Expectations were high for Drake Maye and the New England Patriots offense as they traveled out to Cincinnati to face off against a historically bad Bengals defense that ranked 32nd in DVOA and EPA per play.

While Maye ended the day with a career-high 294 passing yards, it wasn’t always pretty getting there.

New England’s QB looked off to start the day and struggled with a handful of accuracy issues — his worst coming on a sailed pass over the middle of the field that resulted in his first career pick-six.

Through the mistakes, Maye still made his usual high-level throws in order to generate +0.21 expected points added (76th percentile) and secure a 26-20 win. Here’s how he got there.

Drive 3

Things started shaky for Maye with some puzzling incompletions — including an undecided pass

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