This week the Patriots face their division rival Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park.  The Bills are contenders for the AFC championship and are playing very good football coming down the stretch. 

Maye completed 19 of 23 passes overall for 202 yards with an average of 8.8 yards per pass with a TD and an INT for a passer rating of 99.6.

It’s hard to watch the Patriots play this poorly.  They had a week off to prepare for this game and this is what they put on the field!  I’m talking about the players and the coaches, not showing up to play.  That’s not all the players, as many played well including Drake Maye.  Others like Vederian Lowe should have stayed in bed.  I also blame Jerod Mayo for not giving Lowe the hook after he looked like a turnstile in the 1st Quarter.

For a team that was coming off a bye, the Patriots looked grossly underprepared, badly disorganized, and outclassed after they took the field for the first time in two weeks on Sunday out in Arizona.

Fair or not, it falls on Maye to get it done in the red zone. But AVP has to get creative and loosen things up for the rookie quarterback.

Coming off the bye week the Patriots travel West to play the 6-7 Arizona Cardinals.  The Cards enter the game with the #12 ranked Overall Offense with 348 yards a game.  Passing they rank 22nd with 208.2 yards a game and Rushing they are #6 with 139.8. In the Red Zone they convert at a 51.2% rate which is 24th in the league.  On Third Down they convert at a 40.4% which is 11th in the league.

Here we are at the bye week, and I am going to look back on the previous 13 weeks and report on what I have seen.  The Bye Week is coming so late in the season that it really won’t help that much.  The team looked tired against the Colts, especially on Defense.  All teams have bumps and bruises over the course of the season, and that has built up for the Patriots over a longer period without a break.

” But as long as our focus is on setting a foundation and getting better every week, I feel pretty good about it.” – Jerod Mayo

The Patriots’ 25-24 loss to the Colts on Sunday is still stinging here in New England, especially considering it was their second-highest scoring performance of the season.  It’s just one point shy of their 25-22 win over the Jets over a month ago, which at the time was just their second victory of 2024.

They outgained Indy 422-252. But the Patriots were only 2-6 in the red zone, while Indy was 3-4. Penalties were once again an issue.

Sunday’s performance by New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was probably his best yet for a player who feels like he gets better each time he steps on the field.  Maye put together an outstanding effort, completing 24-of-30 (80%) f0r 238 yards along with a touchdown and an interception.

This was a game the Patriots should have won.  They shot themselves in the foot again with   five trips into the Red Zone and they came away with just 2 TDs.

This week, they (Henry and Hooper) are facing a Colts defense that is among the worst in the league at defending tight ends.

The Indianapolis Colts come to Foxboro to face the Patriots on Sunday.  The Colts are a very mediocre team with a huge question mark at QB.

The tight ends were (no surprise) a bright spot for the offense. They were targeted 12 times and had 10 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. 

The Patriots suffered an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Miami Dolphins.  They historically don’t play well in Miami, and they have never beaten Tua Tagovailoa, who is now 7-0 against them.  But to completely shut down and play no Defense in the 2nd quarter was amazing.

The one bright spot coming off another loss on Sunday for the New England Patriots is that their draft stock at least went up a notch.

Here’s what New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo had to say following the club’s 34-15 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday.

Look for the Patriots and Maye to go to the quick passing game and attack the middle of the field. The TEs will feature this week.

Don Van Natta and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported last night that Bob Kraft has been passed over for selection to the Hall of Fame again.  This is getting a bit ridiculous.

Heading into Thursday night’s Divisional showdown between the 8-2 Pittsburgh Steelers and the 2-8 Cleveland Browns, the New England Patriots found themselves sitting with the sixth overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft ahead of this weekend.

The Patriots travel to Miami to play in their house of horrors that is Hard Rock Stadium.

One of the biggest storylines as the New England Patriots have gone on to put up a 3-8 record during this 2024 campaign is the amount of costly mistakes that have ultimately proven to be too difficult to overcome.

Here are few notes leftover from the New England Patriots vs the Los Angele Rams game.

” He looks like a stud,” Rams’ coach Sean McVay said. “You can see just the impact that he has on his teammates.