BREAKING: DRAKE MAYE & STEFON DIGGS STUN THE NFL — PATRIOTS HAND BILLS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON!
After New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s stellar performance against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football, his immediate chemistry with wide receiver Stefon Diggs played a significant role. Handing the Bills their first loss of the 2025 NFL season — 23-20 — the Patriots improved to 3-2. After practice, Maye talked about the difference Diggs makes in contrast to his rookie campaign last season.
For Maye, Diggs makes things easier, he admitted, per ESPN’s Mike Reiss.
“I think the biggest thing is that he’s a receiver that’s easy to throw to. He has great hands. He catches different ways – with his body, he turns with the football and makes people miss very easily. It’s very natural,” Maye said. “You can just tell he’s played receiver a long time and played at a high level. So just trying to put it in his vicinity, and he always says, ‘I got you.’ Just trust that and I think it will continue to build and build, and try to get him in the end zone.”
Stefon Diggs caught for 146 yards on 10 receptions while Maye finished 22 of 30 and threw for 273 yards in Sunday’s win against the Bills. In some ways, Maye restored Patriots fans’ faith in the defining early-season victory. On the biggest stage Maye could perform on in a nationally-televised mid-season matchup against the division-leading Bills, Drake rose to the occasion by earning New England’s most impressive win of the young NFL season.
Drake Maye on Patriots’ success vs. Bills
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye hopes beating the Bills will galvanize his team to embark on a potential winning streak after winning two in a row. It was undoubtedly the Patriots’ strongest performance of the young season, as they beat the Bills, who reached the AFC Championship last season, and could be the kind of motivation Maye and his team needed.
Maye sent a message to the Patriots and the Bills during his postgame interview, per Sunday Night Football’s X, formerly Twitter.
“They can’t stop us. I’m trying to get these guys the football and just trying to make positive plays,” said Maye. “But like I said, the defense also played great. What a night.”
The Patriots will face the Saints in their Week 6 matchup on Sunday.
Cowboys’ Polarizing Receiver Could Make or Break 2025 Season
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The Dallas Cowboys are one week away from taking the field to kick off the 2025-26 NFL regular season against the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. While much of the attention has been on players who may or may not be on the field, one player who will be is George Pickens.
Dallas made a splash during the offseason with a post-NFL draft trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the star wide receiver. Pickens pairs with CeeDee Lamb to give the Cowboys one of the top wide receiver duos in the league.
With the season approaching, Pickens has high expectations after quickly building chemistry with his Cowboys teammates and he could be help determine the direction Dallas' season goes.
Ben Solak of ESPN.com shared his list of "X factors for all 32 teams" and Pickens got the nod for the Cowboys.
"The Pickens trade is one of many significant moves made this offseason, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is regarded as the single most impactful trade by the end of the campaign," Solak wrote.
"Pickens is unquestionably the most talented running mate Lamb has had since prime Cooper and has the capability of leading the Cowboys in targets any week. Dallas' running game looks suspect, and its defense looks beatable, so the wide receiver room really needs to help Dak Prescott reach 400-plus-yard outings for the Cowboys to compete. The Pickens-Lamb duo has legitimate Ja'Marr Chase-Tee Higgins and A.J. Brown-DeVonta Smith potential."
Dallas will be hoping to that kind of payoff from the trade.
Last season, Pickens hauled in 59 catches for 900 yards and three touchdowns. With Lamb on the opposite side and a healthy Dak Prescott throwing the ball, a 1,000-yard season is well within reach.
