Drake Maye was on his sport Thursday night time, and virtually each New England Patriots ability place participant benefited.
The Patriots quarterback accomplished 25 of 34 passes for 281 yards (six wanting his profession excessive) in a 27-14 win over the New York Jets and unfold the wealth, finishing not less than three passes every to 5 totally different gamers.
Kyle Williams wasn’t on that listing, nevertheless. Regardless of being on the sphere for 67 % of New England’s offensive snaps whereas filling in for the injured Kayshon Boutte, the rookie extensive receiver did not file a catch on three targets.
Whereas Williams nonetheless has room for enchancment, his fellow rookie had a banner night time, as TreVeyon Henderson scored all three of the Patriots’ touchdowns (two dashing; one receiving) whereas making some franchise history in the process.
Our Patriots insider Phil Perry highlighted a number of offensive standouts, Williams’ struggles and extra in his “Inventory Watch” report for Week 11:
Inventory Up
Drake Maye, quarterback
Drake Maye put collectively one other efficiency that made the “MVP!” chants really feel warranted. He accomplished 25 of his 34 makes an attempt for 281 yards and a landing … and the numbers ought to’ve been even higher. Three passes that hit his receivers’ arms fell incomplete.
Maye was notably good extending performs from inside the pocket, hitting on chunk beneficial properties to Mack Hollins and Stefon Diggs whereas shopping for himself time behind middle. — Perry
TreVeyon Henderson, working again
Do not be misled by his 3.3 yards per carry common. The Patriots after all would love for the quantity to be larger. However Henderson ran laborious, particularly close to the objective line, on his technique to a 24-touch, 93-yard, three-touchdown efficiency.
Per NextGen Stats, he compelled a career-high 9 missed tackles within the sport and created 70 yards after contact as a runner. — Perry
Stefon Diggs, extensive receiver
The Jets opted to play their justifiable share of zone coverages towards Drake Maye, and that allowed Stefon Diggs to feast. Discovering mushy spots within the Jets secondary, Diggs was open all sport, catching 9 of his 11 targets for 105 yards.
Towards zone, per NextGen Stats, Diggs caught eight passes for 100 yards. A whopping seven of Diggs’ targets resulted in first downs. — Perry
Inventory Down
Run protection
The Patriots allowed 5.0 yards per carry on this one, greater than a full yard greater than their season common. In addition they had specific problem towards quarterback Justin Fields when he took off as a runner. Fields averaged 6.1 yards per carry and led the cost with 5 runs for 28 yards and a landing on New York’s opening drive.
The Patriots are set to see some athletic quarterbacks within the close to future (notably Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson) so how they deal with quarterback runs shifting ahead bears watching. — Perry
Craig Woodson, security
Woodson has been particularly sturdy over the course of his rookie season, taking part in almost one hundred pc of his group’s defensive snaps. Late within the third quarter, although, he tripped whereas in protection on receiver John Metchie — the Patriots blitzed on the play, leaving Woodson in a 1-on-1 scenario — and allowed a straightforward rating. — Perry
Kyle Williams, extensive receiver
The rookie third-rounder performed the vast majority of offensive snaps for New England, but wasn’t capable of finding his manner into the field rating. He was focused thrice and got here up with out a catch, signaling but once more that the connection between him and Drake Maye is missing in the mean time.
Williams did seem to beat Jets defenders down the sphere for a deep shot from Maye that hung up within the November air at Gillette Stadium. However his different targets fell incomplete, seemingly on account of not being on the identical web page along with his quarterback. — Perry
Trending Merchandise
