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Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (how does team adjust with A.J. Brown on IR; more on ST ace Brenden Schooler status; age vs. youth in roster building; Gabe Jacas debut/rookie snapshot; Drake Maye/Josh McDaniels discuss criticism etc.)
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- 6d Dan Duggan (X) We’re already off to a great start with everyone declaring Drake Maye trash because he played poorly on the road against arguably the best defense in the league and the Rams a fraud because they lost to a good team on a different continent after a ridiculous travel itinerary. I keep telling myself “don’t overreact” heading into tonight (I will probably fail at this) · Quoting NFL Philosophy: Annual reminder: Weird stuff happens in week 1 of the NFL. New rosters, coaches, and lack of game film can cause some oddity results. Don’t lean too heavily on the outcomes of today when forming forward looking opinions.
- 6d Mike Reiss (X) Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (how does team adjust with A.J. Brown on IR; more on ST ace Brenden Schooler status; age vs. youth in roster building; Gabe Jacas debut/rookie snapshot; Drake Maye/Josh McDaniels discuss criticism etc.)+1
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It was no coincidence Drake Maye started to melt down in Seattle after A.J. Brown got hurt, throwing all 3 INTs when Brown was off the field.
So can Maye play with more discipline now that Brown’s out for 4+ weeks? Column from yesterday:
3 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Sep 11 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) It was no coincidence Drake Maye started to melt down in Seattle after A.J. Brown got hurt, throwing all 3 INTs when Brown was off the field. So can Maye play with more discipline now that Brown’s out for 4+ weeks? Column from yesterday:
- Sep 11 DrawPlayDave (Bluesky) Drake Maye shoots, bam!
- Sep 11 RotoBaller NFL Week 1 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2026)
- Sep 11 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Not to brag, but I cracked a big case last night on BST. "IS DRAKE MAYE A WINNER?!?!"
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Patriots are about to score the first points of the season. CB Josh Jobe beaten badly on Patriots flea-flicker and throw deep to the goal line to A.J. Brown. 34-yard DPI flag.
Next play, NE 1-yard TD pass by Drake Maye. #Seahawks trail 6-0 early 2Q with Sam Darnold out injured
80 more updatesfrom 34 sources
- Sep 10 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) We are going LIVE at 8:30 with @mikegiardi.bsky.social to break down the #Patriots film from Seattle, covering Drake Maye to Josh McDaniels, the defense and more on Pats Interference. Bring your gripes, come hang:
- Sep 10 Josina Anderson (X) #Patriots QB Drake Maye just turned 24 in August and was just in the Super Bowl in February. I respect the take, but in my opinion it’s early given what’s been accomplished in Maye’s professional career so far. He gets a 3-year buffer on that alone. I’ve heard a well-positioned league source complain about preseason game time/prep and the offense itself today. I didn’t hear them doubting Maye. Agree that decision-making in critical moments last night obviously can improve, but I don’t believe Maye’s missing the intelligence or discernment to correct that. Clearly that has to be demonstrated consistently though. · Quoting Mark Dondero: My takeaway of Drake Maye’s performance vs. Seattle.
- Sep 10 Patriots Team Site After Further Review: Drake Maye breakdown, Patriots defense review, and quick-hit film notes from the loss to the Seahawks
- Sep 10 DrawPlayDave (Bluesky) "I can't do this, I gotta turn around" "Would Drake Maye turn around?" "He wouldn't, he'd fire that ball off his backfoot to a defender from a clean pocket. This hill ain't shit i got this"
- Sep 10 DrawPlayDave (Bluesky) Good afternoon I climbed a hard hill driven by the sheer adrenaline of Drake Maye being a dumb dumb
- Sep 10 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Drake Maye blew it last night for the #Patriots in Seattle, and knows it. Why A.J. Brown's injury creates some cause for concern with Maye, even though he should rebound. Column:
- Sep 10 CBS Sports NFL Headlines Patriots and Seahawks overreactions: From Drake Maye and Drew Lock, to Will Campbell and Jadarian Price
- Sep 10 Yahoo Fantasy Football Drake Maye struggles, Jaxon Smith-Njigba eats despite Sam Darnold injury and more fantasy football takeaways from Patriots-Seahawks opener
- Sep 10 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Drake Maye cost the #Patriots a win with an atypically immature performance in Seattle. He threw 3 INTs, all after A.J. Brown got hurt. Now, Brown is likely out for weeks. Will Maye resist the temptation to force more throws in his absence? Column:
- Sep 10 Erik Lambert (X) Well one is significantly better at hero ball than the other. · Quoting Servus Christi 🇻🇦: @ErikLambert1 If there is one thing that Caleb Williams and Drake Maye share in common, it’s their love for the hero ball. If he hopes to play better, CW will have to resist the urge to go big game hunting with every play. Take what the defense is giving you.
- Sep 10 CBS Sports NFL Headlines Maye Day: How Drake Maye's disastrous fourth quarter 'cost' Patriots their redemption game
- Sep 10 PFF News Drake Maye’s pressure problems resurface in Patriots’ Week 1 loss to Seahawks
- Sep 10 Jeff Nowak (X) Maybe Drake Maye was just being a good leader and making such a massive error that everyone would forget to be mad at Romeo Doubs. · Quoting Benjamin Solak: Per ESPN Stats and Info, the last QB to throw a pick... ...down by 3 ...with less than a minute left ...inside of the 20 ...was Kyler Murray on Week 8 of 2021. It's been almost five years since we've seen a pick this egregious situationally.
- Sep 10 Matt Lombardo (Bluesky) Drake Maye’s game-ending interception, and a nightmare second half in Wednesday’s loss is a five-alarm wake up call for the Patriots. About everything.
- Sep 10 Erik Lambert (X) @ErikLambert1 If there is one thing that Caleb Williams and Drake Maye share in common, it’s their love for the hero ball. If he hopes to play better, CW will have to resist the urge to go big game hunting with every play. Take what the defense is giving you.
- Sep 10 Denny Carter (Bluesky) Just as I suspected: Drew Lock > Drake Maye
- Sep 10 PFF (YouTube) Drake Maye hard on himself for final play
- Sep 10 PFF News NFL Week 1 statistical review: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks
- Sep 10 Greg Auman (X) How rare is throwing three interceptions in a fourth quarter as Drake Maye did last night? Last NFL QB to do so was Zach Wilson in Sept. 2023, Jets vs. Cowboys. Almost three full seasons ago. Tua Tagovailoa did in Dec. 2022 vs. Packers.+1
- Sep 10 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Patriots Thursday ✈️Return from Seattle 🕑2 p.m. ET - Mike Vrabel NOTES: WR A.J. Brown injured in 3rd quarter (right ankle), leaves in walking boot ... QB Drake Maye on 3 INTs - "unacceptable" ... WR Romeo Doubs on drop - "Just wasn't locked in. I'll be better moving forward."+1
- Sep 10 Josina Anderson (X) My takeaway of Drake Maye’s performance vs. Seattle.
- Sep 10 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) News story: Drake Maye on 3-INT performance in season-opening loss — “unacceptable.”+1
- Sep 10 ESPN NFL News Maye faults self for costly INTs, calls play in Pats' loss 'unacceptable'
- Sep 10 Zac Stevens (X) For the critics that wrongly say Bo Nix doesn’t throw deep… · Quoting Underdog: Drake Maye on throws 10+ yards downfield 3/9 passing 3 interceptions but 7/8 behind the LOS 🔥
- Sep 9 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Drake Maye arrives for his post-game press conference, and said a loss of patience led the game to slip away. He used the word “unacceptable” when speaking of his performance.+1
- Sep 9 DrawPlayDave (Bluesky) Drake "Drake "Drake Maye is poopy" Maye" Maye
- Sep 9 Zac Stevens (X) Drake Maye on throws 10+ yards downfield 3/9 passing 3 interceptions but 7/8 behind the LOS 🔥
- Sep 9 Andrew Siciliano (Bluesky) Mike Vrabel on Drake Maye: "It's a long season. We're going to hold our head up high. We have nothing but the utmost confidence in him."
- Sep 9 Albert Breer (X) Also, give the Seattle secondary credit. No Nick Emmanwori or Ty Okada, Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen gone, and they pick Drake Maye off three times, including the game-winner. · Quoting Albert Breer: Gutsy effort by the Seahawks tonight. To lose your starting QB, and fall behind 10-0, and win the ballgame … Phenomenal.
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Down 10-0 deep into the 2nd half, Jaxon Smith-Njigba erupting plus 3 INTs of Drake Maye in the 4th qtr, the last by Josh Jobe in the end zone with :21 left rally the champion #Seahawks to a 13-10 win over Patriots. But what of Sam Darnold's injury?
- Sep 9 Pats Pulpit (Bluesky) Patriots vs. Seahawks recap: Drake Maye melts down in 13-10 loss.
- Sep 9 Greg Auman (X) Drake Maye with three interceptions in the fourth quarter tonight in a close loss to the Seahawks. He struggled in the fourth quarter last year -- of 22 QBs with 100+ passes in 4Q/OT, he had the fewest TD passes with just 3. Only QB with more than one 4Q/OT INT in 2025 playoffs.
- Sep 9 Zac Stevens (X) Since the playoffs started last year: Drake Maye: 8 TDs 11 turnovers 24 sacks 15.4 PPG 246.2 yards/game Bo Nix: 1 game 3 TDs 1 turnover 0 sacks 33 PPG 308 yards/game Pretty clear which one is better against playoff-caliber teams.
- Sep 9 Daniel Popper (X) DRAKE MAYE IS PICKED OFF AGAIN. Josh Jobe gets both feet down. 🎥 @NFL
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) A complete meltdown for Drake Maye in the 4th quarter. #Patriots had this game up 10-3, and he threw an INT on every drive in the 4th. Seattle outlasts the Pats playing cleaner football, despite losing Sam Darnold. Championship team right there.
- Sep 9 Mike Garafolo (X) Two years ago, we opened the season with the #Chiefs winning by a toe out of bounds. This year, the #Seahawks win by toes barely in. What a game. Rough mistakes in key spots for Drake Maye.
- Sep 9 David Lombardi (X) Drake Maye/Mack Hollins pull off the anti-Brock Purdy/Jake Tonges play
- Sep 9 Zack Rosenblatt (X) Drake Maye had 8 interceptions all of last season. Three in Week 1.
- Sep 9 Mitch Goldich (Bluesky) Oh Drake Maye 🫣
- Sep 9 Sal Capaccio (X) Make that all three. · Quoting Sal Capaccio 🏈: Drake Maye should have never thrown either of the two balls that were picked.+1
- Sep 9 David Furones (X) Wow. That was awful, awful, awful from Drake Maye.
- Sep 9 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Drake Maye in last 2 games vs. Seahawks: 5 INTs 9 sacks 0-2 record
- Sep 9 Patrick Daugherty (Bluesky) Lock better than Drake Maye. Sad
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Josh Jobe intercepts Drake Maye who looked like he was just throwing it away--but not far enough out of the end zone. Massive mistake with Patriots in tying FG range. #Seahakws' 3rd INT of the 4th qtr, by Jobe in the end zone, clinches Seattle's rally to a 13-10 win.
- Sep 9 Zac Stevens (X) Drake Maye with a TERRIBLE INT. My goodness. Threw the game away
- Sep 9 Zack Rosenblatt (X) Drake Maye, still not looking good. · Quoting Zack Rosenblatt: Drake Maye not looking good!+1
- Sep 9 Mike Reiss (X) Tough opening night for Drake Maye.
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Man, is Mike Macdonald blitzing a lot. Safeties. Corners. Nickel man Devon Witherspoon. LBs. Whole #Seahawks defense has been coming at Drake Maye.
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Drake Maye takes his first sack of the night with 5 minutes left in regulation.
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Christian Gonzalez's PBU on 2nd down and his combo coverage with Craig Woodson on 3rd down keeps the Seahawks out of the end zone. A game-changing sequence there. Now, it's on Drake Maye to fix what he broke and lead a scoring drive.
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Another #Seahawks takeaway in this 4th quarter. Julian Love steps in front of Douglas deep on third down, intercepts Drake Maye. Seattle first down near midfield, tied at 10. Seahawks with all the momentum and juice now. 9 mins left. Lumen Field is roaring.
- Sep 9 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Drake Maye picked off throwing deep to Romeo Doubs
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Bad, bad decision by Drake Maye. They were 5-10 yards away from FG range and making this a 2-possession game. (Also: a great tip-drill INT for Seattle).
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Nehemiah Pritchett tipped (by Rodney Thomas) interception of Drake Maye for the game's first turnover has Lumen Field's press box shaking from the crowd's noise for the first time tonight. Can #Seahawks' offense with Drew Lock take advantage?
- Sep 9 Bernd Buchmasser (Bluesky) Halftime in Seattle, Patriots up 7-0. The Patriots have shown some signs of life offensively, with the pressure on Drake Maye having far less of an impact. Defensively, the unit held up well despite giving up a big run on the first play. Obviously, Sam Darnold's departure makes things easier.
- Sep 9 Denny Carter (Bluesky) I sometimes forget Drake Maye is, uh, extremely fast and elusive.
- Sep 9 Matt Lombardo (Bluesky) Watching Drake Maye against that Seahawks defense tonight has me wondering, after finishing just behind Matthew Stafford in MVP voting last year, is he somehow … underrated?
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Coach Mike Macdonald is blitzing safeties, nickel man Devon Witherspoon, and that time weakside LB Drake Thomas at Patriots QB Drake Maye in this #Seahawks defense's first half.
- Sep 9 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Razzle-dazzle pays off, with WR A.J. Brown coming back for the underthrown Drake Maye deep ball on the flea-flicker to draw the PI ... and then Eli Raridon -- the down-to-earth third-round pick who still drives his '18 Nissan Altima - finishes it off with a 2-yard TD catch.+1
- Sep 9 Gregg Bell (X) Patriots are about to score the first points of the season. CB Josh Jobe beaten badly on Patriots flea-flicker and throw deep to the goal line to A.J. Brown. 34-yard DPI flag. Next play, NE 1-yard TD pass by Drake Maye. #Seahawks trail 6-0 early 2Q with Sam Darnold out injured
- Sep 9 Zac Stevens (X) Drake Maye holding onto the ball when the blitz comes. Gotta get it out FAST. Bo Nix would get that our ASAP.
- Sep 9 Brooke Pryor (X) If I’m Drake Maye, I wouldn’t claim UNC football right now, either
- Sep 9 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Patriots offensive starters: LT: Will Campbell LG: Alijah Vera-Tucker C: Jared Wilson RG: Mike Onwenu RT: Morgan Moses TE: Hunter Henry QB: Drake Maye RB: Rhamondre Stevenson FB: Reggie Gilliam WR: A.J. Brown WR: Mack Hollins+1
- Sep 9 Yahoo Fantasy Football Week 1 Yahoo Fantasy x Arena Club Slab Packs: Drake Maye, Jaxon Smith-Njigba among chase cards
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) The Drake Maye Year 3 leap is coming. Column from the weekend:
- Sep 9 Matt Lombardo (Bluesky) “The Patriots tossed every chip into the middle of that table this offseason to set ascending quarterback Drake Maye up to power a playoff return. “And, if New England gets in, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be considered a favorite to wind up in Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day.”
- Sep 9 Tom Pelissero (Bluesky) Drake Maye wasn’t the only QB hurting in the Super Bowl. Sam Darnold spent most of the playoffs in a rehab progression for an external oblique strain as the Seahawks made a championship run. More ahead of tonight’s rematch in a free column at The Sweep:
- Sep 9 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) On the scene: Drake Maye arrives at Lumen Field.+1
- Sep 9 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) How Drake Maye can lead an upset in Seattle, plus key matchups, Xs/Os and a game prediction for Pats-Seahawks tonight:
- Sep 9 RotoWire NFL News Drake Maye: Trio of critical INTs in loss
- Sep 9 RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 1? Jadarian Price, Romeo Doubs, Rhamondre Stevenson, Hunter Henry, Rashid Shaheed, AJ Brown, Drake Maye, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, George Holani, Sam Darnold, Cooper Kupp
- Sep 9 Mike Garafolo (X) From the folks who brought you the #Seahawks-#Patriots prediction graphic last year comes the story of … the #Jaguars’ first Super Bowl win?? Trevor Lawrence out in front on the road to LA while Sam Darnold and Drake Maye are now furthest from the stadium. · Quoting NFL: The journey to the Lombardi starts today 👀
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Christian Gonzalez is the first Patriots first-round pick to sign an extension with the team since Dont’a Hightower, who was their 2012 first-round pick.
Drake Maye comes next year.
4 more updatesfrom 4 sources
- Sep 8 RotoBaller NFL Fantasy Football Rankings - Quarterbacks (QB) Week 1 Early Updates
- Sep 8 Patriots Team Site How Patriots QB Drake Maye can be even better in his third NFL season
- Sep 8 ESPN NFL News Four reasons Patriots QB Drake Maye could put on another MVP-like season in 2026
- Sep 8 Mike Reiss (X) Opinion/analysis/reporting: CB Christian Gonzalez extension. 🏈Gonzalez and his team used the start of the season - and the Devon Witherspoon/Seahawks extension - as leverage points. The willingness to assume some injury risk and draw it out, when the Patriots were initially more of the aggressor in conversations going back to the spring, was a notable strategy. 🏈As a full participant in training camp, Gonzalez set a decisive tone with his 1-on-1 matchup against A.J. Brown. It was 🔥🔥, one of the more impressive things to watch in recent years, especially given the unsettled contract situation. He raised the level of everyone around him, taking care of business -- on and off the field. 🏈This is a statement type re-signing for the Patriots, who have preached "draft, develop, re-sign." Puts action behind the words. QB Drake Maye is eligible for an extension next offseason. 🏈Most agreements usually involve compromise. Gonzalez said he wanted to be a Patriot, and the front office…
- Sep 8 Adam Schefter (X) Christian Gonzalez is the first Patriots first-round pick to sign an extension with the team since Dont’a Hightower, who was their 2012 first-round pick. Drake Maye comes next year.
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Patriots Saturday
🕐1p: Mike Vrabel
1⃣ 1:15p A.J. Brown
🔒🚪1:15p: Locker room
🏈2:10p: Practice
🔟 Drake Maye
0⃣ Christian Gonzalez
🚑Injury report
NOTES: 1st official "Wednesday" schedule in prep for opener...10 new players join team at cutdown between roster/p-squad.
5 more updatesfrom 4 sources
- Sep 5 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) The #Patriots offense could finish No. 1, how Drake Maye evolves in Year 3 and LOTS of big, bold A.J. Brown predictions on a Pats Interference season preview w/ @mikegiardi.bsky.social! SUBSCRIBE: 📺 youtu.be/aRAq-MzknOE 🎧 shorturl.at/eyLbt 🍎 shorturl.at/RRMoe
- Sep 5 RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Draft for Fantasy Football? Trevor Lawrence, Jalen Hurts, Jaxson Dart, Kyler Murray, Jordan Love, Jayden Daniels, Joe Burrow, Tyler Shough, Brock Purdy, Drake Maye
- Sep 5 RotoBaller NFL Patriots vs. Seahawks Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Wednesday Night - Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Drake Maye, A.J. Brown, TreVeyon Henderson, Jadarian Price
- Sep 5 Patriots Team Site Transcript: Drake Maye Press Conference 9/5
- Sep 5 Mike Reiss (X) Patriots Saturday 🕐1p: Mike Vrabel 1⃣ 1:15p A.J. Brown 🔒🚪1:15p: Locker room 🏈2:10p: Practice 🔟 Drake Maye 0⃣ Christian Gonzalez 🚑Injury report NOTES: 1st official "Wednesday" schedule in prep for opener...10 new players join team at cutdown between roster/p-squad.+1
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Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (Drake Maye 1 of 12 clear-cut starting QBs to not play a preseason game -- will it matter in NFL opener?; Unlike '25, how injuries have already cut away at team's depth; Gabe Jacas' learning curve etc.)
3 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Aug 30 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) A cutdown day special. 91 thoughts on 91 #Patriots players, including those who have been released and acquired via trade, from a Drake Maye Year 3 leap (!) to every backup DB:
- Aug 30 ESPN NFL News Patriots notebook: Will not playing QB Drake Maye in preseason matter for Week 1?
- Aug 30 Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (Drake Maye 1 of 12 clear-cut starting QBs to not play a preseason game -- will it matter in NFL opener?; Unlike '25, how injuries have already cut away at team's depth; Gabe Jacas' learning curve etc.)+1
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The #Patriots said they don't know how the NFL will defend Drake Maye this season. This is what they can expect.
On the Pats' Cover 6 problem and possible solutions with insight from the locker room and an NFL defensive assistant who faced NE last year:
2 more updatesfrom 1 source
- 14h Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) "Then you go to 3rd down, where most teams know what type of protection we use and our rules, so it's always a trial to work through ... and that our calls, whatever our rules (are), cover everything that we can get from a defense." — Pats RG Mike Onwenu www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/19/t... · Quoting Andrew Callahan: The #Patriots said they don't know how the NFL will defend Drake Maye this season. This is what they can expect. On the Pats' Cover 6 problem and possible solutions with insight from the locker room and an NFL defensive assistant who faced NE last year:
- 14h Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Inside: why Cover 6 specifically gives Drake Maye problems, potential solutions and why Sunday's game vs. Pittsburgh is the perfect test case for whether NFL teams will continue copying the same game plan against the #Patriots www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/19/t... · Quoting Andrew Callahan: The #Patriots said they don't know how the NFL will defend Drake Maye this season. This is what they can expect. On the Pats' Cover 6 problem and possible solutions with insight from the locker room and an NFL defensive assistant who faced NE last year:
- 15h Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) The #Patriots said they don't know how the NFL will defend Drake Maye this season. This is what they can expect. On the Pats' Cover 6 problem and possible solutions with insight from the locker room and an NFL defensive assistant who faced NE last year:
- Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 2? C.J. Stroud, Jordan Love, Drake Maye, Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert, Carson Wentz, Daniel Jones, Kirk Cousins, Jacoby Brissett
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The Friday 5: The easy button the #Patriots can hit for Drake Maye, plus …
🤔Josh McDaniels: Discipline > patience
🙇♂️Christian Gonzalez: Why a trade crossed his mind during contract talks
🚨Jaylen Reed update
📖Pats vet tells Aaron Rodgers stories
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- 1d Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) The Friday 5: The easy button the #Patriots can hit for Drake Maye, plus … 🤔Josh McDaniels: Discipline > patience 🙇♂️Christian Gonzalez: Why a trade crossed his mind during contract talks 🚨Jaylen Reed update 📖Pats vet tells Aaron Rodgers stories
- 1d Pats Pulpit (Bluesky) Josh McDaniels knows defenses are adjusting to Drake Maye. Now the Patriots must respond.
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Here was McDaniels' full answer today.
I asked him about patience possibly being the last step in QB development, and he turned to discipline and how the #Patriots expect teams to play them much differently now with a full season of tape on Drake Maye in this offense. Thought this was very cool.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- 2d Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Drake Maye vs. Aaron Rodgers, Pats-Steelers pick, game keys and more. Rolling on NBC Sports Boston until 10:45.
- 2d Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Here was McDaniels' full answer today. I asked him about patience possibly being the last step in QB development, and he turned to discipline and how the #Patriots expect teams to play them much differently now with a full season of tape on Drake Maye in this offense. Thought this was very cool.
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“Patience and repetition. I know no one wants to talk about that.” — offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, to @MikeGiardi, when asked about how he can help Drake Maye make better split-second decisions against defenses that change the picture after the snap
1 more updatefrom 1 source
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Patriots Thursday
🎙️12:45p: ST Jeremy Springer
🗣️1:05p: OC Josh McDaniels
🔒🚪1:15p: Locker room
🏈2:10p: Practice
🗣️4p: DC Zak Kuhr/D assistants
NOTES: Drake Maye -- "I need to elevate my game; strive to have games like last year where I am close to completing every pass."
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- 2d Patriots Team Site Patriots Gameplan: Is a Blueprint Forming vs. Drake Maye and the Patriots Offense?
- 3d Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Patriots Thursday 🎙️12:45p: ST Jeremy Springer 🗣️1:05p: OC Josh McDaniels 🔒🚪1:15p: Locker room 🏈2:10p: Practice 🗣️4p: DC Zak Kuhr/D assistants NOTES: Drake Maye -- "I need to elevate my game; strive to have games like last year where I am close to completing every pass."+1
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Week 2 NFL QB Power Rankings: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson rise to the top; Drake Maye, Matthew Stafford tumble
7 more updatesfrom 4 sources
- 3d Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Question: How does having the longer time period since Wednesday’s opener make it easier or harder to move on? Drake Maye:+1
- 3d RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 2? Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, Jordan Love, Drake Maye, Bryce Young, Jared Goff, CJ Stroud, Dak Prescott, Jaxson Dart, Baker Mayfield
- 3d Mike Reiss (Bluesky) Mike Vrabel arrives and fields an opening question from @kguregian.bsky.social on Drake Maye and balancing “not getting bored doing the right thing” and being too conservative.+1
- 3d Erik Lambert (X) Drake Maye is rated higher than Caleb. “Outside of three bad interceptions that got progressively worse and the fact the last one took away a kick to at least tie the game, pretty efficient” Just wild.
- 3d Patriots Team Site Teachers at Providence elementary school surprised with generous back-to-school donation from Drake & Ann Michael Maye
- 3d CBS Sports NFL Headlines Week 2 NFL QB Power Rankings: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson rise to the top; Drake Maye, Matthew Stafford tumble
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Patriots Wednesday
🎙️1:05p: Mike Vrabel
0⃣🗣️ 1:15p: Christian Gonzalez
🔒🚪1:15p: Locker room
🏈 2:10p: Practice
🔟🗣️4:15p: Drake Maye
NOTES: Vrabel notes DT Cameron Heyward/OLB T.J. Watt total 64 PBUs in last 5 years...Coordinator clash: Josh McDaniels vs. Patrick Graham.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Patriots QB Drake Maye to @richkented: "We're on to Pittsburgh." "We got another week, another chance in this league. Dealing with the ups and downs in this league, that's part of it -- playing in the National Football League."
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People (mostly Pats fans) desperately trying to compare this to Drake Maye's (3rd) INT lol. They are not the same play at all. That said, Allen got away w/one here but thats football for ya #BillsMafia · Quoting Sal Capaccio 🏈: On near-INT, I understand the thought process more after watching this. Looks like play was designed to go to Hawes down the seam, but HOU defended it well. Josh saw Bullock over top & that led him to Palmer 1/1. But pressure was there and threw off back foot causing errant throw
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- 5d Sal Capaccio (X) Exactly. Nothing close to the same situation and decision. But it makes them feel better to say it. · Quoting Andrew: People (mostly Pats fans) desperately trying to compare this to Drake Maye's (3rd) INT lol. They are not the same play at all. That said, Allen got away w/one here but thats football for ya #BillsMafia
- 5d Sal Capaccio (X) People (mostly Pats fans) desperately trying to compare this to Drake Maye's (3rd) INT lol. They are not the same play at all. That said, Allen got away w/one here but thats football for ya #BillsMafia · Quoting Sal Capaccio 🏈: On near-INT, I understand the thought process more after watching this. Looks like play was designed to go to Hawes down the seam, but HOU defended it well. Josh saw Bullock over top & that led him to Palmer 1/1. But pressure was there and threw off back foot causing errant throw
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The Commanders have done a 360
2 more updatesfrom 1 source
- Sep 12 Kyle Odegard (X) Kyler a top-20 MVP candidate heading into the season https://t.co/TAJlay4PFE · Quoting Kalshi Sports: NFL MVP Power Rankings, via Kalshi: 1. Josh Allen (11%) 2. Joe Burrow (11%) 3. Lamar Jackson (10%) 4. Justin Herbert (9%) 5. Brock Purdy (7%) 6. Caleb Williams (7%) 7. Patrick Mahomes (7%) 8. Dak Prescott (7%) 9. Drake Maye (5%) 10. Jordan Love (5%) 11. Trevor Lawrence (5%) 12. Bo Nix (4%) 13. Jayden Daniels (4%) 14. Jared Goff (4%) 15. Matthew Stafford (3%) 16. Jalen Hurts (3%) 17. Baker Mayfield (2%) 18. CJ Stroud (2%) 19. Jaxson Dart (2%) 20. Kyler Murray (2%)
- Sep 12 Kyle Odegard (X) NFL MVP Power Rankings, via Kalshi: 1. Josh Allen (11%) 2. Joe Burrow (11%) 3. Lamar Jackson (10%) 4. Justin Herbert (9%) 5. Brock Purdy (7%) 6. Caleb Williams (7%) 7. Patrick Mahomes (7%) 8. Dak Prescott (7%) 9. Drake Maye (5%) 10. Jordan Love (5%) 11. Trevor Lawrence (5%) 12. Bo Nix (4%) 13. Jayden Daniels (4%) 14. Jared Goff (4%) 15. Matthew Stafford (3%) 16. Jalen Hurts (3%) 17. Baker Mayfield (2%) 18. CJ Stroud (2%) 19. Jaxson Dart (2%) 20. Kyler Murray (2%)
- Sep 12 Bleeding Green Nation (PHI) The Commanders have done a 360
- 🏈The #Patriots pressure rate fell from 50% when blitzing to 21% on non-blitzes at Seattle 🏈Drake Maye hit just 3 passes longer than 10 air yards 🏈The defense made a dramatic personnel shift 🏈McDaniels(/Vrabel?) tried to play bully-ball early and failed
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Drake Maye story: From looking through the confetti to find Sam Darnold after Super Bowl LX to facing Darnold in the 2026 opener … what drives the Patriots’ QB in his second season in the same offensive system.
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- Sep 8 Albert Breer (X) I'd be surprised if it wasn't over $70M APY on the 2024 draft QBs. Josh Allen/Patrick Mahomes could be valued at 9-figure average on new-money APY basis. And Dak Prescott's deal, which had a $60M new-money APY, is now 2 years old—and will be 3 offseasons old in the spring. · Quoting James Palmer: Something to think about with Baker Mayfield. $55 million is the going rate for a QB ... right now. Wait until AFTER the 2026 season. Lamar is a wildcard and could agree to a massive new deal at anytime between now and this upcoming offseason. What are Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and Bo Nix going to get next offseason? Those deals could raise the rate for the entire QB market. A 55 million dollar price tag today, could be a $65 million dollar price tag next offseason.
- Sep 8 Adam Schefter (X) A plus for the Buccaneers getting Baker Mayfield’s deal done now is the looming reality of what should be a booming QB market next offseason, when Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and Bo Nix all become extension-eligible for the first time. · Quoting Adam Schefter: ESPN sources: two-time Pro-Bowl selection Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers reached agreement today on a three-year contract extension that will prevent the quarterback from becoming a free agent after this season, per me and @RapSheet. Mayfield had broken off talks as camp opened, but with the regular season kicking off this week, a deal has been revisited and now struck.
- Sep 8 Greg Auman (X) The actual QB free agents next spring aren't great -- Murray, Tua, Watson -- but after this season, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix are all eligible for longterm extensions and will all make more than Mayfield's new deal, and on longer contracts.
- Sep 8 Albert Breer (X) Something to think about with Baker Mayfield. $55 million is the going rate for a QB ... right now. Wait until AFTER the 2026 season. Lamar is a wildcard and could agree to a massive new deal at anytime between now and this upcoming offseason. What are Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and Bo Nix going to get next offseason? Those deals could raise the rate for the entire QB market. A 55 million dollar price tag today, could be a $65 million dollar price tag next offseason.
- Sep 8 Mike Reiss (X) Drake Maye story: From looking through the confetti to find Sam Darnold after Super Bowl LX to facing Darnold in the 2026 opener … what drives the Patriots’ QB in his second season in the same offensive system.+1
- Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 1? Jadarian Price, Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, Romeo Doubs, Rashid Shaheed, AJ Brown, Drake Maye, Hunter Henry, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sam Darnold, Cooper Kupp, George Holani
- Patriots' McDaniels hopes to right SB LX wrongs
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Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Top 32 QB tiers for drafts
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- Sep 6 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Tommy DeVito told me the #Patriots QBs have a lot more “in their tool belt” now, and in meetings, they’re taking 10 minutes to cover topics that used to take an hour. With Josh McDaniels’ entire offense downloaded, a Year 3 Drake Maye leap is uploading: www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/06/c... · Quoting Andrew Callahan: For all the deserved fretting about depth, Christian Gonzalez's situation and the #Patriots pass rush, let’s not forget 1 thing. Another Drake Maye leap can ameliorate a lot of that. And that leap, I guarantee you, is coming. Column:
- Sep 6 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) For all the deserved fretting about depth, Christian Gonzalez's situation and the #Patriots pass rush, let’s not forget 1 thing. Another Drake Maye leap can ameliorate a lot of that. And that leap, I guarantee you, is coming. Column:
- Sep 6 PFF News Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Top 32 QB tiers for drafts
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On the scene: Drake Maye checks in after practice, and notes it was a full-shoulder-pad session and he felt the Patriots got after it.
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- Drake Maye posted a QB rating of 131.0 on deep passes in 2025. The best in the NFL. No player has more TD catches on deep passes over the past 4 seasons than AJ Brown.
- Renner's 2027 NFL Draft scouting series: Arch Manning tops QB rankings, another passer draws Drake Maye comp
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🔴 New England Patriots 2026 season preview with @DougKyed:
Timestamps:
* 0:00 – Intro
* 0:57 – Team vibe
* 2:28 – The Mike Vrabel offseason distraction
* 4:34 – AJ Brown's impact
* 6:37 – Drake Maye's next gear?
* 9:31 – Protecting Drake Maye
* 12:49 – Will Campbell at LT
* 14:36 – WR depth behind AJ Brown
* 18:22 – RB/TE outlook
* 21:23 – Christian Gonzalez contract drama
* 27:40 – Strengths & weaknesses of the defense
* 30:26 – Dre'Mont Jones addition
* 32:04 – Kevin Byard addition
* 33:28 – What defines success in 2026?
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- Sep 2 Andrew Callahan (Bluesky) Where the #Patriots are better and worse post-training camp, cutdown day leftovers and why a Drake Maye Year 3 (!) leap might cure all that ails with Paul Perrillo on a NEW Pats Interference! SUBSCRIBE: 📺 shorturl.at/b9Oyj 🎧 shorturl.at/IFWE4 🍎 shorturl.at/Mqok3
- Sep 2 Adam Schefter (X) 🔴 New England Patriots 2026 season preview with @DougKyed: Timestamps: * 0:00 – Intro * 0:57 – Team vibe * 2:28 – The Mike Vrabel offseason distraction * 4:34 – AJ Brown's impact * 6:37 – Drake Maye's next gear? * 9:31 – Protecting Drake Maye * 12:49 – Will Campbell at LT * 14:36 – WR depth behind AJ Brown * 18:22 – RB/TE outlook * 21:23 – Christian Gonzalez contract drama * 27:40 – Strengths & weaknesses of the defense * 30:26 – Dre'Mont Jones addition * 32:04 – Kevin Byard addition * 33:28 – What defines success in 2026?
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Patriots captains:
🏈 Safety Kevin Byard III
🏈 TE Hunter Henry
🏈 CB Marcus Jones
🏈 QB Drake Maye
🏈 OT Morgan Moses
🏈 LB Robert Spillane
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- Dark-Horse Mid-Round Fantasy Football League-Winners for 2026
- The top 6 players favored to win NFL MVP at the moment are Josh Allen Lamar Jackson Joe Burrow Matthew Stafford Justin Herbert Drake Maye @mattmano.bsky.social is aghast that Patrick Mahomes is behind all of them. "What are we doing here, people???" Our awards picks: