NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints entered the 2025 season under similar circumstances.

Neither won more than five games last season and both have new coaches.

Heading into Week 6, coach Mike Vrabel's Patriots (3-2) — fresh off a victory at previously unbeaten Buffalo — appear farther along the road back to NFL relevance than Kellen Moore's Saints (1-4) as they prepare to meet in the Superdome on Sunday.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye doesn't want to hear it.

Winning builds confidence, "but you’ve got to flush it,” said Maye, who has completed 73.9% of his passes this season for 1,261 yards and seven TDs with just two interceptions.

“It doesn’t mean anything unless you keep building on it and make it an ongoing thing,” Maye added. “We’re trying to buil

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