Patriots Qb Drake Maye Continues Hot Streak Vs Browns In Week 8 Pats

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 16, 2025, 8:08 PM

patriots qb drake maye continues hot streak vs browns in week 8 pats

Breaking down Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in Week 8 against the Browns. A short trip to the blue medical tent following a scramble in Tennessee led to the buzzword around Patriots quarterback Drake Maye being “sliding” last week. While New England certainly needs their MVP candidate and franchise quarterback healthy, the dual-threat nature of Maye’s game is going to result in him taking hits at times. The issue here, however, was that Maye was passing up open receivers to instead scramble leading to unnecessary hits — something he admitted post game and we broke down in last week’s Maye’s Plays. Returning to Gillette Stadium in Week 8, Maye looked back at home. The 23-year-old continued to stay a step ahead of defensive coverages and worked through full progressions instead of taking off running.

Even when he did use his legs to his advantage, Maye ended a 16-yard run by getting out of bounds and a 28-yard explosive gain with an (awkward) slide. “We’ve got to send him to Spring Training and figure out when to slide, and continue to talk about that,” chirped Mike Vrabel post-game. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye's best plays from his 332-yard, three touchdown game vs. the Cleveland Browns during Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs' best catches from his 105-yard game vs. the New York Jets during Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season.

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Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and second-year QB Drake Maye are rightfully getting the most praise. Maye is elevating New England's offense to seventh in scoring (26.6 PPG), sixth in EPA per play (+0.11), and 11th in DVOA – basically a top-10 offense in most metrics. As for Vrabel, he certainly has his hands on his team's schemes, fundamentals, and game plans, while setting the tone for the locker room culture. Maye is currently in the early MVP discussion, and Vrabel is in the early Coach of the Year conversation, which is all deserved. That said, after watching the tape from Sunday's win, we also have to tip our caps to the job OC Josh McDaniels is doing with the Patriots offense. Along with Maye playing at an MVP-level, McDaniels continues to unlock new dimensions to New England's offense, out-scheming DC Jim Schwartz and the Browns defense, which came into Sunday's matchup ranked fifth in DVOA.

Schwartz is considered one of the best defensive coordinators in the league, while Cleveland has talented players around star DE Myles Garrett on defense, and McDaniels took them to school. On Sunday, the Browns allowed season-highs in total yards (422), first downs (23), rushing yards (177), yards per pass attempt (8.2), explosive plays (seven), and total EPA (+6.5). In the second half, Maye added +0.91 expected points per drop-back with a perfect passer rating of 158.3: 8-8, 114 yards, three touchdowns, and 34 additional yards on the ground. Although the dam didn't break until the second half for the Browns defense, McDaniels's early play-sequencing was still on point. On the Patriots opening field goal drive, New England scripted two 10-plus yard run plays. The first play was a FB wham scheme, where the Pats invite the play-side defensive tackle upfield from the offset-I formation to get blockers to the second level for a 12-yard gain, taking advantage...

Then, McDaniels showed the same formation and inside run action, but the Patriots flipped the ball out to Henderson on the edge for an easy 18-yard gain. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye had another huge performance Sunday, throwing for 282 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over the Browns. Billie Weiss / Getty Images FOXBORO, Mass. — Drake Maye claimed he didn’t hear the chants. He claimed his teammates were too busy busting his chops in the huddle over an awkward slide.

He acted like it was totally normal for most of the fans in the stadium to be proclaiming their appreciation for New England’s second-year quarterback through those three letters. But here’s the thing. Maye is making absurd things commonplace with the Patriots again. In a stretch of incredible games, his latest performance might’ve been the best yet. That’s because Sunday was when Maye’s hot start was supposed to cool off a bit. The Cleveland Browns had the best defense in the league.

Their defensive line is absurd. Some regression would have been natural. Instead, Maye shook off a slow start to put together another MVP-caliber performance in a 32-13 rout of the Browns, completing 18 of 24 passes for 282 yards (while adding another 50 on the... His play is the biggest reason the Patriots are 6-2, have won five straight (the longest active winning streak in the NFL) and sit atop the AFC East. Drake Maye notched a feat previously accomplished only by four all-time great quarterbacks when leading the New England Patriots to a 32-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. Despite getting sacked six times, five by Myles Garrett, Maye maintained his momentum in Week 8.

The second-year star completed 18 of 24 passes for 282 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in a statement home win. Maye posted a 135.8 quarterback rating on Sunday, marking his seventh straight game exceeding a 100 quarterback rating and 200 passing yards. NFL+ noted that Maye is just the fifth quarterback to reach those barometers. The others? Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Maye snapped a four-game streak when throwing a pick in the second quarter, but he made amends by posting a perfect passer rating in the second half.

The former No. 3 pick completed all eight passes for 114 yards and three touchdowns to put Cleveland away. Updated on: October 26, 2025 / 6:34 PM EDT / CBS Boston The New England Patriots shook off a slow start and crushed the Cleveland Browns, 32-13, in Week 8 of the NFL season. Drake Maye had another MVP-like performance with three touchdown passes, while the New England defense locked down and forced two Cleveland turnovers --and a late-game safety -- to lead the Patriots to a fifth... The Patriots let the Browns score a touchdown on their first possession and found themselves in a defensive battle for much of the first half.

But Maye and the offense broke out for three straight touchdown drives out of halftime, thanks to a pair of turnovers forced by the defense. "Sometimes it's going to be like that. A lot of times it's going to be like that," head coach Mike Vrabel said of the close nature of the game in the first half. "We got stops in the second half and scored touchdowns. That was the difference in the game." Maye was excellent again for New England as he completed 18 of his 24 passes for 282 yards and three touchdowns.

He did throw an interception -- his first since Week 3 -- but the quarterback threw touchdown passes to Hunter Henry (seven yards), Stefon Diggs (one yard), and Kayshon Boutte (39 yards) to finish... The Browns defense gave the Patriots offense plenty of trouble in the first half on Sunday, but for the second week in a row, Drake Maye and company kicked into gear and pulled away... Dillon Gabriel and the Browns offense came out hot, scoring a touchdown on their opening drive of the game, but from that point, the Patriots defense took over, holding Cleveland off the scoreboard for... The D then started the second half off with back-to-back interceptions, the first by Robert Spillane, the second an acrobatic one-handed pick by Jaylinn Hawkins, as the momentum in the game quickly and decisively... With consecutive scores and interceptions in the third quarter, the Patriots created the separation they needed, pulling away and ensuring a fifth-straight win. The Pats took an early lead on their first drive of the game, getting solid chunk plays from TreVeyon Henderson, who had a 12-yard run and an 18-yard run, while Drake Maye chipped in...

Rhamondre Stevenson delivered a key third-down conversion but unconventionally, motioning outside and running a slant that he caught for 15 yards. It was a reminder of how well-rounded Stevenson's game is and how many different ways he can contribute. The drive fizzled out inside the red zone, with Myles Garrett picking up a sack on the final third down to get the red zone stop for Cleveland. New England settled for the 36-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead. Lessons learned from the Patriots’ 32-13 win over the Browns. The New England Patriots celebrated a home win against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday to improve to 6-2 on the year.

Their matchup with the top-ranked defense in football wasn’t always pretty, but in the end the Patriots did enough to beat yet another opponent by multiple scores, 32-13. Let’s get into some lessons learned from the team’s fifth straight victory. Drake Maye might have played his worst 30 minutes of the season in the first half on Sunday. The Patriots’ second-year quarterback threw a terrible interception, was erratic with the ball, and had trouble getting the ball out early, taking multiple coverage sacks. And then, the flip switched. Maye drove his team to a go-ahead field goal at the end of the first half, and then played like the Drake Maye we’ve seen this season from the third period on.

He led three straight touchdown drives without throwing an incompletion to open the second half, eventually finishing 18-for-24 for 282 yards with three touchdowns and an interceptions as well as 53 rushing yards on... NFL Network's Kurt Warner on how does New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye stay hot vs. the Cleveland Browns No. 1 defense. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye reflects on win against the New York Jets in Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season. NFL Network host Rhett Lewis discusses the updated NFC playoff graphic in Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel talks about quarterback Drake Maye in win over the New York Jets in Week 11. NFL Network host Rhett Lewis discusses the updated AFC playoff picture after New England Patriots win against the New York Jets in Week 11.

Patriots Qb Drake Maye Continues Hot Streak Vs Browns In Week 8 Pats

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