Hall of Fame QB offers advice to Drake Maye ahead of Super Bowl 60

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Hall of Fame QB offers advice to Drake Maye ahead of Super Bowl 60

Karen Guregian · MassLive

Sat, Feb 7, 2026 ·

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SAN FRANCISCO - Drake Maye has mostly been leaning on Josh McDaniels for advice on how to handle his first Super Bowl.

McDaniels has six Super Bowl rings as an offensive coordinator with the Patriots so he has a pretty good handle on things.

So does Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.

The Super Bowl-winning quarterback spoke with MassLive recently and offered some helpful hints for Maye on how to handle what lies ahead when the Patriots square off with the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.

Warner relayed how his first Super Bowl appearance felt “more of a burden, than a blessing.”

“I remember being shuffled all over the place to different things,” Warner said. “I just wanted to focus on football and the Super Bowl, and there was all these other things.

“I think going into it, I didn’t know what to expect. And so, I think I got more frustrated. I got to the game, and it was like: ‘Can we just get the game over with?’ Because it’s been such a long week.”

Warner had two more Super Bowl appearances after the first, and he was able to “embrace” all that came with being in the championship game.

No doubt Maye was prepped for all of that.

But then comes the game ... finally.

Warner sounded a lot like Patriots coach Mike Vrabel in saying it’s just like every other game.

“It’s built up to be different, when you get between the lines, it’s still a game,” Warner said. “There will be ups and downs. There will be ebbs and flows in this game just like every other game.”

The most important thing to remember?

“You can’t panic,” Warner said. “In my Super Bowls, I was up 16-0, it was 16-16. I was down 17-3, it was 17-17. I was down 10 at the half, we took the lead with two and a half minutes to go. So every game had more than a double-digit swing at some point.

“I think it’s easy to panic in this moment. Because it’s the last game. This is the Super Bowl. It’s the championship.”

Warner said it’s a mindset quarterbacks have to have. They have to be steady throughout.

“You have to ride those storms, ride those waves a little bit to know that we can get out. That doesn’t mean this is over,” Warner said. “We can fall down, and that doesn’t mean it’s over, either.

“You keep playing the game. And you don’t panic in any way shape or form. And you don’t let up.”

As the Patriots discovered down 28-3 to the Atlanta Falcons , there’s always a chance. Double-digit leads aren’t necessarily ironclad as the Falcons discovered.

“There’s a difference in the regular season because you know you’re playing next week,” Warner said. “When it’s the Super Bowl, you know it’s for all the marbles. And things can go sideways very quickly when that happens. That’s the other message for (Maye).

“No matter how it starts, it’s a 60 minute game. You have to play a 60 minute game if you’re going to win this thing. You have to manage yourself and know this thing isn’t over until it’s over.”

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