Former Patriots Champion Assigns Blame For Super Bowl LX Loss

The quarterback often gets an oversized share of the credit or blame, but a former New England Patriots player wouldn’t fully fault Drake Maye for Sunday’s Super Bowl loss.

Maye didn’t make the most of his marquee moment, yielding three turnovers in a 29-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The 23-year-old has taken some criticism for the sloppy performance, and Devin McCourty noted on “Up & Adams” that Maye missed some open throws and didn’t exploit all of his running opportunities.

However, the three-time Super Bowl champion also explained why the coaching staff deserves some blame.

“A lot of that, to me, fell on the coaches and game-plan oriented,” McCourty said. “Because they couldn’t do anything. They couldn’t run the football. Drake Maye didn’t have much time when he was dropping back. There weren’t guys open.”

McCourty recalled times during his 13-year playing career in New England when the defense couldn’t make a stop despite the coaching staff calling multiple different looks. On the other hand, he didn’t feel like New England’s offense got creative enough on Sunday.

“It felt like last night, as you watched the game, like they didn’t call everything,” McCourty said. “Now I’m assuming there’s reasons for that … But watching it, it felt like Drake Maye needed a lot more help from the sidelines than what he got that game.”

McCourty thinks Maye has the mental makeup to rebound from the rough Super Bowl outing. But the two-time Pro Bowler wouldn’t let anyone off the hook after Sunday’s showing.

“When you come out and get punched in the mouth the way they did, you get flustered. And that’s what the game looked like through the majority of it,” he said. “When you don’t score a point in three quarters, there’s enough blame to go around for every coach and player, and that’s on the offensive side of the ball.”