New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel did not have an immediate update on the health status of Drake Maye, following his ankle injury in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions.
The third-year quarterback came up hobbled after getting sacked by Lions star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson. He was seen limping on the sidelines before heading off to the locker room to get checked out. Not long after that, he was ruled out for the rest of the game with an ankle injury.
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“I don’t [have any update],” Vrabel told reporters. “Obviously, he wasn’t able to finish the game. So we’ll have to get some more tests run, and we’ll see when we come back what it ends up being and the severity of whatever injury he has.”
As for the game itself, the Patriots looked like a complete disaster on offense without Maye. Backup quarterback Tommy DeVito missed open receivers and struggled to operate in an offense that couldn’t run the ball. It was an offense that also struggled in pass protection.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Patriots gave up 494 total yards of offense to the Lions.
“Until we start doing the little things better in all three phases, the fundamentals, being able to run the football, being able to get open and catch and protect our quarterback, tackle, get off the field on third down, create turnovers—obviously, we have to stop turning it over offensively—and then special teams gotta be able to create a spark for us to create some momenetum plays,” said Vrabel. “We’re 0-0. We’re heading into the bye, and we’ve got to get some things fixed and changed and corrected and figure out ways to win, as opposed to what we’re doing right now, which is not giving ourselves much of a chance.”
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The Patriots will head into the bye week holding their breath in hopes that Maye’s injury isn’t as bad as it looks. However, it’s hard to feel hopeful given the ridiculously bad luck they’ve had with injuries this season.
Along with Maye, the team also lost star wide receiver A.J. Brown to a hamstring injury.
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