When you have a second-year quarterback, asking him to throw 46 passes is a strategy that can often lead to failure. That's how many passes Drake Maye threw on Sunday in the New England Patriots' 20-13 Week One loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Gillette Stadium.
This is not an offense built to have the quarterback throw close to 50 passes in a game. The Patriots have to be efficient in both the run and the passing game, and they weren't on Sunday. Sixty yards rushing and an average of 3.3 yards per carry between Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, and Antonio Gibson is not going to cut it.