The biggest story in the NFL during the 2025 season has been the Patriots’ resurgence as a legitimate Super Bowl contender. From 2000 to 2019, the Patriots were one of the NFL’s most dominant teams, led by seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. Consequently, when Tom Brady left the New England Patriots to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Patriots’ dynasty went with him.
From 2020 to 2024, the post-Tom Brady era for the Patriots was marked by a return to mediocrity for a once-great NFL franchise. However, during the 2025 season, the New England Patriots returned to the top of the AFC East standings and became one of the NFL’s hottest teams. That led them to the AFC Championship game, where they broke the 40-year-old “Mile High Curse” against the Denver Broncos, returning to the Super Bowl.
The driving force of the New England Patriots’ sudden resurgence has been the performance of Patriots quarterback Drake Maye this season.
During his second season in the NFL, Maye has led the New England Patriots to a 14-3 record. In addition, he has been at the top of the NFL in several statistical areas with 4,394 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes, only 8 interceptions, 72.0% completion percentage, 113.5 quarterback rating, and 8.9 yards per pass attempt. Maye’s outstanding performance this season has earned him a spot as one of five NFL MVP finalists.
Is Drake Maye the Next “Tom Brady”?
This season, Maye’s success has drawn comparisons to Tom Brady while Maye broke a few of Brady’s records this season including throwing for 250+ passing yards and 5 touchdowns in a single game, and a 90% completion rate in a single game. In addition, to Maye’s stats his also bring a calm confidence that closely resembles the leadership of Brady during the previous Patriots dynasty. At only 23 years old, NFL experts expect this season to just be the beginning of a great NFL career for Drake Maye.
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