{"id":381615,"date":"2026-01-01T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381615\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:26:10","slug":"wnba-star-caitlin-clark-on-why-shes-pulling-for-drake-maye-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381615\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star Caitlin Clark on why she&#8217;s pulling for Drake Maye, Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 31, 2025, 5:17 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is high on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" data-autotag=\"04de4087-8f54-4765-a468-9b4c74f7fb14\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New England Patriots<\/a> and quarterback Drake Maye. She appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q5BYD-h4yPg\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New Heights podcast<\/a> on Wednesday and indicated that she is riding with the Patriots this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Patriots are certainly worthy of the praise. They currently sit at 13-3 and are still in a position to land the top seed in the AFC. When it comes to building a fan base, it doesn&#8217;t get much better than capturing the attention and support of one of the WNBA&#8217;s biggest stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cHonestly like, I\u2019m a Drake Maye fan,&#8221; said Clark. &#8220;I think he\u2019s been incredible. Honestly, I\u2019ll probably be pulling for the Patriots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Maye is currently favored to win the NFL MVP award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The second-year quarterback has quickly developed into one of the top young players in the league. He went 19-of-21 passing for 256 yards and five touchdowns in last week&#8217;s 42-10 win over the New York Jets. This season, he has thrown for 4,203 yards, 30 touchdowns and eight interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Whether he can maintain that level of play in the postseason remains to be seen. The Patriots have already clinched a spot in the playoffs and are less than two weeks away from their biggest game of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 31, 2025, 5:17 p.m. ET WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is high on the New England Patriots and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[159202,49,48,82,162519,162520,160670,162522,161035,162521,160884,160689,162523,159097,162525,160683,159095,159089,162524,159085,630],"class_list":["post-381615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflpatriots","tag-sstsnpatriots","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagamerican-football-conference","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcaitlin-clark","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-tagdrake-maye","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagnew-england-patriots","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}