Maye: I'm a Carolina kid

Drake Maye talks after ACC Championship Game.
Posted 12/4/2022, 7:09:31 AM Updated 12/4/2022, 7:12:05 AM

just a hair more there you're right

Yeah great man

Why don't you attribute the problems in the red zone

in terms of converting into touchdown What do you feel

like the biggest factor Yeah I mean I think removing

the ball well all night we get to the red

zone we kind of have a stalled a little stop

on the road you know start with me I can

make better decisions

You gotta make some plays at the same time

I think credit them

They had a plan when we got down there and

uh I think we gotta run the ball maybe a

little bit down there but at the same time you

know they were stopping the run pretty well

So we gotta throw it and just go down the

red zone You gotta have players make plays and you

know tonight you know we didn't do that and it

starts with yeah I was just rolling out and I

was looking left and came back right

I thought john was stay in the same spot he

moved a little bit right and then throwing it away

Probably I think throwing away was a better answer or

maybe try to run

But that's really all that part of the game where

you're trying to make a play

You guys hadn't hadn't hadn't been able to score since

your first drive

Just trying to make a play

Yeah Yes sir Yeah

Trying to make a play

We had a little setup we're kind of drift drift

back you know if we have two routes coming over

the top and then you didn't see anything and probably

thrown out the back end zone but try to make

a play out of it and you know it ended

up costing probably play the game

Yeah I mean he's a phenomenal player

I just told him you know if you ever need

anything from me you know it's a pleasure playing with

him and uh you know whoever he decides you know

I'm sure he'll do a great phenomenal player you know

one of probably the best player I've ever played with

So just blessed to be able to have a receiver

like him you know day in day out he comes

to work and you know every week he puts on

a show

So congrats on his career from him and he's a

hell of a player

It's just disappointing

You know a few plays here and there I think

a little bit tonight was a different story but I

think that fumble my reception my first one being a

player in the game but the other two they're tight

games and you know we got a find ways to

win

We find a way to win the whole season

You know this this was up

Some things

Um you know credit Clemson they've been here before they

knew how to handle it

You know after we force three and out went down

to score

You know they they've been here and you know it's

our first time here in what seven years

Um we haven't won since 1980

Um so we still got a lot to be proud

of and the season was at Tara Hill and appreciate

all the fans you know sorry to let you all

down

Just just this point

Yeah I think you know the best player down there

is josh I think you know we had a chance

with antoine on the fade I gotta make a better

throw

Um I thought um you know antoine did the best

he could but they're just fine

Always you know I feel like every time we get

down there it's like we always start like the first

nine so it's just tough to get nine yards down

there and it just feels so condensed

You know sometimes whenever we get you know within the

five I feel like um you know We have a

good shot of scoring sometimes we get kind of the

back 1st and 12 even that's that's tough scenario try

to get a first down

Are you committed to return to North Carolina Well that's

my that's my that's my intentions

You know I'm I'm Carolina kid you know I mean

something wearing that Carolina blue

Um so that's my intentions and I love this place

and you know these fans been great you know it's

been a heck of a season first year for me

you know I couldn't ask for more um probably the

games we've got a little different at the end here

But you know just thanks to all the fans and

the players and the coaches

It's been it's been a fun run parents

Um yeah I mean I haven't had anybody reach out

I don't know if I will probably won't really except

um you know personal like between contact I don't think

that's bad you know for um way that Kevin has

treated me and you know how well put trust in

me you know registered freshman quarterback and uh you know

just outstanding that when when that when that bridge comes

I'm not really sure

I'm not that deep into it

Uh that's that's the corner

Um yeah he's you know he's a good player

Um I think he's a young kid too

I'm not sure what what year he was but you

know he made some plays tonight

Did a nice job

He was on the defenders if it was completely was

right there

But also I feel like we have some guys that

were open on him

So you know the second player got a good good

night

I think you know the interception I gave him a

gift

So

like what happened to that exchange Yeah I think it

starts with me

I we had a little you know in uh I'm

reading the end

Um I think I got a little hesitation now try

to give it to him

I think he already thought I pulled it

Um so just something we do every day that you

know games like this matters big turning point in the

first half and it's one of those places back what

type of adjustments Yeah

I mean we knew that coming in the front seven

was pretty pretty pretty good

Um pretty elite

So try to get the ball out fast

I thought they did a pretty nice job of that

Um you know they're still coming

They got ways of guys coming in and they switch

on defense and they try to do a little bit

of what state did with that three down front with

three linebackers

So they just try to handle it that way and

they've got great players up front

They're gonna be playing on Sundays

Cannon just to get the ball out

Um yeah he just said I thought we fought hard

and that's the thing that you know that Carolina blue

we're not gonna accept the feet except the feet and

we're gonna give it all we got obviously we didn't

he said we didn't get in the way that we

wanted to but he's still proud of us

And uh you know we have some players back

He mentioned some players that big players in the game

It's just a little bit disappointing

Thank you

Thanks