<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-bill-simmons-eye-opening-drake-maye-guarantee');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots fan Bill Simmons drops eye-opening Drake Maye guarantee');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Patriots-news-Bill-Simmons-drops-eye-opening-Drake-Maye-guarantee.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots fan Bill Simmons drops eye-opening Drake Maye guarantee</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T11:24:40-08:00">December 23rd, 11:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T11:24:40-08:00">December 23rd, 11:24am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New England Patriots</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New England Patriots <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bills-news-josh-allen-reveals-lost-feeling-throwing-hand-during-win-patriots">lost to the Buffalo Bills 24-21 in Week 16</a>. While it was a crushing loss for New England, they saw plenty of positives from Drake Maye in the first quarter. The Pats were up 14-0 but allowed 24 consecutive points to let it slip away. The Ringer’s founder Bill Simmons is a noted Patriots fan <a href="https://youtu.be/2tHCu8O5ikw?t=2852" rel="noopener">and professed his love for</a> Drake Maye on his podcast.</p><p>“I’ll go further, my favorite Boston rookie of the 21st century. I’m all in, I’ll be happy to be haunted by this clip forever. Drake Maye is a sure thing. All the Pats fans are nodding now, we’ve been watching. He’s f—-ing incredible, our team sucks,” Simmons said.</p><p>His co-host “Cousin” Sal Iacono mentioned that Simmons also loved Mac Jones when he finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 2021 before this comment. Simmons goes on to say he likes Maye as a rookie more than Mookie Betts or Jayson Tatum. He says that he has no receivers or protection and that is why they are losing games.</p><p>Maye has started and finished one win in nine attempts this season. He gets credit for a win over the Jets that Jacoby Brissett played most of. But Patriots fans, like Simmons, are sold on the North Carolina product.</p><h2><b>The Patriots picked a quarterback in the right year</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Drake-Maye-with-NE-Patriots-1.jpg"><figcaption>Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Patriots won four games last season and picked third because of it. While they lost out on Caleb Williams, that meant they would get one of the quarterbacks everyone was talking about before the draft. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/meet-jayden-daniels-commanders-no-2-pick-2024-nfl-draft">Commanders surprised many people by picking Jayden Daniels</a>, leaving the Pats with Drake Maye.</p><p>Simmons does say that Maye may not even be the best quarterback in the class. He gave flowers to Washington’s quarterback. “The funniest thing is he might not even be the best quarterback in his class because Daniels is also amazing. If you gave Caleb vs. Drake Maye it’s no contest.”</p><p>And this is not even a three-quarterback class. Bo Nix has the Broncos on the doorstep of the playoffs and has a bright future in the league. No matter who the Patriots took, there would be fans declaring him the next Tom Brady, to Iacono’s point. But Maye has made some special plays that have fans believing in the Patriots for the first time since Brady left.</p><p>Maye can end his season strong with games against the Chargers and Bills and play playoff spoiler down the stretch.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots fan Bill Simmons drops eye-opening Drake Maye guarantee

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-drake-maye-shoots-down-jerod-mayo-firing-rumors-fiery-endorsement');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Drake Maye shoots down Jerod Mayo firing rumors with fiery endorsement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Patriots-news-Drake-Maye-shoots-down-Jerod-Mayo-firing-rumors-with-fiery-endorsement.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Drake Maye shoots down Jerod Mayo firing rumors with fiery endorsement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T05:54:45-08:00">December 23rd, 5:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T05:54:45-08:00">December 23rd, 5:54am</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a>Conor Roche is a sports journalist that has covered Boston sports for a few years and has worked on the Patriots beat since the 2022 season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New England Patriots</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Drake Maye made a point to defend <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-what-could-lead-patriots-fire-jerod-mayo">Jerod Mayo and the rest of the New England Patriots coaching staff</a> following their 24-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.</p><p>Following the loss, Maye turned a question on how Sunday’s surprise showing was a good sign that the players have the coaching staff’s back to <a href="https://x.com/LosTalksPats/status/1871000606019830213" rel="noopener">attacking the hot seat rumors surrounding Mayo</a> and offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt.</p><p>“I think it’s some BS, to be quite honest,” Maye said of the rumors. “Coach Mayo, those guys, like I said, we’ve got his back, and he’s coached us hard. He wants to win. We all want to win. We’re all frustrated. AVP’s been – I feel like – calling great the past weeks.”</p><p>There have been some hot-seat rumors surrounding Mayo and Van Pelt as the team’s losing streak moved to five games with Sunday’s loss. Beyond the losses, Mayo seemingly hasn’t made life easier for himself at the podium this season, either. He made a comment following the loss to the Arizona Cardinals last week where <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-cryptic-drake-maye-gameplan-message-cardinals-loss">he seemed to throw Van Pelt under the bus</a> for his playcalling before clarifying himself.</p><p>It doesn’t appear a change in leadership is imminent for the Patriots, though. Owner Robert Kraft views Mayo as <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1870836793748095244" rel="noopener">the right head coach for the Patriots</a> moving into 2025, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported earlier in the day.</p><p>Regardless of Mayo’s job status, Maye took the blame for the loss while crediting the rest of the team and coaching staff for the way they’ve handled business late in the year as their playoff hopes have been gone for a while.</p><p>“We’re just plays away, and it’s basically me turning the ball over,” Maye said. “I think it’s just a testament to these guys that keep fighting. We keep fighting. Shoot, we’re not going to make the playoffs; we’re out of the race, and these guys are coming in, frustrated when we don’t score. They’ve got energy at practice, and they’ve got energy coming into the game.”</p><p>Maye had another impressive showing on Sunday, arguably outdueling MVP frontrunner Josh Allen. He completed 22 of 36 passes for 261 yards and two touchdowns with a 90.2 passer rating. His first touchdown pass was an impressive throw to Kayshon Boutte, seamlessly dropping the ball to the wideout in tight coverage on a go route along the sideline.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drake Maye DIME to Boutte for the TD!</p><p>📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEvsBUF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NEvsBUF</a> on CBS/Paramount+<br>📱: <a href="https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG">https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG</a> <a href="https://t.co/lyOsqDG3zs">pic.twitter.com/lyOsqDG3zs</a></p><p>— NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1870945421020811714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>But Maye wasn’t without his warts, either. The Patriots rookie threw a costly red zone interception and he was credited for a fumble on a swing pass that turned into a scoop-and-score for the Bills.</p><h2><b>Why Drake Maye said he’s ‘proud’ to be a part of the Patriots</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Drake-Maye-2.jpg"><figcaption>Mark Konezny-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Even though Maye’s two turnovers were game-changing errors, they likely wouldn’t have had a chance to win without him. He helped the Patriots get out to an early 14-0 lead before some bad plays on both sides of the ball resulted in 24 straight points scored by the Bills.</p><p>As games like Sunday cause some to wonder just how much the Patriots are holding Maye back, he continued to stick up for his team.</p><p>“We want to win,” Maye said. “There’s guys not even playing that are yelling on the sidelines and wanting to win. So, I think we’re building something good, building something that feels right here, and I’m proud to be a Patriot.”</p><p>If the Patriots are building something good, they aren’t bearing the fruits of that labor this season. At 3-12, they’re tied for the second-worst record in the NFL and hold the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft following Sunday’s games. But performances like the loss against the Bills can be good things to build off of moving into 2025 and beyond.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots’ Drake Maye shoots down Jerod Mayo firing rumors with fiery endorsement

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He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New England Patriots</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After taking an ugly loss to the Arizona Cardinals, morale within the New England Patriots wasn’t particularly high, with players like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/drake-maye-admits-frustration-after-patriots-ugly-loss-to-cardinals">Drake Maye expressing their dissatisfaction</a> with how the season was going after the game.</p><p>But what went wrong? I mean, sure, the Cardinals aren’t schmucks, but they aren’t a bad team either, sitting at an even 7-7 with three games left to play. Well, part of it has to do with the Patriots’ inability to get much going on the early drive, with the “<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-cryptic-drake-maye-gameplan-message-cardinals-loss" rel="noopener">scripted</a>” option of the game failing to produce much in the way of results.</p><p>This, understandably, left Maye <a href="https://www.patriots.com/news/new-england-patriots-postgame-quotes-12-15-x6203" rel="noopener">feeling rather deflated</a>, as he told reporters after the game.</p><p>So what’s the deal? Why can’t the Patriots seem to get much going through the air or on the ground when the team should be having the most success on scripted plays they could practice during the week? Well, Jerod Mayo was asked that question, too, and laid it out.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jerod-Mayo-coaching-the-Patriots_e89f55.jpg"></figure><h2><b>Jerod Mayo backs up Drake Maye’s claims about poor execution</b></h2><p>Asked if the Patriots intentionally tried to play things safe in Week 15 heading into the game, Mayo said no, noting that the team wanted to put up points early on but found themselves marred by poor execution.</p><p>What can the Patriots do to set a good tone early on moving forward? Well, considering Maye looked pretty good in the no-huddle, rhythm-based passing game in Week 15, maybe New England should lean into that moving forward.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Drake Maye reveals ‘deflating’ reaction to Patriots’ early game struggle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/drake-maye-admits-frustration-after-patriots-ugly-loss-to-cardinals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Drake Maye admits frustration after Patriots ugly loss to Cardinals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Patriots-news-Drake-Maye-admits-frustration-after-ugly-loss-to-Cardinals.jpg"></figure><h1>Drake Maye admits frustration after Patriots ugly loss to Cardinals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T08:55:31-08:00">December 16th, 8:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T08:55:31-08:00">December 16th, 8:55am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New England Patriots</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New England Patriots ugly 2024 campaign continued in Week 15, as they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-cryptic-drake-maye-gameplan-message-cardinals-loss">suffered a 30-17 loss</a> at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-bill-belichick-unc-head-coach">rookie quarterback Drake Maye</a> continues to show promise under center, it’s not resulting in any wins, and it’s clearly taking a toll on him.</p><p>Maye was once again one of the only bright spots for the Pats in this one, as he completed 19 of his 23 pass attempts for 202 yards, while throwing a touchdown and an interception along the way. He also ran for 14 yards and another score, but it ultimately didn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. After the loss, Maye admitted it was <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1868507206104338631" rel="noopener">frustrating to keep on losing</a>, saying all he can do is go back to the drawing board and work on getting better.</p><p>“It wears on you, for sure. It’s frustrating. A long flight back and you can’t do anything else but just think about the game. Watch the game on your iPad and think about ways I could maybe, throughout the week, talk to a guy that can make a difference in the game,” Maye said, as shared in a post by Mike Reiss of ESPN on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“It wears on you, for sure. It’s frustrating. A long flight back and you can’t do anything else but just think about the game. Watch the game on your iPad and think about ways I could maybe, throughout the week, talk to a guy that can make a difference in the game.” — Drake Maye <a href="https://t.co/ffuBjpwWtk">pic.twitter.com/ffuBjpwWtk</a></p><p>— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1868507206104338631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Things won’t be getting any easier for Drake Maye, Patriots</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Patriots-quarterback-Drake-Maye.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Joe Rondone-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Maye is understandably critical of himself considering how New England has only won three games this year, but there’s only so much he can do. His offensive line and pass catching corps are among the worst in the league, and the defense has looked uninspired down the stretch of the season. The focus will be on upgrading this team around Maye moving forward, but it doesn’t make the losses any easier to deal with right now.</p><p>Unfortunately, the final three games of the Patriots season are pretty brutal, as they will face off against arguably the best team in the league in the Buffalo Bills twice, while playing the Los Angeles Chargers in their other contest. As a result, Maye shouldn’t get his hopes up that the team will win another game until next year, but you can bet he’s going to go out and give it his all until New England’s season is over.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Drake Maye admits frustration after Patriots ugly loss to Cardinals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-jerod-mayo-cryptic-drake-maye-gameplan-message-cardinals-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots’ Jerod Mayo drops cryptic Drake Maye gameplan message after Cardinals loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Patriots-news-Jerod-Mayo-drops-cryptic-Drake-Maye-gameplan-message-after-Cardinals-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots’ Jerod Mayo drops cryptic Drake Maye gameplan message after Cardinals loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T21:31:23-08:00">December 15th, 9:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T21:31:23-08:00">December 15th, 9:31pm</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a>Conor Roche is a sports journalist that has covered Boston sports for a few years and has worked on the Patriots beat since the 2022 season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">New England Patriots</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-drake-maye-sees-next-layer-new-england-offense-unveiled-despite-colts-loss">New England Patriots conspicuously didn’t use Drake Maye</a> as a runner on multiple short-down situations in their 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-patriots-not-considering-firing-jerod-mayo-despite-rocky-2024-campaign">leading to a head-scratching comment from Jerod Mayo</a>.</p><p>When Mayo was asked why the Patriots didn’t run any quarterback sneaks on short-down situations, he <a href="https://x.com/DougKyed/status/1868453980470206750" rel="noopener">seemed to initially throw offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt under the bus</a>.</p><p>“You said it. I didn’t,” Mayo responded.</p><p>The Patriots head coach was asked about the offensive play calling again in a follow-up question. This time around, he took ownership of the situation.</p><p>“It’s always my decision,” Mayo said. “I would say, look, the quarterback obviously has a good pair of legs and does a good job running the ball. We just chose not to do it there.”</p><p>Not using Maye as a runner on short-down situations likely didn’t cost the Patriots the game on Sunday, but it might have cost them a touchdown. They got the ball down to the Cardinals’ 4-yard line with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter, facing a third-and-1. They opted to run the ball up the gut with Antonio Gibson, who was stuffed.</p><p>Facing fourth-and-1, they ran a similar play with Rhamondre Stevenson. The Patriots were dealt the same result: a stuff and turnover on downs.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">wrapped him up like a 4th down present 🎁 <a href="https://t.co/mYvruBF1A9">pic.twitter.com/mYvruBF1A9</a></p><p>— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) <a href="https://twitter.com/AZCardinals/status/1868435731024109947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>What Drake Maye said of the lack of QB sneaks in Patriots’ loss to Cardinals</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Drake-Maye-10-throws-a-pass-against-the-Indianapolis-Colts.jpg"><figcaption>© Eric Canha-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Patriots’ insistence to not use Maye as a runner is head-scratching. He’s already shown a strong ability as a runner as a professional, rushing for 359 yards and two touchdowns this season.</p><p>Maye wants to get the ball in those situations, too.</p><p>“I was a good quarterback-sneaker in college,” Maye told reporters. “I’m a big dude, I’m heavier than people think. So, I think maybe there’s a conversation for that. I think it’s tough to stop a 6-[foot]-5 dude for one yard.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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