Welcome to the Friday Five!

Each week during the NFL regular season, I will drop five Patriots-related thoughts on Friday to recap the week that was in Foxboro and look ahead to kickoff.

Ready, set, football.

The Patriots will go as far as Drake Maye takes them.

That much is clear through five games, where Maye has turned the ball over in both losses and protected it in all three wins. But if Maye represents their ceiling, the rest of the team is the Patriots’ floor. And not just Stefon Diggs, Christian Gonzalez or Will Campbell.

All surprise teams are powered by middle-of-the-roster overachievers. Mid-level free agents or late-round rookies who outperform their contracts to provide surplus value. Start with the man directly in front of Maye: center Garrett Bradbury.

Last year, Bradb

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