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Patriots rookie blows the roof off Tampa with longest play of 2025 season

Going into their Week 10 game, the New England Patriots were expected to have a tough outing against a very good team in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The NFC South frontrunners were just coming off a bye and were expected to pick up where they left off the week before, with Baker Mayfield continuing his MVP campaign.

The Patriots' defense started the game with the same old story, allowing a first drive touchdown by the Bucs that looked far too easy. The offense then skunked it up on their next series, partly due to some well-timed rain by the home team, but eventually they made things happen with an unexpected name who hasn't registered a catch since Week 3: rookie receiver Kyle Williams.