LOUISIANA — Drake Maye didn’t do it alone within the Patriots’ 25-19 win over the Saints.
The younger quarterback had plenty of assist from his offensive line as he accomplished over 69% of his passes for 261 yards with three touchdowns and no turnovers. And defending his blindside was 2025 fourth-overall choose Will Campbell in his return to Louisiana.
“It was tremendous cool having the ability to come and play again house in my rookie season is fairly particular,” Campbell mentioned. “I grew up coming to video games right here. Performed my first school recreation ever right here, so attending to play right here is fairly cool.”
Campbell had 60 family and friends in attendance on the Superdome, and he is aware of that different folks from his city of Monroe, La., additionally had tickets for the sport. Maye seen Campbell, who additionally performed collegiately at LSU, getting loud cheers as he ran off the sphere after the win.
Maye took only one 1-yard sack within the win over the Saints in one other recreation the place the Patriots’ offensive line and cross safety held up properly.
“I feel we did tremendous. There’s loads to wash up,” Campbell mentioned. “It didn’t go how we wished it to within the second half, however we had been nonetheless in a position to get the win. That’s what issues. It’s like coach says, it’s a great feeling whenever you really feel like you must right loads and nonetheless get a win. Which means you’re not scratching the floor but. We simply need to go in, make the corrections, get higher, repair what we did improper, and simply prepare for subsequent week.”
Campbell wore a No. 7 patch, given to the workforce’s finest playmakers, at LSU as a junior in 2024. One other participant who wore No. 7 at LSU, Patriots vast receiver Kayshon Boutte, mentioned even final season, Campbell was texting him to attempt to persuade the Patriots to draft him.
“All through final 12 months, he was texting me, telling me, ‘Please draft me right here.’ He wished to be right here,” Boutte mentioned. “Now that he’s right here, it’s nice. Nice man, nice vitality. I find it irresistible.”
The Patriots are 4-2 heading into subsequent week’s recreation in opposition to the Titans in Tennessee.
