Patriots' Drake Maye shrugs off shoulder injury concerns ahead of Super Bowl LX: 'I'll be just fine'

There is immoderate interest for New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye heading into Super Bowl LX, but the second-year awesome caller isn’t disquieted astir his wounded designation.

Maye came into the week successful Santa Clara with a enarthrosis ailment, though helium and his coaching unit downplayed the severity of it earlier the large game.

"I consciousness good. I'll beryllium conscionable fine," Maye said connected Super Bowl opening night, via NFL.com. "I threw a bully bit. I threw arsenic overmuch arsenic I would astatine a mean practice. I felt large and looking guardant to getting backmost retired determination Wednesday and Thursday for signifier and Friday to get acceptable for a mean week of prep."

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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) speaks to the media during Opening Night for Super Bowl LX astatine San Jose Convention Center connected Feb. 2, 2026. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

Maye was officially listed arsenic questionable connected the Patriots’ bye week earlier heading retired west. He besides dealt with an illness. But helium said helium has "turned a corner" since landing successful San Francisco connected Sunday.

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"I felt bully from the formation and throwing retired determination today. I deliberation it turned the corner, and I truly had nary uncertainty being 100% for the game, this is the Super Bowl," helium said. "We get 2 weeks to hole for it and bash immoderate we got to bash to get it right. I've got assurance and consciousness good."

There’s nary uncertainty Maye, an MVP campaigner this year, is going to beryllium doing everything imaginable to beryllium 100% for Sunday’s matchup astatine Levi’s Stadium.

New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) reacts aft the New England Patriots decision the Denver Broncos successful the 2026 AFC Championship Game astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colorado. Jan. 25, 2026. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

Maye heads into this contention arsenic the imaginable youngest starting backmost to ever triumph the Super Bowl. Dan Marino is the youngest backmost to play successful the crippled all-time, beating retired Maye by 49 days, but helium was incapable to triumph successful 1984.

Head manager Mike Vrabel trusts his second-year backmost to get the occupation done contempt immoderate struggles astatine times successful these playoffs.

Vrabel said that helium liked however the shot was coming retired of Maye’s manus during practices to this point.

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

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"I thought that the shot came retired good. I thought it was a crisp signifier for Drake and for everybody else," helium said.

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