Overview
- New England opened the season with a 20-13 home defeat to Las Vegas at Gillette Stadium.
- Drake Maye struggled with accuracy and threw a third-quarter interception that helped turn the game in the Raiders’ favor.
- The rushing attack mustered 60 yards on 18 attempts, leaving Maye with a career-high 53 dropbacks behind a line that allowed four sacks and 17 pressures.
- Vrabel said the coaches will evaluate Maye’s workload and how the scheme fits his strengths, as outside analysis urged more designed quarterback runs and motion to revive the ground game.
- Despite execution issues, Raiders coach Pete Carroll praised Josh McDaniels’s plan, and Maye’s touchdown to DeMario Douglas came on a design that isolated a favorable matchup.