New England Patriots
“I wouldn’t say I’m leaning one way or the other.”
Drake Maye’s WEEI interview on Monday made the rounds this week. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
October 8, 2026 | 6:57 AM
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After a shaky start to his third year in the NFL, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye bounced back on Sunday with a three-touchdown performance in New England’s comeback win over the Bills.
For his efforts in getting his team back to .500, the 24-year-old QB was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
But the Patriots’ signal-caller also made headlines on Wednesday for another reason — due to his weekly radio spot on WEEI just a few days earlier.
To close out his regular Monday evening interview on WEEI’s “Rich & Ken with Ted Johnson,” Maye answered several questions submitted by callers.
The final inquiry?
“What wild conspiracy theory out there do you actually kind of secretly believe in?”
“Wow, how about that,” Maye responded, noting the caller’s accent. “Let me try not to get too controversial. That’s a classic Bostonian on that phone, on the end of that other line.”
After a moment, Maye tossed out a tried-and-true subject for conspiracy theorists — whether NASA actually landed on the moon in 1969.
“I don’t know about the moon,” Maye said. “I think I can see back in the day why we would put on the mask if we went there, but I’m not really sure 200 percent if we went there or not.
“I wouldn’t say I’m leaning one way or the other. I just know I’m a little bit skeptical.”
Maye went on to say that he took a class on conspiracy theories while at the North Carolina, which explored several other topics.
“They studied [Adolf] Hitler being alive and, ‘Are birds real?’ — some of the classic ones that you hear about,” Maye explained.
While Maye’s comments were seemingly said in jest as part of a caller segment — rather than the Patriots QB pivoting to space travel and staged Stanley Kubrick filmography in the middle of his football interview — they still made the rounds on the internet.
It even prompted a response from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who replied, “I quite literally have the receipts,” in response to a Boston 25 News story about Maye’s comments.
I quite literally have the receipts
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) October 7, 2026
Maye and the Patriots will look to get back to a winning record on Sunday when they host the Raiders at Gillette Stadium — with kick-off set for 1 p.m.
Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.
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