANT TO PLAY. McSORLEY THROWS.
AND A FLAG COMES DOWN.
FOR NEW ENGLAND. GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
BACK AND PLAY, WHETHER'S HANGING
AROUND ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD OR SO THE OWNERS ARE LIKE, WE MIGHT
AS WELL PUT THAT IN THE STADIUM
AND CHARGE THEM TO WATCH US PLAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S
HAPPENED OUT THERE.
SO NOW THE WEDNESDAY SCRIMMAGES ALMOST BETTER THAN WHAT WE SEE
OUT HERE.
>> Mike: ANOTHER FLAG ON HEARN. THERE AND DO IT.
>> Cris: IF THEY GOT 24 POINTS A
GAME, HOW MANY GAMES THE JETS WIN?
>> Mike: THIRD AND GOAL.
McSORLEY, SLAMMED, AT THE GOAL LINE, TOUCHDOWN!
AND THE WASHINGTON SIDELINE
JUMPING ON THE FIELD FOR MARTAVUS BRYANT AND THAT SCORE
THAT MAKES IT 19-10.
>> Cris: THERE'S COUPLE LEAPS 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, RETURN.
YOU'RE GOING TO KICK IT, WE'RE
GOING TO RETURN IT. >> Mike: NO GOOD.
AND THE PRESEASON IS OVER.
20-10, THE FINAL SCORE, WASHINGTON GETS THE VICTORY.
BOTH TEAMS IN THEIR PRESEASON,
1-2.