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Mike Vrabel Reacts To Drake Maye S Heartwarming Move After Titans Win

Bonisiwe Shabane
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mike vrabel reacts to drake maye s heartwarming move after titans win

The New England Patriots picked up a 31-13 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Week 7, and while all wins are important, it’s clear that this one meant a little bit more to head... That wasn’t something that was lost on Drake Maye after the game. Vrabel initially got his start as a head coach in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans, as he spent six seasons with them from 2017 to 2023. During that time, he led them to the playoffs three times, but after a couple of rough seasons in 2022 and 2023, he ended up getting fired. After spending a year without a head coaching gig, Vrabel found his way to the Patriots, which is where he spent eight seasons of his 14-year playing career. And in just seven games, Vrabel has helped completely change the direction of the franchise.

While he refused to acknowledge that this game was important for him, the way Vrabel’s tenure came to an end in Tennessee made it clear to everyone that he wanted to win this one. Sure enough, the Pats came out on top, and after the game, Maye gave his head coach a game ball in the locker room. On Monday, Vrabel spoke on Maye’s heartwarming gesture. “I appreciate it,” Vrabel said of Maye awarding him a game ball after the team’s win over the Titans on “The Greg Hill Show.” “I’m happy for these guys. I’m happy that they can see success, and they can feel it, and they’re excited. A lot of great personal achievements, and most importantly, the team achievement.”

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was given the game ball by his quarterback, Drake Maye, following Sunday’s win over the Tennessee Titans, and he appreciated the honor, as he noted in a radio... Sunday marked Vrabel’s return to Tennessee for the first time since the 2023 season. The Patriots were able to dominate on both sides of the football and pick up their fifth win of the year. It was quite the win for a team that is quickly finding its stride. Vrabel did not want to make his return to Tennessee about himself, but he was genuinely happy to receive the game ball from Maye. "He did.

He did. And again, I appreciate it," Vrabel said on Maye giving him a game ball. "Happy that they can see success, and they can feel it. They're excited. A lot of great personal achievements, and most importantly, the team achievements." The combination of Maye and Vrabel, along with the return of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, is a major reason why the Patriots are sitting at 5-2.

Sunday's win in Tennessee was an important one for the Patriots. Not only did the 31-13 victory see New England maintain its first-place lead in the AFC East—and Drake Maye breaking franchise records once held by Tom Brady—but it also allowed coach Mike Vrabel to... That's why, in the locker room after the win, the coach was awarded a game ball by his franchise quarterback while trying to break the team down. "One sec, one sec," Maye jumped in as Vrabel walked away from the huddle. "For coach and all Tennessee coaches. Coach Vrabel, we love playing for you.

Glad you're our head coach. We love you, coach." Check out the awesome moment here, at about the 0:35 second mark in the below video: New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has with no doubt, won new head coach Mike Vrabel’s confidence, but for Vrabel, it long preceded the 9-2 start. “I came here because of the familiarity. I came here because of Drake,” Vrabel told the Amazon postgame show crew via NBC Sports Boston.

“I knew what he would be, and it was important for me to come here. And that’s someone I wanted to coach. And so building a program is about that. It’s about putting great people around your really good players. That’s what Drake is for us.” Maye carved up the New York Jets defense in a 27-14 win on Thursday, the team’s eighth-straight.

It led to chants of MVP from the crowd, a fan base that once saw Patriots legend Tom Brady dominate the league for two decades and win three regular season MVPs. Maye was part of that postgame conversation with Amazon, and he expressed his appreciation of Vrabel, who came in and re-tooled the Patriots after back-to-back 4-13 seasons. Vrabel once played for the Patriots during the Brady era, and Vrabel went on to coach the Tennessee Titans before his current position. “It means the world. It goes both ways,” Maye said. “I can’t thank coach enough for what he’s done, what he’s gonna do for my career, for my life.

He brings it every day. He said this, and he’ll text me later tonight about something I could have done better in the game. He’s constant, he’s awesome, and we love playing for him. I love playing for him.” New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel did all he could last week to downplay the storyline related to the club's Week 7 game at the Tennessee Titans, the team that fired him in... Coming off New England's 31-13 win that improved the Patriots to 5-2, quarterback Drake Maye shared why he and others in the locker room appreciated what Vrabel did and didn't say ahead of the...

"It meant a lot to us, him downplaying, not making a big deal…what’s interesting versus what’s important, and he cared about us," Maye said during a Monday appearance on Boston sports radio station WEEI,... "He cared about his team, and he said that was in the past. Now he’s moved on, and he’s worried about us. Shoot, we love playing for coach." Vrabel went 54-45 across his six seasons with the Titans before he ended his tenure with back-to-back losing campaigns. He guided the franchise to the 2020 AFC Championship Game and later won the Associated Press Coach of the Year Award for the 2021 season.

Despite what Vrabel said behind the scenes, Patriots players made it known on Sunday afternoon that they understood earning a win over the Titans meant "a lot" to their coach. Meanwhile, Maye set a franchise record for the highest completion percentage in a single game when he connected on 21-of-23 pass attempts (91.3 percent) for 222 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee. Send this article to your social connections. Send this article to your social connections. In case you forgot, or didn’t know, Thursday’s Jets-Patriots game was a matchup between the two teams that were most interested in Mike Vrabel this past offseason. If Thursday was any indication, Vrabel’s decision was validated by the top reason he decided to go to New England.

Following the Patriots’ 27-14 victory over the Jets, Vrabel pointed to Drake Maye for the reason he wound up with New England. “I came here because of the familiarity. I came here because of Drake,” the Patriots head coach told Prime’s “TNF Postgame Show.” “I knew what he would be, and it was important for me to come here. And that’s someone I wanted to coach. And so building a program is about that. It’s about putting great people around your really good players.

That’s what Drake is for us.” There were a lot of subplots leading into the New England Patriots' trip to Nashville to take on the Titans. The now 1-6 Tennessee Titans fired their head coach, Brian Callahan, on Monday after a dismal start to the season. Six days later, the man who reshaped their franchise by getting them to an AFC Championship and winning a Coach of the Year award, only to be fired, would return. Week 7 was a revenge game of sorts for Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. It was the kind of game that any player or coach would brush off in the press, not to add fuel to the fire, but everyone knows that Vrabel would secretly hope his team...

Quarterback Drake Maye had himself an afternoon, going 21 of 23 for 222 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, and he even rushed for 66 yards (43 of which were in the first... One would think that in the post-game locker room speech, Maye would get the game ball for another impressive Sunday afternoon. Turns out the team had a plot twist to throw at their coach. The New England Patriots went out on Sunday and gave it their all, doing what they could to secure a tough divisional win over the Miami Dolphins. And that they did. But Drake Maye helped make the moment extra special for one very important member of the Patriots organization.

After taking the knee on the final play of the game, Maye rushed right over to the team’s equipment manager, making sure that the ball was kept safe so it could be given to... Maye wanted to make sure he got the game ball from his first win as head coach of the Patriots. “I took that football out, the one I (took a knee) there and gave it right Stick our equipment guy, and let coach get that ball,” Maye said. “Said that means a lot and I think it means a lot to him. So it took everybody, but he’s leading the charge and that meant something to do that.” Robert Kraft then handed him the game ball in the locker room, earning a huge cheer from the staff.

And he also handed out some game balls to the players who impacted Sunday's game in a huge way. The New England Patriots are on a roll right now, as their 31-13 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Week 7 was their fourth straight win. While everyone is playing their part for the Patriots, the guy who is undoubtedly leading the charge is second-year quarterback Drake Maye. After an encouraging rookie campaign, Maye has blossomed into a superstar in real time. Through seven games, he has 1,744 yards and 12 touchdowns passing, while also rushing for 200 yards and another pair of scores. Furthermore, Maye’s completion percentage of 75.2% and 116.4 passer rating are both tops in the league through seven weeks.

As a result of his strong play, Maye has begun to emerge as a serious MVP candidate across the league. And yet, while Maye knows there’s a lot of buzz and chatter surrounding him currently, he recently shared how head coach Mike Vrabel is helping keep him grounded amid his star turn. “One of the best things that Coach Vrabel was saying … there’s stuff that’s interesting vs. important,” Maye said on “WEEI Afternoons.” “I think all that stuff is interesting and it’s cool to be in those graphics and whatever, but I think what’s important is to try to keep it... For as important as Maye has been, it’s clear that Vrabel is the architect of the Patriots’ sudden rise. In his first year as the team’s head coach, Vrabel has completely transformed the team’s culture, and the result is a football team that is going out and winning on a regular basis.

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