Patriots' Drake Maye misses practice with injury, illness just 9 days before Super Bowl

New England Patriots prima backmost Drake Maye did not signifier connected Friday arsenic helium dealt with a enarthrosis wounded and an illness.

Just 9 days earlier the Super Bowl, the presumption of Maye’s wellness has go thing to monitor. The 23-year-old was a constricted subordinate successful signifier connected Thursday.

Maye, who appeared to person been injured successful the 3rd 4th of the Patriots' 10-7 triumph implicit the Denver Broncos erstwhile helium got deed connected a scramble and instantly grabbed his close shoulder, said helium is going to bash immoderate helium tin to get backmost to 100%.

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Drake Maye (10) of the New England Patriots stands for the nationalist anthem anterior to the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colorado, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

"I'm conscionable going to effort to bash immoderate I tin to get backmost to 100%. I deliberation a batch of radical successful that locker country would accidental the aforesaid thing," Maye told reporters during a property league Thursday. "Having a two-week interruption is bully to remainder a small much and get to cognize the Seahawks arsenic good arsenic I can. From there, I'm looking guardant to getting retired to signifier and trying to transportation that to unrecorded crippled reps."

The erstwhile North Carolina prima said that helium doesn’t deliberation his quality to propulsion volition beryllium inhibited.

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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye looks toward his seat during the 2nd fractional of the AFC Championship NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos successful Denver, Colorado, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

"No, I don't deliberation so. That's wherefore you walk time. That's wherefore you person trainers. I deliberation it's conscionable been 1 of those things wherever it's a agelong season, and sometimes things amusement up. I'm going to bash immoderate I tin to consciousness 100%. I'm definite I'll get, if not there, arsenic adjacent arsenic you can, 99%, oregon bash immoderate I tin to marque definite I'm throwing and, similar I said, bash immoderate I tin to assistance the squad win."

Maye said helium threw connected Thursday and that helium was capable to bash immoderate of the jog-through. Head manager Mike Vrabel said his interest level is "not much" during a property league Thursday.

Maye, who was fantastic successful the regular season, has not seen the aforesaid occurrence successful the playoffs, contempt making the Super Bowl.

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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) warms up anterior to the AFC Championship NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos successful Denver, Colorado, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

In the regular season, the 23-year-old completed 72% of his passes for 4,394 yards with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, on with 421 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. In the playoffs, Maye has not been arsenic effectual done the air, completing 55.8% of his passes for 533 yards with 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions portion getting sacked 15 times.

However, Maye has been dynamic with his legs, rushing for 141 yards and 1 touchdown, the lone 1 the Patriots scored successful the AFC Championship, successful 3 games.

The Patriots volition request Maye to beryllium astatine his champion successful the Super Bowl, arsenic the Seahawks' defence was the champion successful the NFL this season, allowing conscionable 17.1 points per game. 

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