SEATTLE — If it was Drake Maye’s intention to put Super Bowl LX behind him — to look forward to a new season, new challenges, new adventures — he was wildly successful in the New England Patriots’ 2026 opener against the Seattle Seahawks Wednesday night.For after it was all over — after Maye’s third interception of the game sealed the Seahawks’ 13-10 victory over the Patriots at Lumen Field — who in their right mind would want to talk about New England’s third-year quarterback in anything other than the present tense? In the here and now, using only this Super Bowl rematch as a barometer, it’s not unfair to wonder if Maye is on track to take that heralded “next step” that’s routinely assigned to young athletes who are coming off promising seasons. All three of Maye’s interceptions took place in the fourth quarter. The last one, the one that’s going to be replayed, rehashed and regurgitated by Pats fans right up to the opening kick of New England’s Week 2 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sept. 20 at Gillette Stadium, wasn’t merely a bad pass. It was the decision-making process that’s at issue, and Maye’s judgment here suggests he was out sick the day they taught the importance of not taking reckless chances on the play before your team has a chance to boot the field goal that could send the game to overtime.Top Plays from Patriots @ SeahawksAnd so it was that on third-and-5 from the Seattle 16, with 26 seconds remaining, Maye looked to his right and threw a pass intended for Mack Hollins. Seattle’s Josh Jobe intercepted it. The pass had a hint of Hail Mary to it, except that it didn’t meet the legal definition of one. Not with Patriots kicker Andy Borregales all warmed up and poised to attempt the field goal that would have kept everyone hanging around to watch the NFL’s much-hyped “Kickoff Game” get decided in overtime.