Maye shared his support for Jerod Mayo and Alex Van Pelt.
Drake Maye has done his best to avoid the noise surrounding the future job status of his New England Patriots coaches. But the noise he has heard, he does not believe.
“Just trying to block out that noise,” Maye said after the Patriots latest lost to the Buffalo Bills. “Conversations about our coaching staff, I think it’s some B.S. to be quite honest.”
Coming off an uncompetitive defeat following the bye week, speculation has only grown this past week about both Jerod Mayo and Alex Van Pelt’s future with the team. But following the team’s 12th loss of the season Sunday, Maye continued to share his support for both his coach and coordinator.
“Coach Mayo, like I said, we got his back,” he said post game. “He coaches us hard — he wants to win, we all want to win. We’re all frustrated. AVP, I’ve been calling him great the past weeks. We’re just plays away, especially me turning the ball over.”
With Van Pelt’s play calling a topic of discussion after Robert and Jonathan Kraft appeared to be critical last week, the coordinator responded with a strong start in Buffalo as New England opened a 14-0 lead.
But as Maye alluded too, turnover issues took over as the Patriots turned the ball over three times in the second hall. That included an interception from Maye and a fumble by Rhamondre Stevenson before the duo saw a backwards pass go off the running backs hands and Buffalo recover for a touchdown.
As the Patriots losing streak now reaches five straight with two games to go, Maye has not seen his coaches or teammates give up their fight. It has the 22-year old quarterback hopeful of what’s to come in Foxboro.
“It’s a testament to these guys. They keep fighting,” Maye shared. “We’re not going to make the playoffs, we’re out of the race, and these guys keep coming in. They’re frustrated when we don’t score, they got energy at practice, and they got energy coming into the game.
“We want to win. They’re guys not even playing that are yelling on the sidelines and want to win. I think we’re building something good, building something that feels right here. I’m proud to be a Patriot.”