As the New England Patriots find themselves in the middle of a Drake Maye breakout season and a 9-2 record buoyed by an eight-game winning streak, it didn't take long for a barrage of inflammatory take artists, led by former Pats quarterback Cam Newton, to try and discredit this run.
Newton downplayed Maye and the Patriots' success as "fool's gold" due to their relatively easy schedule. Newton apparently wasn't tuned in for wins against the Buccaneers and Bills, nor their dismantling of an elite Browns defense.
Maye chose to somewhat take the high road by claiming ignorance of the whole ordeal, though his claim that he doesn't even know what channel Newton is on nowadays.