The panic in New England is palpable. The Patriots’ young franchise quarterback has a Super Bowl hangover. His second-year leap that captured the imagination of a fan base that had been mourning the post-Tom Brady Era has become a third-year fall.

All across New England, all across the NFL, they are asking:

What’s wrong with Drake Maye?

This isn’t the quarterback the Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll regime coveted so much that they were willing to trade up with the Patriots from sixth overall to select him with the third-overall pick of the 2024 draft.