Radio Host Goes Off On Drake Maye Hypocrisy

The New England Patriots beat three top-five defenses on their way to their first Super Bowl berth in the post-Bill Belichick and Tom Brady era.

But it’s not good enough.

If New England beats a bad team, who cares? They’re not good. If New England beats a good team, they didn’t beat them badly enough.

When it comes to quarterback Drake Maye, he is either taking too many risks or playing it too safe.

It’s been the same tired story all year for the last remaining team in the AFC, and “WEEI Afternoons” host Andy Hart is tired of it.

“So a week ago he throws three touchdown passes, but he also has an interception and two fumbles,” Hart said. “He threw three touchdown passes, and everybody is like, ‘You can’t do that, you’ve got to clean it up, you can’t have the turnovers.

“So he doesn’t turn it over, doesn’t even put it on the ground, doesn’t even really put it in harm’s way… but he doesn’t have the touchdown passes, he doesn’t have the stats… wins the football game and people want him to have stats.”

It has been perplexing as a sports writer to watch all of the NFL world come together to find ways to diminish New England’s success at every chance they get.

Originally, the turnaround was celebrated. Then, when the Patriots got to their 10th win in a row, people stopped laughing. It was no longer a great coaching job; it was an easy schedule.

But wait.

Now that they are playing and beating the best teams the league has to offer, it’s no longer “let’s see them do it in the playoffs,” it’s “playoff teams aren’t actually good anymore.”

“So when he had three touchdowns and a 100 passer rating, it was all about the turnovers,” Hart said. “Now there’s no turnovers, but your numbers aren’t fluffy enough…

“The poor guy can’t do anything right going against top-five defenses. People want to criticize him no matter what he does.”