FOXBORO — Patriots quarterback Drake Maye completely understands all of the talk and concern about his right shoulder injury this week.

The 23-year-old quarterback, just 11 days away from playing in his first Super Bowl, was asked if he was surprised by the conversation around the injury to his throwing shoulder.

Maye was listed as “limited” with a right shoulder injury in Wednesday’s projected injury report.

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“Surprised? No. I wouldn’t say surprised,” Maye said. “It’s the right shoulder of a starting quarterback on an NFL team.”

Correction: The starting quarterback on an NFL team playing Super Bowl LX.

So, yeah, Maye’s shoulder warrants some conversation ahead of next Sunday’s game against the Seahawks.

“I feel good — was able to do some of the jog through, so feeling good. Looking forward to being ready to go. This is the game you dream of playing in, so looking forward to getting out there and getting a chance to play in the Super Bowl. …

“I’ll do whatever I can to feel 100%, and I’m sure I’ll get, if not there, as close as I can or 99 or do whatever I can to make sure I’m throwing and do whatever I can to help the team win.

Maye did not throw the ball during the early portion of practice open to the media. He said he did throw the ball during Thursday’s practice, however.

“Did I throw today? Yeah, we went through a normal practice,” Maye said. “Did some reps and did some things where I’m looking forward to trying to get some more reps here and there and feel it out.”

Head coach Mike Vrabel addressed Maye’s shoulder injury earlier in the day during his press conference.

Vrabel said the injury occurred during the Patriots’ AFC Championship Game win over the Broncos and was not preexisting.

“He would have been listed on the injury report before (Wednesday),” Vrabel said.

Maye took a hard hit from Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga on a 13-yard run midway through the third quarter. Maye completed a pass to wide receiver Mack Hollins two plays later, delivered a stiff arm on a game-clinching scramble in the fourth quarter and finished the game.

Vrabel was asked about his level of concern about Maye’s shoulder injury.

“Not much,” Vrabel said “I try not to have a whole lot of concern. I just want to try to prepare the football team, make sure that everybody’s ready, that we all have a plan, not to surprise anybody and make sure that our guys are focusing on the first and second down plan. We’ve tried to map out the week here, week and a half, and not look at the end of it, but focus on what we can do today. Try to learn our opponent and be ready for first and second down.”

Vrabel also said the team wasn’t going to do anything differently this week, despite Maye’s injury.

“I think we’re going to operate as we normally would here on a Wednesday,” Vrabel said. “Even though it’s Thursday, this is a Wednesday for us, and that’s kind of how we’ll approach it.”

The Patriots will practice against Friday before a day off on Saturday. They’ll travel to San Francisco for Super Bowl LX on Sunday.

Vrabel said that he’s seen Maye’s maturity grow throughout the season.

“I think just as we’ve gone through this entire year in this program, and the more that he’s been out there and the games have kind of built up on us that, really, we’ve done a nice job in those situations,” Vrabel said when asked about “big moments.” “I think he’s improved in them, and he’s a big part of why we’re here, obviously.”

The Patriots finished the season 14-3 and have beaten the Chargers, Texans and Broncos in the postseason. They’ll face a fourth top-tier defense in the Seahawks next Sunday.