FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has made plenty of highlight-reel plays this season to become the favorite to win the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award.

But it's one of the simplest plays in the playbook that excites the second-year player more than any other:

Maye ensures three players are behind him, approaches the line of scrimmage, sets under center Garrett Bradbury , calls for the snap and then backtracks a step before planting his left knee in the ground.

"Getting into victory formation ... That's what I'm proud of the most," he said. "There are probably some plays in there, some throws I made, but I think as a whole, it's just working hard to win in this league."

Maye hardly had practice at the play as a rookie in 2024, when the Patriots w

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