Drake Maye was far from perfect, again, in the playoffs. But when the Patriots needed a late touchdown, he delivered to push them to the AFC title game.

Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes, Marcus Jones returned one of C.J. Stroud's four interceptions for a TD and the New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 28-16 to advance to the AFC championship game for the first time in seven years.

After a Drake Maye fumble, C.J. Stroud hit Christian Kirk for a 10-yard touchdown, putting Houston up 10-7 over New England.

With nothing but field goals lighting up the scoreboard over the first 50 minutes and 15 seconds of Sunday night’s wild card game, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye finally flexed that MVP form in one beautiful throw against the Chargers.

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has a tendency to slide head-first, rather than feet-first, when going for first downs. He explained why that’s intentional.

New England is headed to its first AFC Championship game appearance since the 2018 season and will face the Broncos