Jerod Mayo: I don’t want to get into why we didn’t go for two at the end of regulation
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye made a notable play on the final play of regulation at Tennessee by scrambling for more than 12 seconds before delivering a touchdown pass to running back Rhamondre Stevenson.
The score made it 17-16 Titans and gave the Patriots a chance to win the game by going for two, but head coach Jerod Mayo sent the kicking team onto the field and the Titans ultimately won 20-17 in overtime . Anyone hoping to hear Mayo explain at his post-match press conference why he didn’t go for the jugular was left disappointed.
Mayo was asked if the decision to kick was because Maye was tired after the extended final play and didn’t give a direct answer to that, or something else about the decision.
“I don’t want to get into that,” Mayo said via a team transcript. “It’s a good question. I just don’t want to get into it right now.”
The Patriots may have lost if they had gone for it, but they would have had a little more control over the outcome against a defense reeling from the previous play. Mayo made a different choice and still ended up on the wrong side of the final score.