{"id":286333,"date":"2026-09-15T07:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286333\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T07:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:34:13","slug":"drake-mayes-message-after-seattle-loss-were-on-to-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286333\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Maye’s message after Seattle loss: \u2018We\u2019re on to Pittsburgh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew England Patriots\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t“I’ve got to be better, and I will be better going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"QB
\n\tDrake Maye and the Patriots are looking to bounce back on Sunday against the Steelers. (David L Ryan\/Globe Staff)\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Conor Ryan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 14, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

3 minutes to read<\/p>\n

Drake Maye took a page out of Bill Belichick\u2019s book when asked on Monday about the disastrous ending to the Patriots\u2019 season-opening game against the Seahawks last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on to Pittsburgh,\u201d Maye said on WEEI\u2019s \u201cRich and Ken with Ted Johnson\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019ve got another week, another chance in this league, and that\u2019s dealing with the ups and downs in this league. That\u2019s part of it \u2014 playing the National Football League.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maye and the Patriots are looking for a clean slate after a brutal finish to their Week 1 game against the defending Super Bowl champions.<\/p>\n

New England was seemingly in control of last week\u2019s game at Lumen Field, with the Patriots holding a 10-0 lead midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n

But Maye\u2019s poor decision-making helped spur Seattle to 13 unanswered points down the stretch en route to an eventual 13-10 loss for the Patriots.<\/p>\n

In the fourth quarter, Maye and the Patriots had three drives \u2014 all of which ended with back-breaking interceptions from New England\u2019s third-year quarterback.<\/p>\n

Those three turnovers directly led to 10 Seattle points, with the final pick snuffing out a promising drive and last-minute chance for New England to either tie the game with a field goal \u2014 or steal a win with multiple looks at the end zone.<\/p>\n

It was a frustrating end to a night where New England failed to capitalize against a Seahawks team playing without its starting QB \u2014 Sam Darnold \u2014 for most of the night.<\/p>\n

Even though Maye did extend several plays with his legs and completed a pair of fourth-down conversions on New England\u2019s final drive of the night, it meant little after Seattle\u2019s Josh Jobe snagged Maye\u2019s final throw of the night.\u200b<\/p>\n

Despite the poor optics of those throws in the fourth quarter, Maye acknowledged on Monday that all athletes \u2014 especially quarterbacks \u2014 need to operate with a short memory to remain on track over the course of a long season.\u200b<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got teammates. That\u2019s what you have teammates for, and coaches,\u201d Maye said of putting bad plays in the rearview. \u201cI think they\u2019ve experienced it, and at this capacity, it\u2019s just different when you\u2019re playing this position at quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour mistakes and what you do with the football are at a more drastic level, because your decisions change the outcomes of games. So just realizing that, and also realizing that you\u2019ve got to go back out there and have the next-play mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maye and the Patriots offense\u2019s hopes of putting together a bounce-back performance on Sunday against the Steelers took a hit after star wideout A.J. Brown suffered a high ankle sprain in the loss to Seattle.<\/a><\/p>\n

Brown is expected to miss between four and six weeks with his injury.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old wideout made his presence felt in Seattle before his injury, catching three passes from Maye for 26 yards \u2014 showcasing his versatile route tree and helping Maye succeed against the Seahawks\u2019 blitz.<\/p>\n

With Brown now on the mend, New England will need other wideouts like Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, DeMario Douglas, and Kyle Williams to step up<\/a> over the next few weeks. Still, Maye acknowledged that Brown\u2019s impact will be missed over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d like to say that it won\u2019t,\u201d Maye said when asked how New England\u2019s wideout corps would be impacted without Maye. \u201cBut a player like A.J., any time you lose a big-time player like that, it adds a different element, guys needing to step up, and guys get more looks and more chances, and the chances and opportunities that you get in this league, you\u2019ve [got to] make the most of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we had a lot of scenarios last year where guys stepped up and made plays. \u00a0\u2026. Usually you kind of see this later on the season, but right off the bat, we\u2019re getting a good chance to kind of see where we\u2019re at and seeing guys step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maye and the Patriots will look to right the ship on Sunday with their home opener against the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Despite Maye\u2019s poor stat line in Seattle (23-of-33, 178 yards, 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions), he believes that New England\u2019s offense has a lot more to give, even with Brown temporarily out of the equation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there [were] plays out there to be made. I think we had plays in the run game, plays in the passing game, where we had opportunities to make big plays.<\/p>\n

And in this league, we feel last week, the way we approached it, was a good plan \u2026 We were ahead on the score, and then \u2026 [in] the fourth quarter, still had a chance to win the game and send it to overtime at the worst. I\u2019ve got to be better, and I will be better going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.<\/p>\n

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