Drake Maye Gives Eye-Opening Answer About Injury After Super Bowl
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye avoided using his shoulder injury as an excuse for his poor performance in Super Bowl LX, but came pretty close…
Maye, who was listed on the injury report for the majority of the two weeks between the AFC Championship and Super Bowl, ultimately shed any injury designation before playing and losing the big game to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
It’s safe to say he gave an eye-opening answer when asked about how it impacted him, however.
“My shoulder feels – they shot it up, so not much feeling,” Maye admitted in his postgame press conference, per video shared by Tom Carroll of WEEI. “It was good to go, and felt alright.”
Maye’s removal from the injury report would suggest there was nothing holding him back during the game, but his performance would suggest something completely different — as he turned the ball over three times and ultimately put things on ice as he forced the ball into triple coverage and saw it get intercepted in a two-possession game.
The Patriots didn’t do much to help him, either.
Maye was sacked six times — with the number being much closer to seven considering he was hit and had the ball knocked loose and directly into the arms of Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu — and ultimately failed to make any changes that could have resulted in an easier time in the pocket. If that’s on anyone, it’s the coaching staff and not the sophomore signal-caller.
New England will find solace in the fact that it is set up for future success, but an opportunity was clearly missed on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium — whether it had anything to do with an injury or not.