Drake Maye Responds To Mvp Chants During Patriots Win Msn

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 16, 2025, 6:34 PM

drake maye responds to mvp chants during patriots win msn

The chants were loud inside Gillette Stadium before and after Drake Maye's impressive 39-yard touchdown pass to Kayshon Boutte during the New England Patriots' 32-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. However, it turns out the quarterback didn't hear any of it. Instead, he was too busy being roasted by his teammates. "I didn't hear it," Maye admitted after the game. "The guys were making fun of me about my slide back in the huddle on the long run. So I didn’t hear it, but the fans have been awesome all season."

“It’s been really cool to see the difference from last year to this year. Man, it’s been a journey and the fans have been through it the last couple of years,” he added. “The best fans in the league, and they continue to show out every week.” Even head coach Mike Vrabel couldn't help but roast him about his sliding. Drake Maye has been cooking in his second NFL season as his stellar play is a big reason why the Patriots are 6-2 on the season after beating the Browns on Sunday. The 23-year-old QB threw three more touchdown passes in the 32-13 win at home and he also rushed for 50 yards.

The former UNC star, who the Patriots selected with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, now has 15 touchdown passes through eight games and, more importantly, has thrown only three interceptions. Maye has thrown for 2,026 yards, completed 75.2 percent of his passes and has a QB rating of 118.7. Maye has Patriots fans so fired up that they started yelling MVP chants at him after he ran for 28 yards on one play in the third quarter and then again after the next... Maye was asked after the game what he thought of those chants but said he didn't hear them because he was too busy getting roasted by his teammates for how he ended his long... "No I didn’t hear it," Maye said with a laugh.

"The guys were making fun of me about my slide back in the huddle on the long run so I didn’t hear it. But the fans have been awesome all season. Best fans in the league and they continue to show out every week." New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye ignored the "MVP" chants from Foxborough fans, which rained down during Sunday's 32-13 blowout win over the Cleveland Browns. "No, I didn't hear it. The guys were making fun of me about my slide back in the huddle on the long run, so I didn't hear it," Maye said of the cheers, via Boston.com.

"But the fans have been awesome all season. It's been really cool really to see the difference from last year to this year. Man, it's been a journey. "They've been through it, and the fans have been through it the last couple years. So it's just credit to them. ...

I know the fans have been awesome. Like I said, I think they're the best fans in the league, and they continue to show out every week." Maye's play in recent weeks has thrust his name into the MVP conversation. There were wobbly moments against the NFL's No. 3 scoring defense, with Myles Garrett earning five sacks, but the second-year signal-caller was flawless in the second half as the Pats ran away from a good Browns defense. In the second half, Maye completed all eight of his passes for 114 yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions for a 158.3 passer rating.

For the game, he went 18 of 24 (75%) for 282 yards, three TDs and an INT for a 135.8 passer rating. It was obvious, it would seem, to anyone on hand at Gillette Stadium on Sunday as the Patriots throttled the Browns, 32-13, that the home crowd thought highly of quarterback Drake Maye. Late in the third quarter, when Maye scrambled for a wide-open 28-yard run up the field, Patriots backers were raining down chants of “M-V-P!” in Maye’s direction. On the very next play, he dropped a perfect touchdown pass for 39 yards to Kayshon Boutte, and the chants grew louder. Except to the one guy who was the subject of the chants, Maye himself. Asked about the decidedly biased crowd’s MVP designation, Maye claimed no knowledge.

“No, I didn’t hear it. The guys were making fun of me about my slide back in the huddle on the long run, so I didn’t hear it,” Maye said. That sounds dubious, and Maye might well be sidestepping any linkage to the MVP conversation by claiming to have been drowned out. But it is worth mentioning that he did have a truly horrendous slide to close the 28-yard run, which ended more in a confused crumble-to-the-turf than in a slide. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye had another huge performance Sunday, throwing for 282 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over the Browns. Billie Weiss / Getty Images

FOXBORO, Mass. — Drake Maye claimed he didn’t hear the chants. He claimed his teammates were too busy busting his chops in the huddle over an awkward slide. He acted like it was totally normal for most of the fans in the stadium to be proclaiming their appreciation for New England’s second-year quarterback through those three letters. But here’s the thing. Maye is making absurd things commonplace with the Patriots again.

In a stretch of incredible games, his latest performance might’ve been the best yet. That’s because Sunday was when Maye’s hot start was supposed to cool off a bit. The Cleveland Browns had the best defense in the league. Their defensive line is absurd. Some regression would have been natural. Instead, Maye shook off a slow start to put together another MVP-caliber performance in a 32-13 rout of the Browns, completing 18 of 24 passes for 282 yards (while adding another 50 on the...

His play is the biggest reason the Patriots are 6-2, have won five straight (the longest active winning streak in the NFL) and sit atop the AFC East. The Patriots are 9-2, holding the best record in the NFL after Thursday night's 27-14 victory over the AFC East division rival Jets. The developmental leap of second-year quarterback Drake Maye bears much of the credit for New England's success this season. He was phenomenal again on Thursday, completing 25 of his 34 passing attempts for 281 yards and a touchdown in the win. Much like he last Sunday in Tampa from a Patriots-heavy road crowd, Maye received "MVP" chants as he exited his home field in Foxborough on Thursday night. On Sunday, Maye deflected, saying the MVP chants may have been for Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Thursday night, Maye deflected his success again and complimented rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson in the process. "Those may have been for TreVeyon tonight. I mean, he scored three touchdowns. Our fans have been great with me since I got here...just appreciate them for embracing me. I'm just trying to embrace this city and give these fans, this team, myself...just leave it all out there and give it everything I got." #Patriots QB Drake Maye on receiving MVP chants:“Those may have been for TreVeyon tonight.

I mean, he scored 3 touchdowns. Our fans have been great with me since I got here… Just appreciate them for embracing me. [I’m] just trying to embrace this city.”(🎥 @Patriots) pic.twitter.com/jwOqaceQvY

Drake Maye Responds To Mvp Chants During Patriots Win Msn

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