{"id":20639,"date":"2024-12-24T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=20639"},"modified":"2024-12-24T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:30:32","slug":"breaking-drake-mayes-strong-backing-of-jerod-mayo-and-pats-staff-shows-moxie-and-yes-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=20639","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Drake Maye\u2019s strong backing of Jerod Mayo and Pats staff shows moxie \u2026 and, yes, pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019d think by now it wouldn\u2019t be necessary to point out that Drake Maye is the\u00a0<em>rookie<\/em>\u00a0quarterback of the New England Patriots, that he\u2019s only 22, that he began this season as the wide-eyed backup to veteran Jacoby Brissett.<\/p>\n<p>But these aren\u2019t ordinary times. Maye continues to do things that belie his age and lack of experience, such as the manner in which he comported himself on Sunday after the Patriots\u2019 painful 24-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y.\u00a0 What made the loss painful is that New England jumped out to a 14-0 lead against the powerhouse Bills and then frittered it all away, thanks to the same dumpster fire of turnovers and penalties that have had Pats fans ripping their hair out over the past four months. And Maye, while connecting with Kayshon Boutte on a magnificent 28-yard touchdown completion down the right sideline, did contribute to some of the bad. His third-quarter red zone interception was\u00a0<em>very<\/em>\u00a0bad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1870975721113321895&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F6014694%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fpatriots-bills-drake-maye-jerod-mayo%2F&amp;sessionId=b8619aaddf3073deaec2cfbb1e6331478e53ceec&amp;siteScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1870975721113321895\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But while Maye delivered the appropriate mea culpas in response to questions about things that went wrong, let\u2019s skip all that this time. Instead, we\u2019ll fast-forward to when Maye was asked if the Pats\u2019 glass-half-filled performance \u2014 again, they took a 14-0 lead against one of the best teams in the NFL \u2014 showed the players have the coaches\u2019 backs.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the complete answer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, just trying to block out that noise,\u201d Maye said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a bunch of conversations about our coaching staff and stuff like that. I think it\u2019s some BS, to be quite honest. Coach Mayo, those guys, like I said, we\u2019ve got his back, and he\u2019s coached us hard. He wants to win. We all want to win. We\u2019re all frustrated. AVP\u2019s (Alex Van Pelt) been \u2014 I feel like \u2014 calling great the past weeks. We\u2019re just plays away, and it\u2019s basically me turning the ball over. I think it\u2019s just a testament to these guys that keep fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep fighting,\u201d Maye continued. \u201cShoot, we\u2019re not going to make the playoffs. We\u2019re out of the race, and these guys are coming in, frustrated when we don\u2019t score. They\u2019ve got energy at practice, and they\u2019ve got energy coming into the game. We want to win. There\u2019s guys not even playing that are yelling on the sidelines and wanting to win. So, I think we\u2019re building something good, building something that feels right here, and I\u2019m proud to be a Patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s put those words from Maye on a warming plate for a moment while we consider what happened the previous week during the Patriots\u2019 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz. Late in the second quarter, New England trailing 10-0, the customary network Kiss-Cam shot of the owner\u2019s box revealed an irritated Jonathan Kraft turning to his father, Patriots chairman\/CEO Robert Kraft, and then shaking his head and sweeping his right arm across his chest, palm up.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, that gesture by Jonathan Kraft led to a weeklong debate about the future of first-year head coach Jerod Mayo and offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt. Maye was asked to share his thoughts during his Wednesday media availability, and he was positive and diplomatic.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was different. Maye was stronger in his defense of Mayo and Van Pelt, and he capped it with that bit about being \u201cproud to be a Patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Maye was again being diplomatic, and a little patriotic for good measure. There\u2019s a term, \u201csports fib,\u201d in which somebody in the sports biz says something that\u2019s not necessarily true, either in an attempt to be polite or in pursuit of an ulterior motive. (I\u2019m pretty sure \u201csports fib\u201d was coined by Eddie Andelman, who practically invented sports-talk radio when he, Mark Witkin and the late Jimmy McCarthy launched \u201cThe Sports Huddle\u201d in 1969.)<\/p>\n<p>Only I don\u2019t believe what Maye said was a sports fib. And it\u2019s pretty brassy for Maye to speak so demonstratively in favor of Mayo and Van Pelt, given that he\u2019s so \u2026 so \u2026 well, this is why Maye\u2019s age and lack of NFL experience are of heightened relevance this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1870994759927390249&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F6014694%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fpatriots-bills-drake-maye-jerod-mayo%2F&amp;sessionId=b8619aaddf3073deaec2cfbb1e6331478e53ceec&amp;siteScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1870994759927390249\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maye\u2019s spirited defense of Mayo and Van Pelt doesn\u2019t necessarily box the Krafts into a corner. In fact, one could look at this as a lucky break for Robert Kraft, since he\u2019s the one who hired Mayo despite the former Patriots linebacker\u2019s limited coaching experience. To play this scenario out, Kraft could keep his coaching staff in place under the guise of placating a burgeoning star quarterback; in doing so it would liberate him from admitting that hiring Mayo was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens, it\u2019s remarkable that Maye has the fortitude and comfort level to walk into a room of media people with his (very) limited NFL resume and make it known he\u2019d like Mayo and Van Pelt to be back in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1870945421020811714&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F6014694%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fpatriots-bills-drake-maye-jerod-mayo%2F&amp;sessionId=b8619aaddf3073deaec2cfbb1e6331478e53ceec&amp;siteScreenName=TheAthletic&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1870945421020811714\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Maye sees a future in which all three of them, having gained side-by-side-by-side experience, form a three-headed offensive monster that gets the Patriots back into the Super Bowl business.<\/p>\n<p>Or, perhaps Maye\u2019s just saying stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Only he didn\u2019t sound like he was saying stuff. And so comfortable, confident and been-around-the-block-a-few-<wbr \/>times was his bearing that it was as though he came out of the same draft that produced Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning and Dan Pastorini. (Yes, that was in 1971. I\u2019m trying to make a point.)<\/p>\n<p>It was just last month I wrote how \u201cthis is Maye\u2019s team now.\u201d But I was only thinking in terms of play calls and who gets the best space in the players\u2019 parking lot. If Sunday is any indication, it\u2019s so much more than that. 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