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Questions about Drake Maye's shoulder aside, the biggest issue that keeps plaguing him appears to be a mental one: once things start trending downwards, he finds himself in a spiral he can't get out of... he had three more bad turnovers and despite Josh McDaniels relying on some of the Patriots' most basic concepts to get the pass game going finished with an EPA of -0.44. It was his seventh straight game with a negative expected points number.
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Maye's seventh straight negative EPA game shows mental spiral, not just supporting cast issues.

Drake Maye's performance has deteriorated significantly from his MVP runner-up season last year. Against Jacksonville, he recorded three more bad turnovers and finished with an EPA of -0.44, marking his seventh straight game with a negative expected points number. The core issue appears mental rather than physical: once things trend downward, he spirals into looking for plays that aren't there and actively making bad ones worse. His supporting cast struggles partly due to injuries, but Maye himself is not performing at last year's level, with good moments dramatically outshone by bad ones.

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