Aside from that one moment, when Drake Maye was thrown backwards, slammed his helmet on the turf in the third quarter, lingered and shook his head, Sunday was everything the Patriots could have wanted.
Their run game enjoyed a needed revival.
Maye made history.
Vrabel’s defense steadied, again, after getting out-flanked in the first quarter.
And Vrabel got to leave town with a win and a giant grin, as the Tennessee crowd chanted his name less than two years after the Titans fired him.
But back to that one moment.
Maye may have set a franchise record with his completion percentage Sunday, but his willingness to extend himself at almost every scramble opportunity risked the immediate future of the Patriots. Thankfully, he’s OK. But for a preternatural passer whose accuracy and arm tale