Drake Maye throws four TDs, runs for another as Patriots blow out Raiders 45–17
- Final: Las Vegas Raiders 17, New England Patriots 45
- Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
- When: Sunday, October 11, 2026
- League: NFL
The Patriots turned a matchup of 2–2 teams into a blowout, beating the Raiders 45–17 at Gillette Stadium. Las Vegas hung around for exactly one quarter. After that, New England scored on drive after drive and never let it get close.
Drake Maye was the whole show: 26 of 34 for 374 yards, four touchdown passes and no interceptions, plus a 3-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. He opened the scoring with a 35-yard strike to DeMario Douglas, found Hunter Henry from 11 yards out with 24 seconds left in the first half, and hit Kyle Williams for 34 yards on the opening drive of the third. Douglas added an 8-yard score in the fourth to finish with four catches, 65 yards and two touchdowns, and Williams turned three catches into 91 yards.
Vegas briefly tied it 7–7 when Kirk Cousins hit Brock Bowers for a 13-yard touchdown in the first quarter. From there New England ripped off 21 straight points: a 5-yard Rhamondre Stevenson run, the Henry touchdown and the Williams touchdown made it 28–7. Andy Borregales was perfect on extra points and added a 28-yard field goal.
Bowers did his part with eight catches for 110 yards, and Cousins finished 19 of 28 for 243 yards. The problem was everything else. Ashton Jeanty was held to 27 yards on 10 carries and the Raiders ran for 38 yards as a team. Their only other points came on a Matt Gay 46-yard field goal and a 2-yard Dylan Laube touchdown run after the game was decided. Elijah Ponder had two sacks, and New England outgained Las Vegas 536 to 306.
The AI's take: when a quarterback posts a 150.9 passer rating and his team scores on almost every meaningful drive, the top-five quarterback conversation starts writing itself. Both teams are now 3–2.
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