Patriots Star Critical of Field After Drake Maye, Aidan Hutchinson Injuries

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Maye and defensive end Hutchinson were both injured on the opening drive of the game, with the QB suffering an ankle injury on a sack by Hutchinson, who was hurt while celebrating…

During the NFL’s final game in Europe this year, things weren’t really running so smoothly.

Hosted by Munich in Germany, the New England Patriots went down hard against the Detroit Lions 35-10 while seeing a plethora of injuries, including quarterback Drake Maye.

Now who is to blame? Well, according to Patriots defensive tackle Milton Williams, a finger needs to be pointed at… the field. According to him, it was aggressively slippery.

“I just feel like just playing on that surface and not even just Drake getting hurt, but Big Mo getting hurt, Aiden Hutchinson on their team getting hurt,” Willimas said.

“It was bad. It’s probably the worst game I ever played. Just every advantage I got on the football field get immediately taken away from me… it was bad. But like I said, they played on it too. They was out there slipping, sliding too.”

Maye and defensive end Hutchinson were both injured on the opening drive of the game, with the QB suffering an ankle injury on a sack by Hutchinson, who was hurt while celebrating the play (insert facepalm emoji) when his knee buckled after leaping into the air.

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel wasn’t really able to comment directly on Maye’s injury. “(Maye) obviously wasn’t able to finish the game, so we’ll have to get some more tests run,” the coach said following the game, according to ESPN. “And we’ll see, you know, when we come back what it ends up being and the severity of whatever injury he has.”

A.J. Brown was also injured after missing the last two Patriots games with a knee injury. He was ruled out with a hamstring injury during the fourth quarter.

Former New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito came in for Maye and only threw for 81 yards in the loss.

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