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Patriots rout Raiders

Sports · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 9 shows · 1h 16m airtime

The New England Patriots beat the Las Vegas Raiders 45-17 on October 11, 2026, with Drake Maye going 26-of-34 for 374 yards, four touchdowns and 0.74 EPA per dropback. Maye has eight touchdowns and two turnovers over his last two games, with the Patriots averaging 154 rushing yards in that span. The discussion is whether Maye is fully back after a slow start, how much credit belongs to an offensive line that has allowed two sacks in two weeks, and where Elijah Ponder's eight and a half sacks as an undrafted free agent out of Cal Poly fit. Will Campbell and TreVeyon Henderson were injured in the game, and Caleb Lomu allowed one pressure on 29 snaps after replacing Campbell.

How 9 podcasts covered it

  1. First Things First, 2026-10-09 (2:06:15 to 2:08:41)
    Lays chips on New England in the picks segment
    A picks segment on Patriots-Raiders: Nick Wright lays two chips on New England behind Drake Maye's body of work, and Coach Mangini leans on the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Super Bowl run. Prediction and superstition, not new reporting on the result.
  2. The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, 2026-10-12 (53:02 to 55:17)
    Adds Maye's exact line and EPA
    Breaks down the Patriots' 45-point win over Las Vegas from the protection plan: four hands on Maxx Crosby on every snap, and Maye clean for most of the day. Adds Maye's exact line and EPA per dropback to a card that had only rounded totals.
    New angle: Drake Maye went 26-of-34 for 374 yards, four touchdowns and 0.74 EPA per dropback against the Raiders.
  3. The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, 2026-10-12 (55:17 to 59:34)
    Breaks down the protection and Lomu's snaps
    Breaks down the Patriots' protection in the Raiders win: most Las Vegas pressures came after 3.3 seconds, and New England gave up six quick pressures. Adds that Caleb Lomu allowed one pressure on 29 snaps after replacing Will Campbell at halftime, and that Ponder had two sacks and four pressures.
    New angle: Caleb Lomu allowed one pressure on 29 snaps after replacing Will Campbell at halftime.
  4. The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, 2026-10-12 (59:34 to 1:03:23)
    Picks apart McDaniels's best-called game
    Picks apart New England's schematic buttons in the Raiders win - rail motion into dagger, empty checks, the Hunter Henry screen - and calls it Josh McDaniels's best game of the season. Declines to put the Patriots back on the table, scheduling a check-in after Jets, Bears and Dolphins.
    New angle: The Patriots' next three games are the Jets, Bears and Dolphins.
  5. The Bill Simmons Podcast, 2026-10-12 (43:06 to 49:09)
    Argues Vrabel rebuilt Maye's confidence
    Recaps Maye's line against the Raiders and argues Vrabel and McDaniels rebuilt his confidence by going for it on fourth down and adding motion. Stays inside the box score and the injury notes already on the record, then drifts into an Ed Gein bit.
  6. Pardon My Take, 2026-10-12 (1:10:10 to 1:22:07)
    Adds injury news on Campbell and Henderson
    Recaps the Patriots' 45-17 rout of the Raiders and Maye's near-perfect day, then adds injury news: Will Campbell and TreVeyon Henderson went down back to back, and the Raiders' three wins have come against teams with a combined one win.
    New angle: Will Campbell and TreVeyon Henderson were injured in the Raiders game.
  7. First Take, 2026-10-12 (42:02 to 48:21)
    Recaps Maye's five touchdowns and debates the meaning
    Recaps Maye's five touchdowns against the Raiders and debates whether the win means the Patriots are back or the Raiders were exposed. Orlovsky says New England was never not a contender; Smith credits the Raiders' limitations. Stays inside the game everyone already covered.
  8. The Pat McAfee Show, 2026-10-12 (34:34 to 40:26)
    Recaps Maye's 374 yards in the rout
    Recaps the Patriots' rout of the Raiders through a fan's-eye celebration: Maye's 374 yards and four touchdowns without A.J. Brown, the offensive line and Caleb Lomu, and the defense. Stays inside the numbers already on the record.
  9. The Pat McAfee Show, 2026-10-12 (1:18:30 to 1:23:16)
    Breaks down the four-by-one protection
    Orlovsky breaks down the tape of the Raiders win: four-by-one formations with an attached tight end on the back side to help protection, clean pockets, and flooded half-fields. He credits the offensive line and says Maye is reacting again rather than thinking.
    New angle: The Patriots used four-by-one formations with an attached tight end on the back side to help pass protection against the Raiders.
  10. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-12 (21:23 to 24:32)
    Recaps the rout and credits Maye's rebound
    Recaps the Patriots' 45-17 rout of the Raiders, crediting Drake Maye's rebound and 530 yards of offense, and explains the Raiders' flatness as fallout from a physical game against Kansas City. Stays inside the week's coverage, adding only a passing note on the AFC East race.
  11. The Ryen Russillo Show, 2026-10-12 (50:18 to 1:00:12)
    Breaks down Maye and Ponder's eight and a half sacks
    Breaks down Maye's clean day against the Raiders and argues the early-season mistakes were explainable, then pivots to the defense: undrafted edge rusher Elijah Ponder's eight and a half sacks and a New England unit that held up without its top corners.
    New angle: Elijah Ponder has eight and a half sacks through his first two NFL seasons as an undrafted free agent out of Cal Poly.
  12. First Things First, 2026-10-12 (3:15 to 12:05)
    Breaks down Maye's five-touchdown game
    Walks through Maye's five-touchdown, 399-yard game against the Raiders and the numbers behind the turnaround: completion percentage, CPOE, eight touchdowns and two turnovers in two games, and a run game up from 109 to 154 yards a week. Frames it as Maye's season turning at halftime of the Bills game.
    New angle: Maye has eight touchdowns and two turnovers over the last two games, with the Patriots averaging 154 rushing yards in that span.
  13. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-12 (30:51 to 33:51)
    Recaps the rout and why the game was pulled
    Recaps the Patriots' 45-17 rout of the Raiders and why the hosts pulled the game from their contest, crediting Maye's five touchdowns and a Raiders defense that fell apart. Stays inside the week's coverage, adding only a passing yardage figure that differs from the card.
  14. Nightcap, 2026-10-14 (1:00:55 to 1:04:29)
    Recaps Maye's 374-yard day and looks ahead
    Recaps the 45-17 rout and Maye's 374-yard, four-touchdown day, framing it as the game he needed after a turnover-heavy start and suggesting it was personal for Josh McDaniels. Stays inside the box score already on the record, then looks ahead to the Jets, Bears and a Caleb Williams hamstring.
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