Drake Maye Isn’t Sure We Landed on the Moon, Apparently

Drake Maye has already given Patriots fans plenty to talk about during the 2026 season, but apparently throwing touchdowns against the Bills wasn't enough.

After helping New England beat Buffalo 29-26, Maye joined WEEI’s Rich and Ken with Ted Johnson expecting to discuss football. Instead, the Patriots quarterback was asked the important question everyone has apparently been waiting for: Which conspiracy theory does he believe?

His answer took things to another planet. Literally.

Maye admitted that he isn't completely convinced that the United States actually landed on the moon.

“I don’t know about the moon,” Maye said. “I think it’s I can see back in the day of why we would put on the mass we went there, but I’m not really sure 200% 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.”

Well, there goes the Patriots' next road trip.

Maye wasn't claiming that Apollo 11 was definitely a Hollywood production, but he isn't exactly ready to plant a New England Patriots flag on the lunar surface either.

The conversation then somehow became even more bizarre, with the hosts revealing that they had their own moon-landing theories and bringing up the long-running conspiracy theory involving filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and the Apollo footage.

Maye, it turns out, isn't a newcomer to the world of conspiracy theories. He revealed that he actually took a conspiracy class while attending North Carolina, where some of the subjects included theories about Adolf Hitler, birds and government surveillance.

“Couple comes, I took a conspiracy class in college, actually,” Maye said. “Which was pretty cool. They study obviously, Hitler being alive and are birds real, some of the classic ones that you hear about.”

Yes, somewhere between studying playbooks and preparing for NFL defenses, Drake Maye was apparently taking classes on whether birds are actually real.

At least we know where his priorities were.

For the record, NASA's version of events is considerably less mysterious. Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface four days later while Michael Collins remained in orbit. The crew returned to Earth on July 24.

And it wasn't a one-off. Six Apollo missions successfully landed astronauts on the moon between 1969 and 1972, with Apollo 17 becoming the final crewed lunar landing.

Maye remains unconvinced.

Fortunately for the Patriots, he appears considerably more confident about football.

The quarterback threw three touchdown passes in New England's 29-26 win over Buffalo, helping the Patriots get their season back on track. Through four games, Maye has thrown for 854 yards, four touchdowns and seven interceptions.

So while there may be some questions about exactly what happened on the moon in 1969, there is at least one thing Patriots fans can be fairly certain about: Drake Maye has some very interesting things going on in his head.

And if the Patriots suddenly announce a trip to the moon, we're probably going to have some questions.