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Tom Brady, Bill Belichick backslid after first Super Bowl. Can Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel do better?
But there’s one track on the Belichick-Brady masters that Vrabel and Maye don’t want to repeat as they enter the 2026 season — the Super Bowl backslide.
The New England Patriots are one of the most common picks to win the Super Bowl this year. Last season, they made it all the way to Super Bowl 60 in what was Drake Maye’s first full season as the starting quarterback.
The New England quarterback is letting the Super Bowl loss motivate him in 2026, starting with the rematch at Seahawks on Wednesday.
With running back Kenneth Walker taking huge chunks of real estate on seemingly every carry and Jaxon Smith-Njigba roaming free most of the night in the New England secondary, Darnold managed to click on a 1977-esque 50 percent of his passes, good for 5.3 yards per throw.
The future of the position is here. But have Maye and Williams done enough to surpass MVPs Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes in our rankings?
The NFL season begins tomorrow as the Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch, hinting at a tough game for New England.