Week 10 · 2025–26 season
Patriots
W 28-23 at Buccaneers · Nov 9, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
Patriots fans letting themselves believe 8-2 with a seven-game streak and a road win over Tampa is actually real.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
D.Maye's pick at the goal line could have flipped this one, but K.Williams' 72-yard score and T.Henderson's 55-yard burst built enough cushion that a late M.Hollins 54-yarder put it away. Seven straight, 8-2, and a road win over a contender — the kind of week where the formula stops mattering because someone keeps making the play. The margin for sloppy giveaways shrinks from here, but that's a problem for next Sunday.
What fans said
“HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT BEING 8-2 WITH A 2 GAME LEAD???”
u/brian_c29▲ 873joy
“Say it with me: They don’t ask how, they ask how many.”
u/McFish30▲ 369pride
“This team is full of gamers though man. If someone doesn’t make a play, someone else somewhere does and they find ways to win.”
u/thatErraticguy▲ 530hope
“HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEL TO BE DTF AND GET OUR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN?”
u/Vuish▲ 130joy
“8-2 beating a SB contender on the road, fucking huge”
u/G_Wash1776▲ 110joy
“Statement win! 2 up on the Bills, remaining 1st in the division! 7 game win streak!”
u/Chad2Badd▲ 59joy
14 more
“Hollins had a godly game. Absolutely loved the maye hollins 3 down connection”
u/mrmarkme▲ 68joy
“I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to the beauty of a Drake Maye missile downfield”
u/couchtimes▲ 88joy
“He got hit helmet to helmet and they let it slide. I know he’s a ‘runner’ at that point, but come the fuck on”
u/ipickscabs▲ 81rage
“Tre proving all doubters wrong that were ready to cast him to the wolves after that fumble”
u/crackdup▲ 204pride
“#SET THE FUCKIN TONE!”
u/Vegeta-the-vegetable▲ 85joy
“The vibes are immaculate. LFG!!!”
u/curmudgeonthewise▲ 47joy
“Naming my firstborn Drake Maye and my second born TreVeyon”
u/MotherOnSomeBeatHoe▲ 41joy
“IS THAT A PATRIOT ROOKIE WR MAKING A PLAY?????? WE ARE SO BACK”
u/astroBOLD▲ 26joy
“I don’t give a fuck if he completes one pass all game comparing Drake to Mac should be an auto ban”
u/EAS1000▲ 29rage
“Edge of my seat the whole 4th quarter”
u/Vegeta-the-vegetable▲ 61joy
“Zooming in on the woman yelling HOLY SHIT at her child made me bust out laughing”
u/TheTater0427▲ 24joy
“FROM ALL THE SOFT ASS KIDS DOUBTING FROM THE FIRST QUATER TO EVERYONE ELSE BEING FAKE, GO EAT SOME ROPE, EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS LOCKED IN, ILY 8-2 WE ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL ILYYU”
u/YungDripStar▲ 17joy
“Yeah, that was some Troy polamalu shit right there, wasn't there when drake threw the ball, great interception”
u/ShuckingFambles▲ 30joy
“Holy crap Drake. What an MVP type of play”
u/Broad-Half3135▲ 24joy