The New England Patriots had been put to the check early on this season after steamrolling their method by way of the competitors en path to the Tremendous Bowl final yr.
Quarterback Drake Maye was struggling to carry onto the soccer, and the workforce general appeared to take a step again from final season.
Nevertheless, Maye received again on observe final week towards the Buffalo Bills and it doesn’t appear to be he’s turning again. He had one other spirited efficiency on Sunday afternoon in a 45-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, throwing for 374 yards and 4 touchdowns and giving his workforce a profitable file for the primary time this yr.
After back-to-back spectacular offensive performances, it looks like the Patriots are proper again within the combine to make a run within the AFC. They’re 3-2 with the hardest a part of their schedule behind them, so they might return to their 2025 kind in the event that they sustain this tempo.
New England is averaging over 30 factors per recreation within the final two contests, and it’s largely resulting from Maye’s play. Large receiver A.J. Brown has been out since Week 1, however the star quarterback has nonetheless thrown for almost 600 yards within the final two video games to associate with seven touchdowns.
Maye is again to trying like among the best quarterbacks within the NFL, and that’s one thing the Patriots want him to proceed in the event that they need to make noise within the AFC. They’ve the Payments of their division who’re perennial contenders, together with the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens within the convention.
All three groups have a few of the finest signal-callers within the league, and it isn’t typically that they lose to a participant who isn’t on their degree. These two weeks may very well be instrumental to Maye’s confidence and a possible deep playoff run for the Patriots.
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