NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Twenty-three passes left Drake Maye’s right hand Sunday afternoon. Just two hit the Nissan Stadium turf.
That’s a rare level of accuracy and efficiency for an NFL quarterback. How rare? Well, it’s something Tom Brady never did during his unparalleled Patriots tenure.
Maye’s 91.3% completion percentage in New England’s 31-13 win over the Tennessee Titans was a new regular-season franchise record, breaking the previous mark of 88.5% set by Brady in a 2009 victory over Jacksonville. It was the eighth-best completion rate in NFL history.
“I left some out there that I ended up running that I could have thrown,” the second-year signal caller said after the game. “I think I tucked it a couple of times when I shouldn’t have, and I think I need to get to the back side of the p