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They finally got one when second-year quarterback Drake Maye connected on a 37-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams. Maye has looked like the best deep ball thrower in the league all season long. He caught Williams streaking down the sideline and fit the ball perfectly over the top so that he was the only one who could get it.

Drake Maye called it the elephant in the room. Just one week after failing to complete a fourth quarter comeback drive despite two opportunities to do so vs. the Buffalo Bills, Maye was given the same opportunity Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens.

There are just two weeks remaining in the regular season, and both the playoff picture and the awards races are coming into cleaner focus. The major award, obviously, is the Most Valuable Player award, and the race got a bit of a shake-up this past week.

All signs thus far suggest Drake Maye is ready to play well on a bigger stage, and he’s going to get an opportunity to do that in January. The second-year quarterback, at the center of the New England Patriots’ remarkable turnaround,