Drake Maye injury talk sparks concern, Mike Vrabel comments
Reports suggest the New England Patriots quarterback may have injured his shoulder in the conference championship victory.
For the tenth time this century, the New England Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl.
Having endured a seven-year spell without a single postseason win the NFL’s most successful franchise are back in the championship game. Young quarterback Drake Maye is looking to follow in Tom Brady’s footsteps by winning the Super Bowl in his first season as a starter.
Maye has exceeded all expectations this season but may have picked up an injury at a crucial moment. Speaking after last weekend’s AFC Championship Game, former NFL team doctor David J. Chao suggested that Maye is carrying an injury.
“There is no question in my mind that Drake Maye injured his right throwing shoulder against the Denver Broncos,” Chao said. “Of course, how bad is the injury remains to be seen.”
Is Drake Maye injured?
If Chao’s analysis is correct and Maye really did pick up a throwing shoulder injury, it would represent a cruel turn of fate for the QB after a breakthrough season. On Tuesday Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was pressed on the claims and was non-committal about Maye’s fitness.
“There’s not a player on our team that’s 100% healthy,” Vrabel said. “I would imagine we’ll go through the injury report, and whenever we have to turn that in, we’ll turn it in. But nobody’s 100%. This will be our 21st game.”
Vrabel continued: “This is a sport where there’s gonna be things that come up. We’ll talk about whatever status each player has for the game once we’re required to. We understand that. We were able to function offensively, throw the football, run the football so that’s kinda where everybody’s at.”
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