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Drake Maye<\/li>\n<li>Maye was 19 of 21 for 256 yards, 5 TDs and 0 Interceptions. In the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half he was 17 of 19, 229 yards and 4 TDs.<\/li>\n<li>Maye\u2019s 5 passing TDs ties him with Tom Brady (6), Babe Parrilli (2) and Steve Grogan (1) as the only Patriots Quarterbacks with 5 TDs in a game.<\/li>\n<li>Maye\u2019s 4,000+ Yards Passing puts him up there with Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe as the only QBs in franchise history to accomplish this.<\/li>\n<li>Maye\u2019s TD passes were to five different receivers.<\/li>\n<li>Maye torched the Jets when they went to man-to-man defense. He was 9 for 9 for 115 yards and 5 TDs.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced metrics had Maye with a 100 QB Rating, 29.4 Completion% above expected, and 1.24 Expected Points Added. Maye is 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the league in Expected Points Added per dropback.<\/li>\n<li>The last QB to throw 5 TD passes and complete 90% of his passes was Lynn Dickey for the Green Bay Packers in 1981.<\/li>\n<li>The 35 points in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half were the most by any team in the NFL this year<\/li>\n<li>That was the best half of football for the Patriots since the 2021 Butt Fumble game versus the Jets.<\/li>\n<li>Rhamondre Stevenson with 2 TDs, had a very good game. He found a wide opening behind fullback Jack Westover \u2014 to put his team up 14-0.\u00a0 Stevenson had 8 carries for 47 yards and 5 catches on 5 targets for 55 yards and a TD. \u00a0His 24-yard run led the team to their first 61-yard TD drive.<\/li>\n<li>Treveyon Henderson had 19 carries for 87 yards.<\/li>\n<li>Patriots scored a TD on their first 6 drives.<\/li>\n<li>D\u2019Ernest Johnson had a nice 32-yard Kickoff Return to give the team good field position to start the game.<\/li>\n<li>Stefon Diggs was immense with 6 catches on 6 targets, 101 yards and a TD. His 31-yard catch on the sideline was beautiful.\u00a0 He mossed the defender snatching the ball behind his back and secured the catch with two feet inbound.\u00a0 His TD catch was his 4<sup>th<\/sup> of the day and his 70<sup>th<\/sup> of the season kicking in a $500K bonus.\u00a0 His 970 yards on the season means he is 30 yards from reaching 1,000 yards on the season which will kick in another $500K bonus.\u00a0 If he gets 8 receptions in the final game that would kick in another $500K bonus.<\/li>\n<li>Morgan Moses has played &gt; 90% of the plays and that has kicked in a $1.5M bonus for him<\/li>\n<li>Hunter Henry caught 3 passes on 3 targets for 49 yards and a TD. His TD catch pushed him over his career high in receiving yards for a season.<\/li>\n<li>Patriots were very disciplined today with only 2 penalties for 20 yards. The call against Jeremiah Pharms for roughing the passer was a joke.\u00a0 He got called for it because he landed on Cook.\u00a0 What was he supposed to do?<\/li>\n<li>Efton Chism in his first real playing time had 2 catches on 2 targets for 40 yards and a TD. That\u2019s why he was kept on the roster!<\/li>\n<li>Mike Vrabel acknowledged Josh McDaniels play-calling in his post-game press conference. Drake Maye was also very complimentary in his Press Conference.<\/li>\n<li>McDaniels used 8 different Personnel packages in the game.<\/li>\n<li>Patriots were 5 for 5 scoring in the Red Zone and held the Jets to 0-2.<\/li>\n<li>Mike Vrabel joined Jim Caldwell and George Seifert as the only 1<sup>st<\/sup> year coaches to win 13 games. He also joins Seifert as the only 1<sup>st<\/sup> year coach to go undefeated on the road (8-0) in their 1<sup>st<\/sup> season with a team.<\/li>\n<li>Christian Gonzalez had a good bounce back game against Adonai Mitchell who beat him often in their 1<sup>st<\/sup> Gonzalez held him to 1 catch on 5 targets in man coverage against Mitchell.\u00a0 The one catch was for 8 yards on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and 10. Gonzo stopped him short of the 1<sup>st<\/sup>.\u00a0 Carlton Davis had a similar game, stopping Jets receivers before the 1<sup>st<\/sup>down marker.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Gonzalez also had a big hit on the sideline.<\/li>\n<li>The O-line held the Jets to 33.3% Pressure Rate and only gave up one sack and that was on Drake Maye for not reaching the line of scrimmage on a scramble. He lost a yard.<\/li>\n<li>Jaylinn Hawkins had an Interception of Cook for the lone turnover of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Bad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>No sympathy for the Jets because the Patriots had to rely on their depth players with 7 starters not playing.<\/li>\n<li>Mack Hollins injury and placement on IR didn\u2019t affect the Patriots against the soft secondary of the Jets but it may when it comes time for the playoffs. He won\u2019t be available until the AFC Championship game should they make it that far. Hollins should be given credit for the work that he has done with Efton Chism. His mentoring was acknowledged by Chism in his Press Conference.<\/li>\n<li>Did Mike Vrabel put the hammer down on the Jets at the end of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half after a late hit on Drake Maye? I thought the hit was real cheap shot.<\/li>\n<li>How bad is the Jets secondary? 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