Patriots QB Drake Maye completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT in Sunday's 29-26 win over the Bills. He added 54 yards on 8 carries, including a 26-yard run. Maye spread the ball around, with four players catching passes of 20+ yards. The one blemish continues to be ball security: he fumbled 3 times and lost one.
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This was the game Maye's managers had been waiting for. He opened the season with 178 yards, 1 TD and 3 INTs in Seattle, then followed it with 208 passing yards in a Week 2 win over Pittsburgh and 199 yards and 2 INTs against the Jaguars in Week 3. His 3 TDs this week, a season high, came against a Buffalo defense that entered allowing the 9th-most schedule-adjusted QB points (20.38 per game) and ranked 18th in pass defense DVOA. The rushing floor stays intact, too. He ran 7 times for 47 yards in the opener and topped that with 54 yards on Sunday.
The schedule ahead is middle-of-the-road. New England hosts the Raiders and Jets the next two weeks, then visits the Bears on a Thursday night in Week 7. Las Vegas ranks 14th in adjusted QB points allowed (17.84 per game) but 8th in pass defense DVOA. The Jets are the toughest spot, ranking 26th (14.31), while Chicago sits 15th (17.63) and 12th in pass DVOA. Maye's rushing keeps him in the low-end QB1 range, even without A.J. Brown.
