Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Patriots
W 28-24 at Ravens · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Content
Patriots fans toasting a 12-3 playoff clinch in Baltimore while side-eyeing the officiating that nearly cost them.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
D.Maye's fourth quarter — the 37-yard strike to K.Williams, then the 21-yard dagger to S.Diggs that set up R.Stevenson's go-ahead touchdown — was the kind of stretch that rewrites how a quarterback gets talked about in this town. A playoff spot is clinched and the misery dial finally exhales. Still worth remembering: the offense spent three quarters making this harder than it needed to be, and a Q2 strip-sack nearly cost everything.
What fans said
“HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEL TO GET A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY AND CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT IN 2025?”
u/Vuish▲ 520joy
“Today was a good day!”
u/davedavedaveck▲ 374joy
“Legacy defining 4th quarter from Maye, with a Herculean assist from Diggs. Favorite win of the season for sure, even more pleasing than beating the Bills!”
u/crackdup▲ 625joy
“Say it with me, FUUUUUUUUCK THE ZEBRAS!!!”
u/ssbChad▲ 204rage
“300+ yards and a playoff ticket? LFG!!!!”
u/willzyx01▲ 164joy
“PATRIOTS WIN! PLAYOFF BOUND 12-3”
u/ImTomBrady▲ 87joy
14 more
“The way he ended that game, man. Overcoming a(nother) blown DPI, lulling the defense into expecting a knee, running the first down to ice it... Incredible. Drake is him.”
u/Ulexes▲ 84joy
“I think the NFL might be rigged. The calls this season against everyone in the league have been beyond reprehensible.”
u/cookiesarenomnom▲ 62betrayal
“genuinely one of my favorite patriots of the 2020s, absolute dawg”
u/scarface413▲ 88joy
“Kid just came out and fucking stamped his name on the field.”
u/willzyx01▲ 57joy
“I don't mean to take full credit but ever since my wife took the cookies out of the oven we've forced a turnover and scored a touchdown”
u/ImprovementLonely234▲ 62joy
“Hearing the Baltimore crowd get drowned out by 'MVP' chants got me cracking up”
u/NaffRespect▲ 61joy
“*AWWWWWWWE YEAHHHHHH*”
u/Kakali4▲ 59joy
“Brother the officiating is off the charts sus right now.”
u/super-g-studios▲ 230frustration
“Brilliant call on Stevenson having a barbaric performance he ate several entire heads off the shoulders of ravens this game and I loved it”
u/scarface413▲ 50joy
“HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS”
u/MembershipSingle7137▲ 74joy
“Rhamondre haters In absolute shambles let's fucking goooooooooooo”
u/thedroogabides▲ 24joy
“For two weeks in a row fuck them”
u/Hereforfre▲ 24rage
“What in the actual fuck was that sequence..”
u/mikethemillion▲ 23rage
“It feels SO GOOD having an elite quarterback again and knowing the game isn’t over because you’re down two scores.”
u/DefNotAShark▲ 22joy