Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was none too pleased following Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots.

“You have to have some pride about you. You have to have the fear of messing up for your teammates when we talk about something, you have to have that responsibility and accountability for the guys around you and get it fixed,” Mayfield said, per team-provided video.

Mayfield had plenty of ire directed toward his teammates, but he also had some praise for his opponent.

“In tight ball games like this, when you play a good team like the Patriots, little things...

“MVP! ‘MVP! MVP!”

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye heard that familiar chant rain down both during and after Sunday’s victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — even though the game was played at Raymond James Stadium.

Maye, however, did his best to deflect attention during his postgame interview with CBS’ Tracy Wolfson.

“They may be for (Baker Mayfield). Baker played his butt off. Big fan of Baker’s game, and they’re a good football team,” Maye told CBS’ Tracy Wolfson. “We travel well. That’s the Patriots. That’s us, we’re going to travel every week.”

Mayfield was tremendous, finishing with better...

Outside of a 72-yard touchdown by rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams, the New England Patriots offense did not find a lot of success early on against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The tide started to turn late in the second quarter, however.

Starting on their own 22-yard line, they managed to string some plays together and advance all the way to the opposing 1. Once there, some difficult decisions had to be made. After gaining zero yards on the first three plays at the goal line — including a potential kneel on first down — Mike Vrabel opted to...

A pair of rookies exploded for big plays in Week 10 for the New England Patriots as the Pats achieved a difficult 28-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road.

Rookie wideout Kyle Williams scored his first touchdown in style — a 72-yard TD reception to end the first quarter. Rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson was also sensational on Sunday. His 14 carries for 147 yards included two massive touchdown runs of 55 yards and 69 yards, respectively.

Following the Patriots win, former Pats three-time Super Bowl champion Devin McCourty praised Williams and Henderson.

“Alright, if you don’t...

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has the best odds to win NFL MVP at the moment. There are still eight weeks to go in the regular season, but Maye’s MVP candidacy is undeniably impressive, especially for a 23-year-old NFL sophomore.

Believe it or not, Maye winning the award this season wouldn’t be an outrageous development in the history of the league. There have been six occasions in which an NFL player in their second season won MVP. The list of guys who have done it does feature some massive names, however, which would make Maye look like a future...

The New England Patriots are for real. The Pats won their seventh-straight game on Sunday in a Week 10 battle with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Drake Maye and Co. went on the road to Tampa and won 28-23 against a tough Bucs opponent. Maye didn’t play mistake-free football, but he made enough big plays to put his team in position to win, including a 72-yard touchdown pass to rookie wideout Kyle Williams in the first quarter.

Taken together with Maye’s 58-yard dart to DeMario Douglas in Week 9, Maye became the first Patriots QB since Tom Brady in 2017 to...

Despite hauling in a touchdown with zero seconds on the clock to take a lead into halftime, Stefon Diggs found himself talking junk in the locker room.

The main recipient was running back TreVeyon Henderson, who was close to breaking a long touchdown run in the first quarter before being tripped up.

“I was talking mad junk to him at halftime,” Diggs said after the game. “I’m definitely hard on the TreVeyon, just because I see so much potential. One guy tackling him and stuff like that — I’ve been around some great backs in my career and I tell...

The New England Patriots notched their seventh straight win on Sunday, but they couldn’t extend another streak.

For the first time all season, the Patriots allowed a running back to register 50 rushing yards. They became the first team since 1950 to achieve that feat in the first nine games.

However, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stopped the Patriots from matching their NFL record of 10 straight games set by the 2020 Super Bowl champions. Sean Tucker, a third-stringer for most of the season, snapped the streak by gaining 53 yards on nine carries.

Tucker entered the day with 76 rushing...

The biggest reason for New England Patriots fans wanting their team to add at the NFL trade deadline was for the fact that they sit atop their division and second in the AFC.

Instead, the Patriots stood pat, only trading away Kyle Dugger and Keion White for Day 3 picks. Luckily, their divisional rivals, the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets, lent the Patriots an assist.

As reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero on “The Insiders,” the Buffalo Bills attempted to trade for Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.

“The Bills did not make a...

Sunday at 1 p.m. ET may just be the New England Patriots’ biggest test of the season.

That challenge is not just facing a Baker Mayfield-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that is off to a 6-2 start and has one of the more talented offenses in the NFL. It’s also a Buccaneers team coming off a bye

Since Tampa Bay’s 23-3 win over the New Orleans Saints on October 26th, it’s had 14 days off from an NFL game. That’s seven more days than the Patriots, who squeezed out a win over the Atlanta Falcons last Sunday.

So what did...

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel made a decision that most coaches wouldn’t even dream of during the final drive of the first half against the Buccaneers on Sunday.

After the Patriots picked up a first down with 1:52 left in the second quarter, Tampa Bay called its third and final timeout.

With the ball on the 1-yard line, Vrabel had his quarterback, Drake Maye, essentially go to the ground on a fake QB sneak. In a deliberate effort not to score a touchdown, Maye dove to ensure that the Buccaneers would have less time on the clock to...

The New England Patriots have made the most of their non-conference games this season.

New England left Florida with a 28-23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The Patriots improved to 5-0 on the road after completing their sweep over NFC South competition.

The Patriots have now defeated all four teams from the NFC South. Head coach Mike Vrabel appeared to acknowledge the feat when greeting players in the tunnel after the win, per ESPN’s Mike Reiss.

“NFC South champs!” Vrabel repeatedly declared.

It’s unclear if Vrabel was bestowing that label onto his team or noting that the...