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Drake Maye Makes A Splash On Sunday Night Football In His Nfl Prime

Bonisiwe Shabane
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drake maye makes a splash on sunday night football in his nfl prime

Rookie quarterback outduels Josh Allen in Buffalo, completing 13 of 14 passes in second half If you're going to make a dazzling and eye-popping statement, do it like Drake Maye did on Sunday Night Football in his national prime-time debut. "This was a division game and it was 8:20 [kickoff time] in Orchard Park in a great environment, playing the Buffalo Bills and where else would you rather be?" the quarterback asked, summing up... ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 5: Drake Maye #10 of the New England Patriots throws a pass during the first quarter against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on October 5, 2025 in... (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images) It was fun for Maye because of what he did this night in front of everyone.

Takeaways as Drake Maye, Patriots upset Bills 23-20 on Sunday Night Football originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia In his first primetime game, the New England Patriots‘ QB1 walked into Highmark Stadium and led a 23-20 upset over the previously unbeaten Buffalo Bills and star QB Josh Allen. The 2024 No. 3 overall pick, Maye’s game came down to a gutsy final drive that included multiple tough completions into traffic. Rookie kicker Andy Borregales then nailed a 52-yarder with 15 seconds to go, giving Buffalo almost no time at a legitimate final shot. The win moved New England to 3-2 as the franchise continues its hopeful upward trend in Maye’s sophomore season, while Buffalo dropped to 4-1.

Buffalo was the last unbeaten team left after the Denver Broncos upset the Eagles in Philadelphia earlier in the day, so the 1972 Miami Dolphins still stand alone in the undefeated history books. The Bills tried their best to have an amicable breakup with Stefon Diggs. For the most part, the team said kind words about Diggs’s four-year stint in Buffalo, giving him his flowers for helping with Josh Allen’s development. He’s now doing the same with aiding Drake Maye in New England. But it’s obvious that Diggs wasn’t content with just being credited for being a part of Allen’s journey on his way to capturing the MVP without Diggs last year. He knows what the Buffalo exit truly did to his reputation.

He was labeled a diva and a headache for quarterbacks. It can’t be amicable when the Bills are telling TV analysts before prime-time games that everyone eats in Joe Brady’s offense and that it’s a selfless unit that doesn’t care about credit. The Bills would definitely say these aren’t shots aimed at Diggs, but you know the brash receiver took it that way and might have gotten a nudge from Patriots coach Mike Vrabel who welcomes... And since we’re dissecting personas: Maye’s that guy. Stefon Diggs put up 10 catches for 146 yards in his return to Buffalo 🦬 pic.twitter.com/6Py9JVeMXd The New England Patriots entered their Week 5 Sunday Night Football matchup against the Buffalo as significant underdogs.

Not only were the Patriots on the road, but they were also going up against the undefeated Bills and the reigning NFL MVP, Josh Allen. None of that fazed Drake Maye, however, who led New England to a shocking 23-20 upset in his first career primetime game. The 23-year-old quarterback delivered one of the best performances of his young career thus far, completing 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards and a 101.1 passer rating. He also added 12 yards on three rushing attempts. The big key for Maye was not making any major mistakes. He didn’t turn the ball over and played a clean game, hitting 73.3% of his passes and keeping the chains moving.

Meanwhile, Allen turned the ball over twice via an interception and a fumble. He played well otherwise with over 300 total yards (passing and rushing) and two touchdown passes, but it wasn’t enough. FOXBORO — Before Thursday’s game even kicked off, the chants began echoing around Gillette Stadium. They continued for the next three-plus hours, through the Patriots’ three touchdown drives, their game-clinching kneeldowns and their second-year quarterback’s victorious jog toward the locker room. They drowned out the audio on Amazon Prime’s postgame show, even as their target did his best to downplay them. They were chanting, of course, for Drake Maye, who boosted his legitimate MVP candidacy with another standout performance in a 27-14 victory over the Jets.

In the first primetime home game of his young career, Maye completed 25 of 34 passes for 281 yards and one touchdown with no turnovers to lead 9-2 New England to its eighth consecutive... “He’s playing at an elite level right now,” rookie left tackle Will Campbell said. “I’m biased, but I think he’s the best player in the NFL. There’s no game that we’re out of when we have him. Even how good of a player he is, he’s an even better person, and an even better teammate. That just makes it that much cooler.

To be able to share the huddle and in the locker room, and be friends with somebody like that. I just look forward to the future, to continue to play with him, and grow with him. As we all continue to grow in this offense, he’s got everything in front of him now. I’m super excited to be a part of it.” After New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye's stellar performance against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football, his immediate chemistry with wide receiver Stefon Diggs played a significant role. Handing the Bills their first loss of the 2025 NFL season — 23-20 — the Patriots improved to 3-2.

After practice, Maye talked about the difference Diggs makes in contrast to his rookie campaign last season. For Maye, Diggs makes things easier, he admitted, per ESPN's Mike Reiss. “I think the biggest thing is that he’s a receiver that’s easy to throw to. He has great hands. He catches different ways – with his body, he turns with the football and makes people miss very easily. It’s very natural,” Maye said.

“You can just tell he’s played receiver a long time and played at a high level. So just trying to put it in his vicinity, and he always says, ‘I got you.’ Just trust that and I think it will continue to build and build, and try to get him... Stefon Diggs caught for 146 yards on 10 receptions while Maye finished 22 of 30 and threw for 273 yards in Sunday's win against the Bills. In some ways, Maye restored Patriots fans' faith in the defining early-season victory. On the biggest stage Maye could perform on in a nationally-televised mid-season matchup against the division-leading Bills, Drake rose to the occasion by earning New England's most impressive win of the young NFL season. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye hopes beating the Bills will galvanize his team to embark on a potential winning streak after winning two in a row.

It was undoubtedly the Patriots' strongest performance of the young season, as they beat the Bills, who reached the AFC Championship last season, and could be the kind of motivation Maye and his team...

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