New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

NE 29 · BUF 26 · 2026 Week 4

Maye answers Allen’s go-ahead TD with 1:50 left, converts the 2-pointer

Josh Allen found Keon Coleman for 34 yards and a 26-21 lead with 4:27 left, and the missed two-pointer hung over everything like a group-chat typing indicator. You know the feeling — the message that never arrives, the dots that just keep pulsing.

Drake Maye needed 157 seconds to answer: a 23-yard strike to Efton Chism III, then a two-point conversion to Rhamondre Stevenson, and suddenly it's 29-26 Patriots with 110 seconds left. Buffalo had the lead, the crowd, and a quarterback who does this for a living. New England had a plan — and the last word.

The Bills will spend the week thinking about one missed conversion, the two points that would have changed all of Maye's fourth-quarter math. The Patriots will spend it knowing their quarterback walked into Buffalo, took the final minutes personally, and converted when it mattered. That's the difference between a typing indicator and a sent message.