New England Patriots
“For me, on the largest stage and a giant sport, and I had loads of performs I want I had again.”
FOXBOROUGH — For some NFL gamers, one of the best ways to maneuver ahead after a crushing loss in the Super Bowl is to easily burn the tape and decide to not look again.
However for Drake Maye, a painful 29-13 loss doled out by the Seahawks nonetheless supplied a possibility for the 23-year-old quarterback to be taught and develop as he tries to push the Patriots over the hump in 2026.
“I feel you positively take a peek at it,” Maye stated Wednesday when requested if he’s rewatched sport tape from that setback at Levi’s Stadium. “For me, on the largest stage and a giant sport, and I had loads of performs I want I had again. I positively watched it, and at such a younger level in my profession the place I can nonetheless be taught a lot.”
Maye and the Patriots’ offense had a night to overlook towards Seattle’s stout protection on Feb. 8.
The MVP runner-up had few solutions to attempt to put Seattle on its heels — finishing 27-of-43 throws for 295 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.
Maye was hardly aided by his offensive line, as Seattle sacked him six occasions and hit him 11 different occasions. However, the second-year signal-caller additionally had a number of performs he’d wish to have again, particularly together with his two picks — each of which got here within the fourth quarter.
“You possibly can be taught issues and be taught in regards to the sport,” Maye stated. “So, I feel there’s positively some elements that, possibly throws that I possibly skip, or now I need to watch that once more. However there’s positively the sport, I feel you be taught a lot from, errors that you just make your self.”
Defensive sort out Milton Williams understands the highs and lows that include the Tremendous Bowl, having received a title with the Eagles in 2025 earlier than developing quick with New England the very subsequent yr.
Very like Maye, the 27-year-old defensive lineman burdened that the Patriots must be proactive in the case of studying from final yr’s defeat by the hands of Seattle.
“You at all times take into consideration the performs that you just miss, the performs you could possibly have capitalized on. These persist with you without end,” Williams stated. “On a giant stage like that, not getting the job completed, you simply type of replay these performs in your thoughts. … It’s simply gas for the following day.”
“Clearly, with loads of youthful gamers, simply getting that have, and studying and rising from the errors that have been made final yr, I really feel like everyone can proceed to get higher, and if all of us get higher, we’ll eradicate that one or two performs that harm us,” he added.
Maye, Williams, and the Patriots may have a possibility to rectify final season’s loss to Seattle within the coming months, as New England will open the 2026 season with a Week 1 showdown towards the Seahawks on the street at Lumen Subject.
“I feel it’s an opportunity for us to get some further motivation throughout coaching camp,” Maye stated of September’s Tremendous Bowl rematch. “Beginning off with [a] bang like that, an opportunity to get an opponent that left a nasty style in our mouth. So, I feel it’s one thing for us that’s going to actually make us work.
“We’ve received to convey it Week 1 on the street in a tricky atmosphere. They’re going to be hanging their banner, and that’s the a part of it. So, I feel it’s going to be attention-grabbing. It’s going to be enjoyable. It’s going to be a tricky process. So, it’ll be one thing for us to get some further motivation and make coaching camp higher.”
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