Patriots QB Drake Maye and WR DeMario Douglas admit what went wrong on final play that resulted in an interception
FOXBOROUGH, Mass – The New England Patriots had a chance to win in Sunday's matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. After the defense came away with a big stop, the Rams were forced to punt. And that put the ball in Drake Maye's hands with just over two minutes remaining. An 18 yard completion to […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass – The New England Patriots had a chance to win in Sunday's matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.
After the defense came away with a big stop, the Rams were forced to punt. And that put the ball in Drake Maye's hands with just over two minutes remaining.
An 18 yard completion to Kendrick Bourne quickly got things going, but afterwards, the rookie was intercepted on a pass intended for DeMario Douglas.
"Just a miscommunication,” head coach Jerod Mayo said after the game regarding the play.
The main question was did Douglas not turn around, or was the throw by Maye short?
The two players involved in this controversial play were also asked about it after the game.
"I was running my route," Douglas said. "It was just a miscommunication on both of us."
Maye echoed what his teammate and coach had said.
"Just too high a look. And Pop's up the middle and they're pretty good up front, the rushing five. So, I tried to put it on him and hit him over the linebacker, but Pop was thinking probably deep," Maye explained.
"At the end of the day, we just got to be on the same page."
The quarterback made sure not to put the blame on his receiver.
"I think Pop did the right thing I guess. Just got to talk through more conversations," Maye told reporters. "Just goes back to me during the week to do it more. Talking through different situations"
It was a hard way to end the game after the Patriots came so close to getting the win.
"We let that slip away," Douglas said. "We hurt ourselves. Yeah, we definitely hurt ourselves."
