FOXBORO – The Patriots were playing with fire in Sunday’s 24-23 win over the Falcons.

It initially looked like it was going to be a third straight blowout for the Patriots in Week 9, but they not only let the Falcons hang around but challenge late in the fourth quarter.

It was also one of quarterback Drake Maye’s worst games of the season. Maye threw an interception and lost one of two fumbles. It’s also just as easy to say that the Patriots won and extended their winning streak to six games because of Maye’s first-half heroics. Overall, he was 19-of-29 for 259 yards with two touchdowns and an interception while adding six carries for 22 yards.

“It’s a funny league, and we’re going to learn from winning so that we don’t have to learn from losing about taking care of the ball and complem

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