Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots’ most recent game …
It wasn’t Drake Maye’s best statistical game, nor was it his most efficient. He completed two of his first seven passes for 19 yards, sailing throws with a wet ball in the way Troy Aikman famously used to and Tom Brady never did. He threw a fourth-quarter interception that had a chance to be cost-‘em-the-game regrettable.
And the Patriots’ 28-23 victory over the Buccaneers, which improved their road record to 5-0, was the quintessential team effort, reminiscent of so many victories in the early phase of the dynasty, with so many individuals contributing that it’s impossible to acknowledge all of them in this format.