{"id":581076,"date":"2026-04-04T05:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:23:08","slug":"patriots-drake-maye-savagely-disrespected-by-nfl-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581076\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Drake Maye Savagely Disrespected By NFL Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patriots Drake Maye Savagely Disrespected By NFL Writer<\/a> originally appeared on NESN<\/a>. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New England Patriots<\/a> quarterback Drake Maye finished second in MVP voting last year, losing one of the closest races in history to 38-year-old Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford.<\/p>\n

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He took the Patriots to their first Super Bowl in the post-Tom Brady era, and threw for more than 5,000 yards in the regular season and playoffs combined.<\/p>\n

The Ringer writer Steven Ruiz paid respect<\/a> to Maye\u2019s season by handing him the ranking of the sixth-best quarterback in the NFL (two spots behind Justin Herbert, who he ranked ahead of Stafford, fyi). However, the explanation for his ranking was shockingly blunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrake Maye would have been better off if the Patriots had gone one and done in the playoffs,\u201d Ruiz wrote. \u201cI don\u2019t know whether we\u2019ve ever seen a quarterback\u2019s reputation take a bigger hit after a run to the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now this is a first.<\/p>\n

Like Ruiz, I too have never seen someone take the stance that a quarterback would be better off losing in the playoffs than making a Super Bowl, but perhaps that was his final metric in deciding to rank Herbert ahead of Maye.<\/p>\n

Although you have to respect the courage it requires to take this stance, it is a bizarre idea to get behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew England\u2019s offense was horribly outmatched against the gauntlet of elite defense it faced in the postseason, and Mauye didn’t take advantage of the few opportunities he was given,\u201d Ruiz wrote. \u201cIt was a bad showing for the MVP runner-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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