They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Patriots' quarterback, full stop. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

The cost of the McMillan reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hadden.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.