FOXBOROUGH – What a difference a week makes.

Drake Maye started the season with an inconsistent afternoon in the Patriots ’ loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. The second-year quarterback completely turned the page last weekend with the best performance of his career in the team’s win over the Miami Dolphins.

Maye looked more comfortable and confident, throwing only four incompletions and finishing with 230 passing yards and three total touchdowns.

What was the difference? Maye said they were angry.

“I think there was a little fire under us,” Maye said. “Week 1, you’re kind of anticipating. What’s this like, new team, new guys. Week 2, you want to get back at it, and we know we didn’t put our best football out there Week 1. So, just the mindset of what we can do and just trying to bring

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