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By Matthew Couden
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The New England Patriots faced a tough Week 9 matchup against the Green Bay Packers, with franchise legend Tom Brady returning to Gillette Stadium to call the game.
Brady, who spent the majority of his career playing quarterback for the Patriots, won six Super Bowl rings with the team. He's now working as an analyst for Fox Sports, including calling Sunday's Packers-Patriots clash.
The NFL legend watched from the booth as Patriots quarterback Drake Maye threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns. Unfortunately, he was also intercepted three times and sacked four times by the Packers' defense in their 45-27 blowout win over New England.
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Evan Williams intercepted Maye once, while Xavier McKinney had two picks. After the game, Brady spoke with Williams about Green Bay's impressive defensive performance, even throwing a little shade at Maye.
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"Xavier had two picks. You had one. There was some deli meat given out by Drake Maye today," Brady joked to Williams, who laughed at the remark.
"I'm not gonna say, but he was giving us some gifts for sure," Williams replied.
McKinney got things started early in the first quarter when he picked off Maye's deep pass intended for Mack Hollins and returned it 36 yards. From there, quarterback Jordan Love delivered an opening touchdown on a scramble to take a 7-0 lead.
Williams feasted on some of that "deli meat" in the second quarter when he intercepted another Maye deep pass attempt, this one intended for Kyle Williams. McKinney grabbed his second interception later in the second quarter, picking off Maye's pass for Eli Raridon.
On the opposing side, Love, who has more experience in the league, completed 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns without a single interception.
Brady wasn't mistake-free in his career, as NFL.com reveals that the football legend threw 212 interceptions in his career, which spanned from 2000 to 2022. However, he still needs both hands to show off all his Super Bowl rings.
It's also worth noting that the Patriots legend greeted Maye ahead of the game in a show of respect for the quarterback tasked with taking over as the new field general in New England. That may have added to the pressure of performing in Sunday's game.
The former North Carolina quarterback already has big shoes to fill, and he nearly delivered another Lombardi Trophy to New England in his second season in the league.
Unfortunately, the Seattle Seahawks claimed that trophy. Expectations remain high for Maye, but the Patriots may be experiencing a post-Super Bowl slump this season.
Maye and the Patriots fell to 5-4 with Sunday's loss to the visiting Packers and trail the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills, who are 6-1.
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