The NFL is facing calls to punish the New England Patriots after Super Bowl 60.
The Patriots fell to the Seahawks, 29-13, on Sunday. The Seahawks won the second Super Bowl in franchise history, dominating the Patriots from start to finish. Kenneth Walker was the game's MVP, while Sam Darnold - who's bounced around the league since going at the top of the NFL Draft to the Jets - won his championship.
But in the wake of the Super Bowl 60 loss, Drake Maye opened up, revealing that he had an injection on an injured shoulder before kickoff. However, Maye's injury status was not known leading into the game.
Feb 8, 2026; Santa Clara, CA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) exits the field after the loss against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images © Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images.
During Wednesday's episode of First Things First, Nick Wright called for the New England Patriots to face punishment.
Should the NFL do something about the Patriots and their lack of clarity on Drake Maye's injury?
Patriots could face 'punishment'
"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, per Awful Announcing.
"If we are at Wednesday, and the number one story is the quarterback's injury, the quarterback said, ‘I had the shoulder shot up,' that he was dealing with something. And especially in the modern NFL world, where gambling is legal if not encouraged, it is the quarterback of a Super Bowl that I know no way to read it other than the team … fudged information on the final injury report leading into the Super Bowl. I think the NFL is obligated, whether it's taking picks … they have to do something."
Maye was listed on the injury report heading into the Super Bowl, with a shoulder designation. However, Wright thinks the report wasn't completely truthful.
"The quarterback of one of the teams in the Super Bowl said in this press conference, ‘I hurt my shoulder in the AFC championship game, I had it shot up before the Super Bowl,' and he was not on the injury report, the final one going into the Super Bowl," Wright said. "That to me is not great."
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