If Drake Maye had just thrown the ball out of bounds, it would have felt like success.

DaQuan Jones, the Bills’ 6-foot-4, 320-pound defensive tackle, had his left hand on the Patriots quarterback’s collar and his big right paw on Maye’s back.

For Maye, who has been sacked 51 times and thrown 12 interceptions over the course of his still-young career, not losing yards or losing possession would have been enough with just over 2 minutes left in a tied fourth quarter at Highmark Stadium.

But Maye held Jones off long enough with his left arm and kept looking downfield. As he started to lose his footing, Maye fired a short pass to Stefon Diggs at the right sideline for a 12-yard gain.

In the future, when the Patriots are good, they’ll look back at Oct. 5, 2025 as the day they turned th

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