Mike Reiss on Patriots’ HUGE Road Victory Over Dolphins

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The Patriots’ gritty road win over Miami showed growth under Mike Vrabel, with Drake Maye taking an important step forward in his development. Mike Reiss and the crew highlighted how the team bounced back from mistakes, learned how to win together, and relied on both rookies and veterans.

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00:00That was a good win.

00:02I mean, that's a team they don't beat, a quarterback they don't beat,

00:05a team they don't beat on the road,

00:08and a quarterback that they have a lot of difficulty beating.

00:12And they won that game.

00:14Let's start with Drake May, the most important player this season,

00:18his development.

00:19Your thoughts on the way he performed yesterday.

00:23So, Fred, I would say it was better than a good win from my view.

00:26I think it was a great win because the Patriots,

00:30this team has to learn how to win.

00:33And it was ugly at times, but these type of games, to me,

00:39in my experience, are so important for teams that are in the position

00:44the Patriots are in.

00:46So that's my big-picture view.

00:48And then specific to Drake May, I would amplify what Stefan Diggs said

00:54after the game.

00:55I think he used the words, he's growing up.

00:59And he took a step forward from last week in terms of just settling in

01:06early in the game.

01:08Yeah, I think it speaks volumes that Rabel immediately brought up

01:13in the postgame, what you alluded to there, Mike,

01:16how they bounced back.

01:19They got themselves in some bad positions and they were able to find the ways

01:26to end up winning the game, which is the thing that you're going for.

01:33But I think maybe we didn't give that enough credit at the start of the season

01:38with a new head coach and a new staff and a bunch of new players.

01:41There's like, all right, they've all won it at some level before,

01:45but winning together as this group, it's something that I think it was important

01:50for them to experience, to know what that feels like, what it feels like

01:53to bounce back, you know, to come from behind it at one point during the game

01:56and actually get that win so that they've, I don't know,

02:00it's almost like a muscle memory going forward.

02:02Oh, okay, you know, we're in a bad spot here, but we've done this before now,

02:06and that can do wonders for them.

02:09Especially after what happened last week, Hardy.

02:12You know, like, I think it's okay to say that we expected a little more

02:16from the season opener, especially in the second half of that game

02:19when they were stressing, you know, we want to be a second-half team.

02:23And so let's just hypothetical this.

02:26Let's say they go down to Miami and lose that game,

02:30which they easily could have because the game was within a play,

02:34you know, of going the other way.

02:37What would we be talking about?

02:38Well, same old story.

02:40Can't win in Miami.

02:42Same old story.

02:43This feels like 2024 again, right?

02:47And so that's why I really think this was a huge result for them to get.

02:52Well, acknowledging there's a lot to clean up there.

02:55Yeah.

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