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By Matt Audilet
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Drake Maye was listed on the New England Patriots' injury report with a right shoulder injury in the week leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl LX loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The 23-year-old quarterback logged full practice participation in each of the Patriots' three sessions and carried no injury designation into the game.
Maye clearly wasn't 100% during New England's 29-13 loss at Levi's Stadium, turning the ball over three times in the lopsided title matchup.
After the loss, Maye revealed that he had a pain-killing injection on his injured right throwing shoulder before kickoff on Sunday evening. The NFL MVP runner-up later admitted that he needs some rest to recover from the injury this upcoming offseason.
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"I definitely need time off — nothing that needs anything to be done," Maye said of his injury when speaking with reporters on Tuesday. "Just time away and time to get some rest and just time away from football."
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Fox Sports analyst Nick Wright of "First Things First" believes the Patriots should be punished for not disclosing the full extent of Maye's injury before Sunday's Super Bowl kickoff.
"At this point the NFL has no choice but to put some type of punishment on the Patriots for their Super Bowl injury report," Wright said. " ... Especially in the modern NFL world where gambling is legal, if not encouraged. It is the quarterback of a Super Bowl that ... the team, let's call it 'fudged' information on the final injury report leading into the Super Bowl.
Wright feels the NFL is "obligated" to sanction the Patriots, even going as far as to suggest the league should take away one of New England's future late-round draft picks.
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Maye finished his first Super Bowl appearance with 295 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions on 27/43 passing. The vast majority of his passing yards and both of his passing touchdowns came when the game was already out of reach in the fourth quarter.
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