The Ringer's Bill Simmons is discouraged over Drake Maye and the New England Patriots ' 20-13 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 1. It wasn't the kind of start to the 2025 NFL season that Simmons had anticipated for Maye. He revealed the kind of quarterback he wanted to see were shades of Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Perhaps the version of Allen who approached his second season in the NFL.

As one of the new faces of the Boston sports scene, Maye's rough outing that kicked off his second season with the Patriots, isn't sitting well with Simmons, who broke it down through the lenses of a Boston sports fan, per the Bill Simmons Podcast.

“The Drake Maye thing bummed me out. It’s a tough one because we had Jayson Tatum, Drake Maye, and Roman Anthony were the trifecta for us,

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