Dan Orlovsky slams 'immature' Drake Maye for interceptions in Patriots' loss to Seahawks

Multiple New England Patriots players came to the defense of third-year quarterback Drake Maye after he tossed three costly interceptions in the fourth quarter of what became New England's 13-10 season-opening loss at the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday night.

During Thursday's edition of the ESPN "Get Up" program, former NFL quarterback and current analyst Dan Orlovsky sang a much different tune regarding the trio of mistakes Maye made at Seattle's Lumen Field.

Drake Maye had his "worst game" against the Seahawks

"That's the worst game he's had as a pro," Orlovsky said about Maye. "And it's about as immature a performance that you could have as a third-year quarterback. You are lobbed a softball in the reality of the game of football. You're on the road against the defending Super Bowl champs. They lose their starting quarterback early on. ...The only way that you can even come remotely close to losing that game is to make bad decision after bad decision after bad decision and breathe life into Seattle. And that's exactly what Drake Maye did." 

Orlovsky was referencing how Seattle's Sam Darnold went down on the game's opening possession with a hip injury that kept him out of action through the end of the contest. Nevertheless, Maye failed to take advantage of the situation before he made what he referred to as "decisions that cost us the game." 

Early in the game's fourth quarter, the Patriots held a 10-3 lead when Maye curiously threw a ball into double coverage that was deflected and then intercepted. With the score tied 10-10 and under 9:30 remaining in regulation, Maye gifted Seattle's Julian Love with an interception near midfield. 

Worst of all, Maye's final pick of the night occurred on a play that should have featured the signal-caller launching the ball out of play. Had he done so, the Patriots could have attempted a relatively short field goal that would have tied the game with under 20 seconds in regulation.