New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel tends to divide plays between three different buckets: the good, the bad, and the s—t that gets you beat.

Coming off of his career-best start, plenty of good remained for quarterback Drake Maye despite New England dropping their Week 3 contest 21-14.

Operating in another strong game plan from coordinator Josh McDaniels, Maye finished as a net positive adding +0.13 EPA per drop back (59th percentile) and out-dueling Aaron Rodgers in ESPN’s quarterback rating — one of Vrabel’s key indicators for winning football.

After a slow start for the entire offense in the first quarter, McDaniels got Maye in rhythm by getting back to the moving pockets we saw last week in Miami. On their first drop back of the second quarter, McDaniels dialed up a play-act

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