Twitter reacts with frustration at Drake Maye and Patriots performance

The New England Patriots lost to the Seattle Seahawks by a 13-10 score in Wednesday night’s season opener.

It was a game that was a defensive battle, and ultimately, the Seahawks earned the victory. Seattle’s starting quarterback, Sam Darnold, got injured in the first quarter, and backup quarterback Drew Lock had to step up for the Seahawks to win.

And he certainly did just that, going 16-of-22 passing on the night for 187 yards and a touchdown. However, he got a huge helping hand from the Seahawks’ defense, which forced three turnovers for the second straight game against the Patriots.

As for New England, their offense looked lost. Quarterback Drake Maye went 23-of-33 on the evening, throwing for 178 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Rhamondre Stevenson had 16 carries for 51 yards. The Patriots failed to establish the run game consistently, and they couldn’t get their passing game going downfield.

It didn’t help matters that they lost A.J. Brown to an ankle injury.

It was a frustrating night for a Patriots team that won 14 games last season. Starting off the 2026 season by losing to a backup quarterback isn’t what fans had in mind for the team in the second year under Mike Vrabel as head coach.

Here’s how social media reacted to Wednesday’s loss:

Drake Maye and Josh Disaster class. So dissapointing.

— Ghost Aeolus (@Aeolus) September 10, 2026

The game was over after the first quarter, complete disaster. Drake should’ve played in the preseason. He just wasn’t ready

— Hiro603 (@hiro603official) September 10, 2026

Patriots being 0-1 isn’t a great feeling but last season they started 0-1. Just bounce back and win.

— New England Sports Review (@nesportreview) September 10, 2026

That’s absolutely horrendous from Drake Maye and the New England Patriots. What a complete choke on #NFL opening night.

— Brad Klibansky (@BradKlibansky) September 10, 2026

The Patriots are going to take a MASSIVE step back if this is how their offense is going to look all season. Very conservative and predictable. They’re doing NOTHING 15+ yards downfield.

— Josh Taylor (@JoshTaylorFB) September 10, 2026

This patriots team is terrible. The defense is good, but the offense is FRAUDULENT. Can’t believe people had teams like the broncos and ravens below them

— Jeff (@Jeff_L4) September 10, 2026

The patriots offense was at its best last season swinging out of the gate.

Unfortunately they are playing with the same mentality they did in the afccg, except this time it’s week one and the weather is perfect and there’s just no reason to.

Grinding out a week one game like…

— tom (@TomTalkToEm) September 10, 2026

One of the all time most disappointing games I’ve ever watched the New England Patriots play. Abhorrent on all fronts.

— Tanner McGrath (@tannerstruth) September 10, 2026

New England led Seattle by double digits in the second half.

The Patriots had 3 possesions in the 4th quarter. All 3 ended in Drake Maye interceptions. https://t.co/niGq8iqnyg

— Julian Edlow (@julianedlow) September 10, 2026

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