Drake “oh no” Maye
Remember 3 years ago, when Aaron Rodgers ran out of the tunnel with a flag to honor a tragedy he probably thinks the government orchestrated, and then instantly died 4 plays later? Then the Zach Wilson led Jets would go on to beat the Bills anyway? I never expected to get a sequel!
5 plays into the season opener Super Bowl rematch and the champs took a fierce blow to the hip. Sam Darnold’s hip, specifically. Drew Lock came in, the crowd died, and the Patriots felt like they had just been gifted another delivery from the almighty schedule. The first 3 quarters of the game were a dull slog with the Pats and Maye nursing a small lead against a tough Seattle D and non-functional Seattle O.
Then Drake Maye uncorked the bottle of stupid.
Look I’m gonna say this right now to get it out of the way: it’s week 1, Seattle has one of the best defenses in the league and they already took the Patriots to hell 6 months ago. There is no reason to panic about Maye whatsoever. He’ll probably be fine, though I assume struggle a bit more this year after he plays some actual teams. Last year was a lot of good luck on top of good play.
But good golly he sure made everyone who almost voted him MVP last year wince and look away! Maye’s best throw all night was a clunker to AJ Brown that Brown simply used to get the patented “Underthrow DPI” that everyone hates. Then Brown got a high ankle sprain and Maye was left trying to make Romeo Doubs happen. It did not happen. Doubs had a Kadarious Toney-Esque opener and you had to laugh because like a week ago the Pats traded away Kayshon Boutte and now they are stuck with this.
Romeo Droups aside, Maye would throw 3 picks in the 4th and all 3 were disastrous decisions. On pick one he had the perfect pocket to launch a floater into double coverage that got tipped. That was the GOOD one. He at least got it to Doubs, who couldn’t come down with it. On the second one he again has a clean pocket and somehow doesn’t see the defender heading right for his flight path, and Julian Love easily steps in front of the pass.
But he saved his best for the coup de grâce. Inside easy field goal range the Patriots are set up to either win or head to overtime. This is when you play conservatively and smart. Run the play, if you see a wide chance you go for it, but otherwise throw the ball away and survive for the kick. Drake Maye yolo’s the fuck out instead and panics in a clean pocket, only to hurl another underthrown floater off his backfoot to a covered Mack Hollins and Josh Jobe makes a fantastic toe tap pick to ice the game.
Maye has had gunslinger brainfarts since his rookie year. His hero ball works against bad teams, but you can’t do this and get away with it against competent defenses. There was simply no excuse for that throw. I give it 4 weeks of this before AJ Brown is tweeting vague disgruntled threats at nobody again.
If he had played well the “HE PROVED THE DOUBTERS WRONG” screams would be heard from space so nah, I’m gonna slander Drake “Worse Than Drew Lock” Maye all I want
EXACTLY. I look at whatever my moronic neighbor – who *happens* to be a Pats fan – I want to be clear I’m not implying all Pats fans are morons – would say if the shoe were on the other foot. He would be gloating up and down the street, saying the Super Bowl loss was BS, and *THIS* is what would have happened if Maye had the support he needed, blah blah blah.
So yea, Drake Maye SINGLE HANDEDLY gave that game away. He didn’t have some bad mistakes, he literally gave the game away. This is up there with ButtFumble in terms of the sheer STUPIDITY of the QB involved. I kind of want to do this to my neighbor’s Tesla… YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY, WHEN THE PATRIOTS DON’T HAVE AN EASY SCHEDULE?! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kfe5tkdD4
Obviously it’s week one and nothing matters. However, Maye has had multiple mid-to-bad games in a row now and it’s starting to become noticeable that he gets rattled under pressure.
With no AJ Brown, the Pats have one of the worst WR corps in the league, too.
The Brady-Belichick run has displaced all memory of the decades of Patriots football where they would suck for a while, turn things around and win the AFC, only to get stomped in the Super Bowl and sink right back into bland mediocrity for another 5-10 years. Maye is just keeping the old ways alive!
“Yolo’s the fuck out” is a phrase I want to use in every conversation now.
I’d like to refer to him as Fake Maye from now on.
Gotta make that comic on the rams too
My favorite dumbass takes are the ridiculous “on pace” takes. DrAkE mAyE iS On PaCe tEw tHwO fIdDy ONE iNtUrcUpTioNs!1!1!1!1
I got ridiculed for calling that stupid. It’s week one. Holy shit. I know sports fans are reactionary morons but that’s mental
Its still insane to me that you can intentionally underthrow a ball and commit OPI to draw a flag for DPzi
Maye played like he did a *cough* Rasheed Wallace.
Anyone who watched that Chappelle Show skit will know what I’m talking about.
That was picked off like Vrabel picked off Russini’s son, Michael.
That toe-touch int was pure magic tho. Right up there with the catch by Kupp – still have no idea how he held onto that ball. Also if this is how we play with half our star players injured, y’all better watch out when they get healthy. SEA!! HAWKS!!
As a fan who’s team eyes a run through the AFC Championship, I can just imagine Maye’s season ending yolo ball to Montaric Brown, Jarius Jones, or Travis Hunter in the Divisional Round. I’m licking my chops right now.