FOXBOROUGH - Throw to the open guy.

For months, both Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels have been driving that message home to Drake Maye. And with good reason.

For a quarterback, that mantra is the secret sauce to unlocking McDaniels’ offense.

Go through the progression of the play, and hit the open guy.

On Sunday, that guy was Stefon Diggs.

The Patriots receivers really hadn’t been heard from all that much the first three games.

The open guys were mostly tight ends and running backs. Those were Maye’s most utilized targets.

Diggs changed that narrative in the Patriots 42-13 rout of the Carolina Panthers. And as developments go for the Patriots offense, having the receiver catch six passes for 101 yards was significant.

“If we can continue to believe in the quarterback that he’s

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