September 11, 2025 • 11 mins
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels addresses the media on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The crowd good you shoot when.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, you know, we obviously we want to stay balanced
as much as we can. That's always been the way
we have operated offensively, and I know that's the way
we intend every game to go.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
So I've said it a million times. I've never called
a perfect game, and.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
UH would love to to be right on the you know,
the perfect line of balance every week. And so just
you know, when you look back at things, you you
know there's things.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
You you wish you would have done a little different
here and there.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And at the end of the day, I always want
to try to do what's best for the team, and
some weeks that's that's better done than others, you know,
So I always try to learn from from previous experiences,
and certainly we try to do a good job of
maintaining balance every week that we can, uh, until obviously
the game falls into a different category.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Okay said the question was is straight out too much unsplay?
And I said, you're tying whatever you want being that's possible.
What did you make of what you gave them and
did you think that that was an issue of all
all the time?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
No, No, we haven't given them anything more than what
we've given them all year, which is not too much.
I think we have to understand it's his first game
in our system. I think we all learned a lot
(01:44):
from each experience we've had. You know, every practice, Washington
joint practice, Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Preseason games, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
The little that we were able to work together obviously,
and then you know, the first full game, you know
that we have an opportunity to go through our operation
and see things for the first time and use our
rules and follow our rules. Thought he made a lot
of good plays. Thought he made a lot of good decisions.
But I'm focused really on the process of him getting
(02:18):
better every day because I think the view of it is,
you know, it's got to be a long term vision
of where this guy's going to be. It's going to
be a really good player, you know, and just you know,
there's there's things that are going to happen in every game,
for especially at that position, that aren't going to be perfect.
(02:39):
It's really hard to play a perfect game at that spot,
let alone any spot. But now I think Drake does
an incredible job of preparing. He's got a great attitude
and mindset, and we're trying to do the things to
help the team win, and we'll continue to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
The idea of being perfect come up a couple of
times with Mike. Is that some of your conversations with
Drake as you get to know him and how he
handles failure to understandable you can shoot for it, but
this is never going to happen. Yeah, I think we've
all said that, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I think competitive guys want to do their best, you know,
every week, so you know, if you have opportunities and
you don't, you know, make the play you think you
can make, or you know, we miss an opportunity offensively,
like all of us are disappointed. I think over time,
you realize that it's hard to play, you know, even
(03:36):
a game that's close to perfect in our league. You know,
so it's an imperfect game. You know, there's too many
variables on every play. They have too many good players
on the other side, too many good coaches on the
other side. There's always going to be difficult things you
have to deal with. I think that's another part of
the process, is learning how to handle something that didn't
go our way, but then being able to continue to
(03:57):
play and find ways to be product after that, you know,
and so that's my job. You know, offensively, we have
to do a good job of being able to handle
the results, you.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Know, good or bad.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
You know, we talk about having poise whether it's a
good result or a poor one, and you know, go
down and score a touchdown and come back and try
to go score another one, you know, and not get
too high or too low one way or the other.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
What in your mind are the biggest areas that Drake
needs the most work on to take the next step forward.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I'm literally, Karen, I'm kind of I'm the the global
view with him.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
You know, the quarterback.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I mean, quarterbacks a really difficult position to play, and
there's a million things that you know, you do, you know,
every every day every play between cadence and understanding the
defense and your footwork and your throwing mechanics and reading coverage,
and you know, there's there's all kinds of things pocket movement,
you know, play faking, you know, handling pressures, seeing defenses.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
There can't be one or two things, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So I'll never boil it down to that because that
would be doing them a disservice.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
We have a lot of a lot of work that
needs to get done every day.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You know, yesterday was first and second down, today's third
down and short yardage, the Marl's gonna be red zone,
two minute goal line. You know, each one of those
brings a different challenge for a young quarterback. And I
would say the biggest thing for me is just you know,
he's a young quarterback. You know, he's a young quarterback.
You know, he's learning through all these experiences and he's
(05:36):
the right guy, and so we're going to have an
opportunity to continue to grow and improve and get better.
And I think I would be really you know, jumping
ahead and jumping the gun if I try to sit here.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And pinpoint one or two things.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
We work on a lot of things to try to
get better every day, and he's gonna improve.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
See where you balance keeping Drake sick but also using
his that way sims hurt. Yeah. I thought he did
a good job of keeping himself safe. The other day.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
There was a couple of things where he you know,
either ran on his own or pulled the ball and
and did some stuff with his legs.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
But I thought that was progress.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
There's another area you know that obviously last year, you know,
he took a couple of hits that you know, inevitably
his his availability is what's most important, so always trying
to keep him healthy, do the best we can to
protect him in the passing game, which I thought, you know,
for the most part, we did a decent job of
trying to do that, and then I thought he was
(06:36):
smart when he used his legs.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Mike said something on Monday about the play caller asking
him to play a fishing group.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Was there any issues for.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
The play not getting in all the time? I mean,
I don't know one if he is pinpoint in one
thing or another. Normally we do a good job of
getting the call in and have plenty.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Of time at the line.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, that's obviously my job if for some reason
we didn't, but I'm I'm not a We didn't have
any issues with the delays or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
With the three running box. Seems that they all have
they can all have different roles in the offense. What
did you pay you learn about the three of them
in this first.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Game and how they can they need they need the
ball more.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
That's that's that's the best way to say it. So,
like I said, I try to learn from each experience.
I love the guys in that room. They work really hard.
They can do a lot of different things, you know,
and I thought they did some things, but you know,
the way the game ended up going really kind of
got we got you know, sidetracked in the third quarter
(07:40):
and then you know, the game the game changed a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
So yeah, I can do a better.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Job, it seems like in the ground game, which just
post that movement and some unblocked second level defenders, Chris,
if you saw it the same way, and also how
you go about improving.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Thoss learning from it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Honestly, you know, it's really difficult to simulate movement sometimes
in a running game, you know, without being in pads
in a game against another opponent that does it differently
than the team that you practice against all the time,
you know. So we had a couple opportunities to see
things like that against other opponents in the preseason, which
was really good for us. I thought we learned some
(08:18):
things there, but the same thing, you know, just I
think this is time on task and a great opportunity
for us to see that in a in a live setting,
obviously against a good team, and you know, they did
some things that pinched us off from getting up to
the second level and the linebackers, and again, just I'm
excited and eager to use those experiences to improve, you know.
(08:40):
I think that's really what my mindset is for our
whole group. And we certainly learned some stuff on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Pre staff motion.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
It comes to using pre staff motion and things like that.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
It's not like a build up over the course of
the season versus kind of throwing at all that week one.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, there's obviously using that is it's you know, it's fun.
It can be something that you know, if you're not careful,
it could hurt you. It's certainly going to change what
you're looking at over there on the defensive side. And
with such variables in week one and some of the
(09:20):
unknown and uncertainty that goes along with the opening game.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I don't know how much we ended up doing it
or not.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I'm not sure exactly what the number was, but yeah,
there's definitely some pros and cons to it. You can
gain advantages, certainly some weeks more than others, depending on
whether the team is a man a man team his
own team. You know what happens post snap for them too,
so and then we have to be aware obviously of
the adjustments that go along with that if things change,
you know, when we move somebody. So there'll probably be
(09:49):
weeks where we use it more and weeks where we don't,
based on what we think is hopefully best for the team.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Drake acknowledge some of the throws that you'd like to
have back and help rush you do to make them
more comfortable or for you use it just a question
of the experience side of test.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
It's I think some of that is probably just you know,
if there's something Look, I've always tried to do that
with every guy I've had at that position, Like every since,
We'll get him something easy early. You know, the defense
always has something to say about that too, and you
can try and that doesn't always do it, you know. Sometimes,
(10:27):
I mean I coach guys that like to get hit,
you know, I don't want that to happen, but they did,
you know, they felt like they were into the game
once they got you know, pop points. I've had people
that you know, wanted something short. I've had people that
were super aggressive and wanted to go down the field.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
You know.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
I think the first play I ever called in my life,
Tom through a post you know, it was incomplete, but
he threw it, you know.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
So it's I think for each guy it's different. I
think we're learning.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You know, what do we need to do to make
sure he feels, you know good. I know he likes
what we're doing early because we're in constant communication about that.
It's just you know, finding a way to be more
productive and if there's any way obviously we can do
that and help that process along, and then.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
We need to do it and we should. Yeah, thank you,
The crowd good you shoot when.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, you know, we obviously we want to stay balanced
as much as we can. That's always been the way
we have operated offensively, and I know that's the way
we intend every game to go.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
So I've said it a million times. I've never called
a perfect game, and.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
UH would love to to be right on the you know,
the perfect line of balance every week. And so just
you know, when you look back at things, you you
know there's things.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
You you wish you would have done a little different
here and there.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And at the end of the day, I always want
to try to do what's best for the team, and
some weeks that's that's better done than others, you know,
So I always try to learn from from previous experiences,
and certainly we try to do a good job of
maintaining balance every week that we can, uh, until obviously
the game falls into a different category.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Okay said the question was is straight out too much unsplay?
And I said, you're tying whatever you want being that's possible.
What did you make of what you gave them and
did you think that that was an issue of all
all the time?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
No, No, we haven't given them anything more than what
we've given them all year, which is not too much.
I think we have to understand it's his first game
in our system. I think we all learned a lot
(01:44):
from each experience we've had. You know, every practice, Washington
joint practice, Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Preseason games, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
The little that we were able to work together obviously,
and then you know, the first full game, you know
that we have an opportunity to go through our operation
and see things for the first time and use our
rules and follow our rules. Thought he made a lot
of good plays. Thought he made a lot of good decisions.
But I'm focused really on the process of him getting
(02:18):
better every day because I think the view of it is,
you know, it's got to be a long term vision
of where this guy's going to be. It's going to
be a really good player, you know, and just you know,
there's there's things that are going to happen in every game,
for especially at that position, that aren't going to be perfect.
(02:39):
It's really hard to play a perfect game at that spot,
let alone any spot. But now I think Drake does
an incredible job of preparing. He's got a great attitude
and mindset, and we're trying to do the things to
help the team win, and we'll continue to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
The idea of being perfect come up a couple of
times with Mike. Is that some of your conversations with
Drake as you get to know him and how he
handles failure to understandable you can shoot for it, but
this is never going to happen. Yeah, I think we've
all said that, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I think competitive guys want to do their best, you know,
every week, so you know, if you have opportunities and
you don't, you know, make the play you think you
can make, or you know, we miss an opportunity offensively,
like all of us are disappointed. I think over time,
you realize that it's hard to play, you know, even
(03:36):
a game that's close to perfect in our league. You know,
so it's an imperfect game. You know, there's too many
variables on every play. They have too many good players
on the other side, too many good coaches on the
other side. There's always going to be difficult things you
have to deal with. I think that's another part of
the process, is learning how to handle something that didn't
go our way, but then being able to continue to
(03:57):
play and find ways to be product after that, you know,
and so that's my job. You know, offensively, we have
to do a good job of being able to handle
the results, you.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Know, good or bad.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
You know, we talk about having poise whether it's a
good result or a poor one, and you know, go
down and score a touchdown and come back and try
to go score another one, you know, and not get
too high or too low one way or the other.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
What in your mind are the biggest areas that Drake
needs the most work on to take the next step forward.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I'm literally, Karen, I'm kind of I'm the the global
view with him.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
You know, the quarterback.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I mean, quarterbacks a really difficult position to play, and
there's a million things that you know, you do, you know,
every every day every play between cadence and understanding the
defense and your footwork and your throwing mechanics and reading coverage,
and you know, there's there's all kinds of things pocket movement,
you know, play faking, you know, handling pressures, seeing defenses.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
There can't be one or two things, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So I'll never boil it down to that because that
would be doing them a disservice.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
We have a lot of a lot of work that
needs to get done every day.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You know, yesterday was first and second down, today's third
down and short yardage, the Marl's gonna be red zone,
two minute goal line. You know, each one of those
brings a different challenge for a young quarterback. And I
would say the biggest thing for me is just you know,
he's a young quarterback. You know, he's a young quarterback.
You know, he's learning through all these experiences and he's
(05:36):
the right guy, and so we're going to have an
opportunity to continue to grow and improve and get better.
And I think I would be really you know, jumping
ahead and jumping the gun if I try to sit here.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And pinpoint one or two things.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
We work on a lot of things to try to
get better every day, and he's gonna improve.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
See where you balance keeping Drake sick but also using
his that way sims hurt. Yeah. I thought he did
a good job of keeping himself safe. The other day.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
There was a couple of things where he you know,
either ran on his own or pulled the ball and
and did some stuff with his legs.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
But I thought that was progress.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
There's another area you know that obviously last year, you know,
he took a couple of hits that you know, inevitably
his his availability is what's most important, so always trying
to keep him healthy, do the best we can to
protect him in the passing game, which I thought, you know,
for the most part, we did a decent job of
trying to do that, and then I thought he was
(06:36):
smart when he used his legs.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Mike said something on Monday about the play caller asking
him to play a fishing group.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Was there any issues for.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
The play not getting in all the time? I mean,
I don't know one if he is pinpoint in one
thing or another. Normally we do a good job of
getting the call in and have plenty.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Of time at the line.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, that's obviously my job if for some reason
we didn't, but I'm I'm not a We didn't have
any issues with the delays or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
With the three running box. Seems that they all have
they can all have different roles in the offense. What
did you pay you learn about the three of them
in this first.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Game and how they can they need they need the
ball more.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
That's that's that's the best way to say it. So,
like I said, I try to learn from each experience.
I love the guys in that room. They work really hard.
They can do a lot of different things, you know,
and I thought they did some things, but you know,
the way the game ended up going really kind of
got we got you know, sidetracked in the third quarter
(07:40):
and then you know, the game the game changed a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
So yeah, I can do a better.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Job, it seems like in the ground game, which just
post that movement and some unblocked second level defenders, Chris,
if you saw it the same way, and also how
you go about improving.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Thoss learning from it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Honestly, you know, it's really difficult to simulate movement sometimes
in a running game, you know, without being in pads
in a game against another opponent that does it differently
than the team that you practice against all the time,
you know. So we had a couple opportunities to see
things like that against other opponents in the preseason, which
was really good for us. I thought we learned some
(08:18):
things there, but the same thing, you know, just I
think this is time on task and a great opportunity
for us to see that in a in a live setting,
obviously against a good team, and you know, they did
some things that pinched us off from getting up to
the second level and the linebackers, and again, just I'm
excited and eager to use those experiences to improve, you know.
(08:40):
I think that's really what my mindset is for our
whole group. And we certainly learned some stuff on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Pre staff motion.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
It comes to using pre staff motion and things like that.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
It's not like a build up over the course of
the season versus kind of throwing at all that week one.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, there's obviously using that is it's you know, it's fun.
It can be something that you know, if you're not careful,
it could hurt you. It's certainly going to change what
you're looking at over there on the defensive side. And
with such variables in week one and some of the
(09:20):
unknown and uncertainty that goes along with the opening game.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I don't know how much we ended up doing it
or not.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I'm not sure exactly what the number was, but yeah,
there's definitely some pros and cons to it. You can
gain advantages, certainly some weeks more than others, depending on
whether the team is a man a man team his
own team. You know what happens post snap for them too,
so and then we have to be aware obviously of
the adjustments that go along with that if things change,
you know, when we move somebody. So there'll probably be
(09:49):
weeks where we use it more and weeks where we don't,
based on what we think is hopefully best for the team.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Drake acknowledge some of the throws that you'd like to
have back and help rush you do to make them
more comfortable or for you use it just a question
of the experience side of test.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
It's I think some of that is probably just you know,
if there's something Look, I've always tried to do that
with every guy I've had at that position, Like every since,
We'll get him something easy early. You know, the defense
always has something to say about that too, and you
can try and that doesn't always do it, you know. Sometimes,
(10:27):
I mean I coach guys that like to get hit,
you know, I don't want that to happen, but they did,
you know, they felt like they were into the game
once they got you know, pop points. I've had people
that you know, wanted something short. I've had people that
were super aggressive and wanted to go down the field.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
You know.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
I think the first play I ever called in my life,
Tom through a post you know, it was incomplete, but
he threw it, you know.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
So it's I think for each guy it's different. I
think we're learning.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You know, what do we need to do to make
sure he feels, you know good. I know he likes
what we're doing early because we're in constant communication about that.
It's just you know, finding a way to be more
productive and if there's any way obviously we can do
that and help that process along, and then.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
We need to do it and we should. Yeah, thank you,
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