In last Sunday’s outing, Maye looked skittish and unsure of himself, starting off the game erratically and never quite looking in command as the offense managed just 13 points in a 20-13 loss<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n On Sunday, this was a considerably better effort.\u00a0 Unlike last week’s slow start, Maye was in control early, and he needed to be against a Dolphins team that made things tough all afternoon.\u00a0 <\/p>\n Following a handoff to Rhamondre Stevenson that went for 3 yards, rookie left tackle Will Campbell was called for a false start that backed them up five yards.\u00a0 Maye then threw an incomplete pass to Hunter Henry, causing them to face a 3rd-and-13, which easily could have derailed the drive.<\/p>\n But Maye then went on a streak that saw him connect on his next 12-straight throws, which started after he connected with Stevenson on a 10-yard pass.\u00a0 He then followed that up with a 10-yard strike to Stefon Diggs after Mike Vrabel elected to go for it on 4th-and-3 at the Dolphins’ 43 yard line.<\/p>\n But Maye wasn’t done.\u00a0 He followed that up with a great throw to Austin Hooper after he rolled right and then threw back up the left sideline, with the tight end hauling in the pass for a 22-yard gain.<\/p>\n Two plays later, Maye threw a perfectly thrown ball to Mack Hollins in the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown, and New England grabbed the early lead up 6-0 after Andres Borregales missed the extra point (more on that in a bit).<\/p>\n Calm.\u00a0 Focused.\u00a0 Efficient.\u00a0 That’s what Maye was all afternoon, and he finished missing just four passes, hitting 19-of-23 for 230 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of good things and a lot of things that we\u2019ll have to fix,” said Vrabel after the gam<\/strong><\/a>e.\u00a0 “The command, the operation, and when he feels that lull, that\u2019s when we got to tighten the screws on these guys and get him set faster, get him out of the huddle faster, and really push him, you know what I mean?”<\/p>\n “He\u2019s a jockey, and he\u2019s got to know what the flow of the team looks like offensively. We had a couple of penalties, and there\u2019s these false starts, and again, things that we really aren\u2019t going to be able to overcome eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n Overall, Maye orchestrated things quite well.\u00a0 New England finished the day 7-of-12 on third down (58%), with Maye completing 7-of-8 of his throws on third down with four first downs, along with that earlier-mentioned conversion on fourth down.\u00a0 He was also 7-of-9 for 101 yards in the second half.<\/p>\n One of his best throws came late in the third quarter.\u00a0 After Morgan Moses was beaten around the outside by Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips on a 3rd-and-3 from the New England 24, it looked like Phillips was going to possibly drop Maye for a sack and kill the drive.\u00a0 Instead, Maye made a nice move to avoid Phillips, who reached for him and missed, and the second-year QB then stepped up into the pocket and delivered a perfectly thrown pass up the right sideline to Stevenson.<\/p>\n The play from @DrakeMaye2<\/a> to @dreeday32<\/a> that set up the score ⏩<\/p>\n 📺: CBS pic.twitter.com\/F20NTJVCSr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"Drake](\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27083655_168390408_lowres-660x440.jpg\")
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