Dave Portnoy harshly criticizes Drake Maye after the Patriots' loss to the Seahawks

D ave Portnoy has seen enough.

The Barstool Sports founder and longtime New England Patriots superfan did not hold back after the Patriots squandered a 10-0 lead and fell 13-10 to the Seattle Seahawks in Wednesday night's season opener.

For Portnoy , the loss was particularly frustrating because New England appeared to have the game under control for much of the night. Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold played only one drive before leaving with a hip injury, forcing Drew Lock into action. The Patriots carried their advantage into the fourth quarter and appeared positioned to start the season with a statement victory on the road.

Instead, everything unraveled.

“Only the first game of the season, but that was… that was tough to watch,” Portnoy said in a video posted to X.

“Horrible game from Drake [Maye]. That last throw… disgusting. We lose A.J. Brown with what I guess is going to be a pretty severe injury. The other new guy [Romeo] Doubs just has a disgusting drop. Play calling sucked most of the night, I thought, on offense. The game was right there for the taking, obviously. It’s only Week 1, but that was a s–tty way to start the season.”

The biggest target of Portnoy's frustration was Maye .

The third-year quarterback entered the season carrying enormous expectations after leading New England to the AFC championship and a Super Bowl appearance the previous season. But against Seattle, Maye's fourth quarter turned into a nightmare.

He threw three interceptions in the final period, repeatedly giving the Seahawks opportunities to seize control.

Maye's late interception becomes the defining moment

The final mistake was the most damaging.

With New England trailing 13-10 and facing third-and-5 with 26 seconds remaining, the Patriots were already in position to potentially tie the game with a field goal and send it to overtime. Instead, Maye rolled to his right under pressure and launched a high pass toward Mack Hollins in the end zone.

Seattle cornerback Josh Jobe read the throw, intercepted it and kept both feet in bounds to end the Patriots' comeback attempt. The turnover also spared Seattle from having to defend another play and preserved the three-point victory.

Maye accepted responsibility afterward, describing his performance as “unacceptable.”

“I thought we had the game under control,” Maye said. “We had a good plan to start chipping away and be patient, and I lost patience and it cost us. Just decisions that cost us the game on my part, on my end.”

His final numbers illustrated the mixed nature of the performance. Maye completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown, but the three interceptions overshadowed almost everything else.

Head coach Mike Vrabel also pushed back against the idea that the defeat belonged entirely to his quarterback.

“We're trying to be aggressive and obviously win the football game, but not reckless,” Vrabel said. “You don't get any do-over, but we'll have to learn from it and stick together. It's never just about one guy. I think everybody knows that.”

Portnoy , however, had plenty of other complaints.

A.J. Brown , the Patriots' major offseason addition, left his New England debut with an ankle injury in the third quarter. Brown had caught three passes for 26 yards before the injury, and the Patriots will now await further information about the severity of the issue.

Then came another costly offensive mistake.

Romeo Doubs, another offseason addition, dropped a wide-open pass early in the fourth quarter. Maye threw an interception on the following play, setting Seattle up for the field goal that ultimately proved decisive.

The loss also carried additional emotional weight because it was a rematch of Super Bowl LX, which Seattle won 29-13. Maye again threw three interceptions against the Seahawks, making the matchup especially painful for New England.

For Portnoy , the final verdict was blunt.

“Got to be a lot better than that,” he said. “That was F-minus s–t.”

The Patriots now have to move on quickly. One loss does not define a season, particularly in Week 1, but the performance exposed plenty for Vrabel and his staff to address.

For Maye, the challenge is even clearer: turn the lessons from a disastrous fourth quarter into better decisions before the Patriots' next opportunity arrives.