Drake Maye led the Patriots to a 28–16, rockfight of a win over the Texans on Sunday afternoon—a victory that sends New England to the AFC championship game for the first time since 2018—and hours after the final whistle, the star signal caller couldn't help himself from getting a couple of extra passes in.
As I sat through the bludgeoning of snow that continued to fall over Gillette Stadium, breaking down the defensive slugfest that had just taken place, I noticed a group of people emerge from the tunnel. It was Maye, flanked by his wife, Ann Michael, and what I can safely assume was his equally athletic family, taking in the final moments of inclement weather in Foxborough. The Patriots’ quarterback grabbed a football and started firing—this time, backyard-style—before calling it a day.
