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After Further Review Breaking Down Qb Drake Maye The Patriots Defense

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after further review breaking down qb drake maye the patriots defense

The Patriots are rolling as winners of seven straight games following another impressive road victory in Tampa Bay on Sunday. For all the talk about the easy schedule, QB Drake Maye just went through a three-week slate where he faced three top-15 pass defenses in EPA: the Browns (15th), Falcons (11th), and Bucs (6th). Offensively, at least, this wasn't an easy stretch. Maye came out of the mini-gauntlet with the following stat line: 63.1% completion rate, 270.3 pass YPG, 7-3 TD to INT ratio, +0.06 EPA per play. And, of course, the most important stat is three wins — not too shabby. As for the Bucs game, my fear was that we might see one-and-run Maye with the Bucs pressure speeding up the second-year quarterback.

Maye entered the game with the second-most sacks (34) and the third-highest sack rate (10.7%) among qualified quarterbacks. Given that Tampa's defense was top-10 in every meaningful pass-rush metric, it was valid to be concerned about Maye either taking sacks or not allowing plays to develop by hitting the eject button from... Instead, Maye keeps passing checkpoints with mostly sound decision-making of when to stay or leave the pocket, while throwing haymakers at an aggressive Bucs defense in the form of big plays. Despite being under pressure on 44.4% of his drop-backs, Maye was only sacked once, a 1-yard sack at that, while hitting four completions for 167 yards and a touchdown while under pressure — Maye... The other half of the Patriots offensive letterhead that deserves his flowers is OC Josh McDaniels. McDaniels's willingness to stick with the run game even though it was looking bleak at times paid huge dividends in the second half.

Even yours truly got impatient watching live as RB TreVeyon Henderson was stuffed on a toss, only for the rookie to explode for a 69-yard TD to essentially put this one away. That's why we're fans/scribes and McDaniels has the play-sheet on the sideline. Breaking down Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in Week 10 against the Buccaneers. A week after playing an aggressive Atlanta Falcons defense, things were not about to get any easier for Drake Maye down in Tampa against an aggressive, Todd Bowles-led defense. While Bowles did not dial up his usual blitz rates, Tampa Bay still got pressure on 44.4% of Maye’s drop backs Sunday. But, Maye, who entered the week second in sacks taken and has shown tendencies of taking off running in past games, stood tall in the pocket to find success.

In total, Maye fired four completions for 167 yards and a touchdown while under pressure, highlighting a day that earned him more “MVP!” chants from a large Patriot fan contingent down in Tampa. While it wasn’t all perfect — including a late interception in the end zone after passing up an open receiver — the performance was enough to earn his Patriots a 28-23 victory — their... Here’s how he got those results on Sunday. After Further Review: Breaking Down QB Drake Maye, the Patriots Pass Defense and More in Sunday's Win Over the Bucs The Patriots are rolling as winners of seven straight games following another impressive road victory in Tampa Bay on Sunday. For all the talk about the easy schedule, QB Drake Maye just went through a three-week slate where he faced three top-15 pass defenses in EPA: the Browns (15th), Falcons (11th), and Bucs (6th).

Offensively, at least, this wasn't an easy stretch. Maye came out of the mini-gauntlet with the following stat line: 63.1% completion rate, 270.3 pass YPG, 7-3 TD to INT ratio, +0.06 EPA per play. And, of course, the most important stat is three wins — not too shabby. As for the Bucs game, my fear was that we might see one-and-run Maye with the Bucs pressure speeding up the second-year quarterback. Maye entered the game with the second-most sacks (34) and the third-highest sack rate (10.7%) among qualified quarterbacks. Given that Tampa's defense was top-10 in every meaningful pass-rush metric, it was valid to be concerned about Maye either taking sacks or not allowing plays to develop by hitting the eject button from...

Instead, Maye keeps passing checkpoints with mostly sound decision-making of when to stay or leave the pocket, while throwing haymakers at an aggressive Bucs defense in the form of big plays. Despite being under pressure on 44.4% of his drop-backs, Maye was only sacked once, a 1-yard sack at that, while hitting four completions for 167 yards and a touchdown while under pressure — Maye... Perhaps it wasn't the walkover some had envisioned, but the New England Patriots had a fairly stress-free Thursday evening while dispatching the AFC East-rival New York Jets 27-14. Uneventful as the night mostly was on the field, it could have ramifications that extend well into the season − and beyond − for both teams, several clubs beyond the bounds of Foxborough and... including, perhaps, some beyond the bounds of Foxborough. So while the Patriots were the big winners on the "Thursday Night Football" scoreboard, we all know there are more to find in the margins of a given game − and here they are:

The win pushed New England to the very top of the AFC standings − for now. The Patriots haven't won the AFC East since 2019, nor been a No. 1 seed since the 2017 campaign. A lot of games yet to play before they begin approaching the caliber of the Brady-Belichick teams, but this season under first-year coach Mike Vrabel has provided quite a turnaround ... for fans who have been brutally starved for, like, a half-decade. New England's second-year quarterback continued to burnish his MVP credentials with a nearly flawless night, though he didn't have to be much more than efficient against the Jets − 25-of-34 for 281 yards and...

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As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human... Metchie just reeled in an 18-yard gain on third down, taking a big hit in the process and holding on. There haven't been many bright moments for the Jets tonight, but Metchie (three catches on three targets, 45 yards, one touchdown) has been one. Nice work from Micheal Clemons to tip Drake Maye's third-down pass. It's still a two-score game, but the Jets have to kick it into gear right now. Justin Fields mishandled a low snap, trief to pick it up but couldn't, and now New England is already in the red zone.

Down 10 with under eight minutes left, the Jets desperately needed a stop, and Brandon Stephens delivered. The veteran cornerback got beat deep by Mack Hollins but stayed with the play and swiped through the ball perfectly just as it appeared Hollins would reel it in. Big play -- and a very good one -- by Stephens, who has had an up-and-down year. It's 24-14 New England. Not the perfect response -- Jermaine Johnson sacking Drake Maye bogged down the drive -- but a pretty good one to restore the lead to two scores. After struggling mightily in the deep passing game over the last few seasons, the Patriots and quarterback Drake Maye rank third in the NFL in explosive pass percentage in 2025.

Kenneth Richmond / Getty Images FOXBORO, Mass. — During those backyard games that still stick out vividly for Drake Maye, he was rarely the quarterback. One drawback to being the youngest of four boys is that the older brothers got to pick the fun positions. So Maye was usually a wide receiver. “They wouldn’t let me play quarterback,” Maye said with a smile.

So Maye didn’t get the rush of hitting a deep pass until later on. As the spotlight on Maye grew and the recruiting stars came, attendance swelled at Myers Park High in Charlotte, N.C., when Maye played. And even as Maye has developed into a terrific NFL quarterback in his second season with the New England Patriots, he still thinks back to that feeling he first experienced on high school fields,... The way a stadium falls quiet for just a split second when the quarterback heaves the ball deep downfield. The nervous energy of waiting to see if it’ll be caught. Send this article to your social connections.

Send this article to your social connections. Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots’ most recent game … It wasn’t Drake Maye’s best statistical game, nor was it his most efficient. He completed two of his first seven passes for 19 yards, sailing throws with a wet ball in the way Troy Aikman famously used to and Tom Brady never did. He threw a fourth-quarter interception that had a chance to be cost-‘em-the-game regrettable. And the Patriots’ 28-23 victory over the Buccaneers, which improved their road record to 5-0, was the quintessential team effort, reminiscent of so many victories in the early phase of the dynasty, with so...

After Further Review: Breaking Down QB Drake Maye, the Patriots Pass Defense and More in Sunday's Win Over the Bucs The Patriots are rolling as winners of seven straight games following another impressive road victory in Tampa Bay on Sunday. For all the talk about the easy schedule, QB Drake Maye just went through a three-week slate where he faced three top-15 pass defenses in EPA: the Browns (15th), Falcons (11th), and Bucs (6th). Offensively, at least, this wasn't an easy stretch. Maye came out of the mini-gauntlet with the following stat line: 63.1% completion rate, 270.3 pass YPG, 7-3 TD to INT ratio, +0.06 EPA per play. And, of course, the most important stat is three wins — not too shabby.

As for the Bucs game, my fear was that we might see one-and-run Maye with the Bucs pressure speeding up the second-year quarterback. Maye entered the game with the second-most sacks (34) and the third-highest sack rate (10.7%) among qualified quarterbacks. Given that Tampa's defense was top-10 in every meaningful pass-rush metric, it was valid to be concerned about Maye either taking sacks or not allowing plays to develop by hitting the eject button from... Instead, Maye keeps passing checkpoints with mostly sound decision-making of when to stay or leave the pocket, while throwing haymakers at an aggressive Bucs defense in the form of big plays. Despite being under pressure on 44.4% of his drop-backs, Maye was only sacked once, a 1-yard sack at that, while hitting four completions for 167 yards and a touchdown while under pressure — Maye...

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