Patriots Drake Maye Savagely Disrespected By NFL Writer

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye completed second in MVP voting final 12 months, shedding one of many closest races in historical past to 38-year-old Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford.

He took the Patriots to their first Super Bowl within the post-Tom Brady period, and threw for greater than 5,000 yards within the common season and playoffs mixed.

The Ringer author Steven Ruiz paid respect to Maye’s season by handing him the rating of the sixth-best quarterback within the NFL (two spots behind Justin Herbert, who he ranked forward of Stafford, fyi). However, the reason for his rating was shockingly blunt.

“Drake Maye would have been better off if the Patriots had gone one and done in the playoffs,” Ruiz wrote. “I don’t know whether we’ve ever seen a quarterback’s reputation take a bigger hit after a run to the Super Bowl.”

Now this can be a first.

Like Ruiz, I too have by no means seen somebody take the stance {that a} quarterback could be higher off shedding within the playoffs than making a Super Bowl, however maybe that was his ultimate metric in deciding to rank Herbert forward of Maye.

Although you must respect the braveness it requires to take this stance, it’s a weird thought to get behind.

“New England’s 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,” Ruiz wrote. “It was a bad showing for the MVP runner-up.”

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