New England quarterback Drake Maye had a mixed performance during the Patriots’ 45-27 Week 9 blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers. Maye completed 21 of 38 attempted passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions as the Patriots were demolished in Foxborough.

This week, Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons did not mince his words about Maye’s performances this season.

Packers Star Delivers Damning Patriots Drake Maye Verdict

During this week’s segment of “The Edge” podcast, Parsons gave a scathing review of Maye’s confidence levels and regression from last year.

“I think Drake Maye has lost confidence,” Parsons said. “That’s the difficult part that I think everyone battles with. I’ve seen it with Dak (Prescott), I think my second or third year. You see it with young quarterbacks.”

He added, “When mistakes and wins don’t come early, they kind of lose that confidence and belief in others. I don’t see him trusting people the same way he was last year. He don’t look like the same quarterback as last year, you know.”

Parsons continued, “He’s gone from potentially MVP to the struggle bus. I just think it all has to do with his confidence.”

He added, “Like last year, you see him breaking out the pockets, picking up the blitzes, rolling right, making dots down the field, you know, it’s spectacular catches, but it’s just that they looked way more united last year on a Super Bowl run than they do currently.”

Maye became the Patriots’ starting quarterback in Week 6 of his rookie season after backing up Jacoby Brissett for the first five weeks after New England selected him No. 3 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Under coach Mike Vrabel, Maye established himself as one of the league’s most impactful quarterbacks last season, leading the Patriots to Super Bowl 60.

As a result, Maye earned AP Second-Team All-Pro honors, his second Pro Bowl nod, finished second to Matthew Stafford in AP NFL MVP voting, and was ranked No. 11 in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2026 by his peers to cement a stellar 2025 season.

The former North Carolina standout started the 2026 season poorly, throwing six interceptions in his first three games before recovering as the Patriots went on a three-game winning streak.

The turnovers have returned, and Maye has thrown four interceptions in his last three games, two of them losses to the Chicago Bears and Packers, who are both expected to be postseason dark horses.

Against the Packers, Maye recorded his second career game with three picks, and both have come this season. On the other hand, Maye has accounted for at least three touchdowns in six straight games, the longest such streak of his young NFL career.

Maye has amassed 2,282 passing yards on 65.4% completion, 18 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, adding 219 rushing yards and 3 scores for the Patriots this season. He earned a PFN’s NFL QB Impact grade of 83.7 (No. 4 in the NFL), representing a regression from last season’s 91.9, the league’s best metric score.