Josh Jobe put the finishing touch on a Seahawks win that turned into a full-blown nightmare for Drake Maye.
After New England erased a 10-point deficit and moved ahead by three with 5:29 left, the Patriots had one clear path to revenge on the Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl LX: force overtime or finish the job in regulation. For a stretch, Maye kept that hope alive. Even with two interceptions already on his ledger, he led New England on a late push, converting two fourth downs and driving the Patriots to the Seahawks’ 16-yard line with 26 seconds left.
At that point, the margins were simple. A touchdown would win it, a field goal would keep the Patriots alive, and a turnover would end everything.
Maye went for the end zone and tried to squeeze the ball to a double-covered Mack Hollins. Jobe got there first, pulling in a toe-tapping interception to seal it for Seattle.
“It was game on the line,” Jobe said after the game. “Like we always talk about, we’ve got to live in the death zone; we came alive, and we took the ball away. That’s what we always talked about throughout the week: Take the ball away, and keep my eye on the ball.”
He was also asked whether he knew he had gotten both feet down.
“Yeah, I had to make sure. I had to make sure I had my feet in … and it was a blessing.”
The pick was as damaging for Maye as it was decisive for Seattle. It was the first time in his career he threw three interceptions in a game, and the final one was especially costly from a decision-making standpoint.
Maye still finished 23 of 33 for 178 yards and a touchdown, but he was outplayed by Seahawks backup quarterback Drew Lock.
Seahawks safety Julian Love was quick to praise Jobe after the game.
“That was an impressive pick,” Love said. “Josh Jobe, man, he’s such a steady presence for us as a pro, as a person.
And yeah, critical moment, end of the game, to go up like that and get perfectly two [feet] in, is incredible. He’s worked hard, and that’s a great play.”
Love also had an interception of his own, and No. 3 cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett added another as Seattle’s secondary kept making plays. Jobe’s rise has become a real storyline for the Seahawks this season; with Riq Woolen no longer in the building, he’s now the team’s No. 2 cornerback and earned a three-year, $24 million deal this offseason after proving himself in 2025.
For Maye, the sequel to his rough outing against Seattle never really got off the ground. In Super Bowl LX, he was sacked six times and went 27 of 43 for 295 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
This time, the ending was even harsher. The only chance he’d get to beat the Seahawks’ defense again this season would be in another Super Bowl matchup.
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