Patriots' Drake Maye gets murky Week 18 status

Drake Maye with question marks around him.The New England Patriots will be facing the Buffalo Bills in their season finale, and Drake Maye may not be on the field for them. Maye was recently listed as questionable with a hand injury, and it sounds like his status is up in the air for Week 18. The Patriots will have the first overall pick in this year's NFL Draft if they lose their final game, and there were talks on if they would let Maye play or not to secure the pick.

Earlier in the week, head coach Jerod Mayo made sure to shut down those talks and said that Maye would start against the Bills.

“Drake is our starting quarterback,” Mayo said via ESPN's Mike Reiss. “If he's healthy and ready…