India, Dec. 29 -- In a stunning decision on Sunday, the New England Patriots decided to take out Drake Maye midway through his breakout game against the New York Jets. Joshua Dobbs came in.

This comes as Maye had completed 19 of his 21 attempts for a mammoth 256 yards and five touchdowns. He also ran three times for 22 yards. At the time of writing this story, the Patriots led 42-3.

Maye's final pass was his fifth touchdown, a 10-yarder to Efton Chism III.

Well, it's more or less clear: New England had already bagged the game. It was the third quarter and Mike Vrabel just wanted to let his backup QB Dobbs have some gametime before the team goes into the postseason.

The same was the case against the Tennessee Titans in Week 7. Dobbs wa...