The New England Patriots have lost their last two games, both to the Seattle Seahawks.
The New England Patriots suffered a huge fall in Bleacher Report's Week 2 NFL power rankings after losing to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 1.
Bleacher Report ranked the Patriots No. 6 heading into Week 1. After losing to Seattle again -- the Seahawks beat Mike Vrabel and Co. in last season's Super Bowl -- New England dropped to No. 12.
The Patriots trailed 13-10 with 26 seconds left in regulation. Drake Maye and the offense were on the Seahawks' 16-yard line, facing a 3rd-and-5.
Maye took the snap out of the shotgun, drifted back and to the right and floated a ball to the right side of the end zone where Mack Hollins was.
The problem is that Maye underthrew the ball badly and it was picked off by Josh Jobe.
"It was something where we had a certain protection on," Maye said. "We were cutting and was trying to get rid of it and realized Mack was back there in the back and didn't put enough on it to get it out and it was just unacceptable. We had a chance to send it (to) overtime at the worst. The only thing you could do is turn the ball over and that's what I did.
"I just stopped being patient. That was the big thing. We were really good up to the point where I tried to force one down the sideline to Romeo (Doubs). We were patient and dumping it off and trying to move the chains and we avoided a lot of three-and-outs and that was something we try to earn more plays and the explosives will come, so just stopped being patient and made decisions that ended up, like I said, cost us the game."
The Patriots had only 277 total yards against the Seahawks.
Just like the Super Bowl, Seattle's defense shut down New England's offense.
"You've got to stick together and that starts with me getting back to work and having the right intention in practice," Maye said. "These guys are here for me. I think they've done a great job in supporting me and have had my back. I've got to earn their trust. I know I have their trust, but I got to keep on putting better football out there. I think it's Week 1 but at the same time, there's a full season ahead but you got to get this going early. We got to start off on the right foot. I know what we had last year, but we got a new season, a new team, and we need to build that."
The Patriots face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 2 on September 20.
Let's see how Maye and Co. bounce back. The UNC product finished with 178 passing yards, one passing touchdown and three interceptions while completing 69.7% of his passes in Week 1.
The Patriots will be without A.J. Brown for the foreseeable future after the WR was placed on injured reserve.
New England fans are probably saying, "When it rains, it pours."
