FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has made plenty of highlight-reel plays this season to become the favorite to win the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award.
But it's one of the simplest plays in the playbook that excites the second-year player more than any other:
Maye ensures three players are behind him, approaches the line of scrimmage, sets under center Garrett Bradbury, calls for the snap and then backtracks a step before planting his left knee in the ground.
"Getting into victory formation ... That's what I'm proud of the most," he said.