FOXBORO, Mass. — Jamien Sherwood noticed Drake Maye escape of the pocket and hoped to sneak up on the New England Patriots quarterback and ship a “lick.”
However when the New York Jets linebacker noticed Maye go into his slide, he tried to drag up. Sherwood initially thought he was in a position to keep away from Maye fully, however the third total choose suffered a first-half concussion and it’s believed he did so on the hit from Sherwood.
Sherwood provided his facet of issues when he spoke to NESN.com after the Patriots beat the Jets at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
“All I did was simply rally to the ball,” Sherwood advised NESN.com after the 25-22 verdict. “He slid. I did my finest to maintain him secure, go over high of him. I believe my shoulder may need hit him within the head, however I hope he’s OK.”
Sherwood referred to it as a bang-bang play and expressed how tough it was to change his path at Maye.
Story continues beneath commercial
“Particularly with him sliding and stuff,” Sherwood stated. “I’m already attempting to remain as little as potential to get angle. I’m not gonna lie, he was operating. I used to be gonna attempt to put a lick on him. However, yeah, as he went to go slide I attempted to ensure I saved him secure by going over high of him. I felt like I missed anyway. I didn’t know I truly made contact with him.”
Sherwood doesn’t imagine it was a unclean hit, as some stated on social media.
“If they are saying it’s a unclean hit, I imply, they don’t play the sport of soccer,” Sherwood stated. “I did my finest to attempt to hold him secure ’trigger in these kind of conditions, earlier than they began making these concentrating on calls, folks had been going proper on the quarterback. Within the blink of a watch, a cut up second, you bought to do your finest to maintain him secure and your self on the similar time. So, I haven’t actually watched the clip, however I do know from my standpoint is I attempted to go over high of him. It was no helmet to helmet. It was a shoulder pad and, I imply, I can’t do an excessive amount of about that. He’s a professional. I’m a professional. Accidents occur.”
He despatched nicely needs to Maye.
Story continues beneath commercial
“I hope he’s OK,” Sherwood stated. “Prayers out to him. He’s nice participant, up and coming as nicely. However wasn’t actually an excessive amount of to it. Only a bang-bang play.”
Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo confirmed Maye stays in concussion protocol. It’s no certainty he’ll take the sector when the Patriots journey to the Tennessee Titans for a Week 9 contest.
