Dude, what is going on with Drake Maye? This is a guy who was the MVP runner-up in 2025, and the New England Patriots were banking on him proving their Super Bowl 61 run was no fluke. Instead, his third NFL season is off to an absolutely brutal start, and it’s only Week 3. This isn’t just a rough patch; it feels like a full-blown meltdown right now.
Week 3 Was a Disaster Class
Maye’s latest lowlight came in their Week 3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. You’d think a guy with his resume would be finding his rhythm, but nope. He completed just 14 of 25 passes for a measly 199 yards. The stat line that really stings, though? Three turnovers. Three! We’re talking an ugly pick in the back of the end zone and an inexplicable fumble where he literally just dropped the ball while trying to make a pass. What in the world was that? You just can’t do that as a starting quarterback in the NFL, especially not when your team needs you to step up.
The “Fluke” Question Looms Large
This isn’t a one-game blip either. This 24-year-old quarterback has “struggled mightily” across all three games of the 2026 season so far. Think about that for a second: MVP runner-up one season, then struggling to even hold onto the ball the next. The Patriots were hoping Maye would be the guy to solidify their status after that Super Bowl 61 run, but if this keeps up, people are going to start asking if that run was just dumb luck. He’s supposed to be the future, the guy who took them to the big game! This kind of performance in the early season is just not it.
Every game from here on out is massive for Maye and the Patriots. This team needs its franchise quarterback to snap out of this funk and prove that 2025 wasn’t just a one-off. Can he turn it around? He’s got to, or this season is going to get real ugly, real fast for them.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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