Drake Maye aims to do what Tom Brady couldn’t with the Patriots: win a playoff game in Denver
January 23, 2026
Drake Maye has a chance to accomplish something not even Tom Brady did with the Patriots. Maye is hoping to beat the Broncos in the AFC championship game in Denver on Sunday and lead New England to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2018. The Patriots have never won a playoff game in Denver. They’ve lost all four tries, with Brady going 0-3. New England and Denver both finished 14-3 in the regular season, but the Broncos won the tiebreaker for home-field advantage because the Patriots lost to the worst team in the NFL, the Las Vegas Raiders, in the first game of the Mike Vrabel era.