Overall, Drake Maye had an excellent second season with the Patriots, coming within one vote of winning league MVP. It ended in disappointing fashion, though, with Maye struggling mightily in New England's 29-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60 Sunday night.
Maye finished 27-of-43 passing for 295 yards with two touchdowns, two interceptions and a lost fumble. He only had 60 yards passing through the first three quarters before racking up some garbage time stats in the fourth.
Maye's numbers throughout the playoffs weren't great, as he completed 58.3% of his passes in four games for 828 yards, six touchdowns, four interceptions and an 82.2 passer rating. He also lost four fumbles and got sacked 21 times, a new postseason record.
WFAN host and longtime NFL analyst Boomer Esiason joined The Greg Hill Show Monday morning to break down Maye's performance and explain why he's not worried about Maye moving forward.
"Yeah, I don't know how many times he got hit last night," Esiason said. "He probably got hit at least 18 or 19 times. That's no fun. Some of it was his fault because he wasn't reading the blitz, or maybe it wasn't something that was in their offensive package. I don't know.
"Drake Maye is going to be fine. Nobody expected them to be here. I mean, I expected them to be in the playoffs. I think we all did given who the coach was, who the coaches were, and who the players were that they brought in, the money that they spent in the offseason on free agency. And it really, truly was an unbelievable year, but it was a grind in the playoffs. We knew it was going to be given the fact that they were playing the Chargers, the Texans, the Broncos and the Seahawks. Those are four of the best defenses in football, including their own defense that they see on the practice field.
"So, I'm not worried about Drake Maye's future. That's like the least of my concerns. What I have to do is, I have to shore up that offensive line, and I have to make sure that Will Campbell is 100 percent healthy coming back next year. And him realizing, and I know he is, because I know he's the kind of kid he is, realizing that his playoffs were just as bad as Drake Maye's."
Boomer said he's confident that Maye has a good head on his shoulders and will respond the right way once he gets over the initial disappointment of this loss.
"He seems like a really good kid," he said. "Early in my career, I went to one Super Bowl. Dan Marino went to one Super Bowl. I don't think either of us ever took it for granted. But to make it to a Super Bowl, a lot of things have got to go right. And, you know, a lot of things went right for the Patriots this year.
"I think it's an unbelievable, great learning experience for him. He'll never take it for granted. He'll come back and he'll be ready to rock and roll next year. I'm not too worried about this. This is a long, sustained career that we have in front of us. And I think that they have a good enough team and certainly have the coaching staff to be able to get back. They're not losing any coaches this year for the first time in a long time. They don't have to hire any new coaches. Now all they have to do is kind of retweak some of the roster spots that they probably feel that they're weak in, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them right back in the mix again next year."