Drake Maye's Six INTs Have Vrabel's Concern 'Very High' After 35-6 Loss
Maye leads the NFL with six picks and a career-worst 63.7% completion rate. Now the Patriots QB1 heads to unbeaten Buffalo in Week 4.
Top-3 QB pedigree and rushing floor; the picks will regress toward the mean.
- Maye leads the NFL with 6 interceptions through 3 games
- Career-low 63.7% completion rate this season
- Patriots have scored just 2 TDs in a 1-2 start
- Maye finished 2nd in 2025 MVP voting
- Maye ranks #9 overall, #3 at QB in our 2026 rankings
New England's offense hit a wall in Jacksonville on Sunday, and the numbers are ugly. A 35-6 blowout left the Patriots at 1-2 with just two touchdowns on the season, and quarterback Drake Maye squarely at the center of the mess. His six interceptions now lead the NFL, and his 63.7% completion rate is a career worst.
Head coach Mike Vrabel didn't sugarcoat it. He said his concern level for the team is very high, pointing to turnovers and missed opportunities as the things getting them beat. Maye piled up three giveaways against the Jaguars — a fumble at the Jacksonville 35, a third-and-goal pick by Travis Hunter in the end zone, and an errant third-quarter throw that set up a Jags score. He was pulled late for Tommy DeVito once the game was out of reach.
Maye owned it, calling the offense's three weeks of production unacceptable and saying he has to get out of his own way. He framed it as beating himself rather than getting beaten — a familiar refrain, but not one that shows up in a box score.
Why This Isn't Panic Mode
Here's the context fantasy managers need: this is the same guy who finished runner-up in 2025 MVP voting after throwing for 4,394 yards and 31 touchdowns against just 8 picks, plus 450 rushing yards and 4 scores. That's 354 PPR points and a QB3 finish. He also dragged the Patriots to a Super Bowl last year after starting 1-2. We've seen this movie before, and it had a decent ending.
The form line actually holds up too — over his last five games, Maye is averaging +1.7 fantasy points above his season mark. The turnovers are alarming, but his rushing floor keeps his weekly ceiling intact even on rough passing nights. That's the profile of a startable QB1, not a bust.
The Fantasy Fallout
Hold Maye. He's our #3 QB and there's zero reason to move him after three weeks unless you're getting an insane offer — this is a classic buy-low window if you're a rival manager. Just brace yourself for Week 4: New England travels to unbeaten Buffalo, where Josh Allen already leads the league with 11 total touchdowns, six of them on the ground. It's a shootout script that could go either way for Maye's counting stats. As for DeVito, ignore him entirely — the benching was situational, not a job change.
