Drake Maye breaks silence on rumored rift with Patriots' Mike Vrabel

Jordy McElroy, Patriots WireWed, September 30, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC

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New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has been in NFL headlines for all of the wrong reasons in recent days.

He's currently playing like the worst quarterback in the league after finishing second in MVP voting last season. There's also the latest rumor about a potential rift between the third-year signal-caller and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, which was mentioned on The Greg Hill Show.

Vrabel shut down the rumors when speaking with media members on Wednesday, and Maye followed suit later in the afternoon when the relationship with his coach was questioned.

"Coach Vrabel's been one of the best football coaches I've had in my life," Maye said. "I think one of the biggest things why this has been so enjoyable for me is playing for Coach, and I think we all feel that way in that locker room. He pushes us hard. I love playing for him, and it's not going to change, and it hasn't changed, and it won't change. The way he pushes me and coaches the quarterback in a way that I really respect, and I'm looking forward to getting going and proving to coach that I can lead this football team and play good football."

The Patriots fell to 1-2 on the season after an ugly 35-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 3.

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So far, Maye has thrown only one touchdown pass and turned the ball over seven times. There are clear frustrations with the way the team is playing right now.

With that said, Maye was arguably the best quarterback in the NFL last season. It falls on Vrabel and the rest of the coaching staff to help get the 24-year-old gunslinger back to playing at an elite level.

"Let me just tell you why I'm here. I'm here because Drake was their quarterback," Vrabel said. "Believe it or not, I had choices of where I wanted to coach. I wanted to coach here because Drake was the quarterback. I don't really have much to add other than that about a comment from an unnamed source, but I'll just tell you what I've told numerous people if they want to ask me why I'm here."

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