A 29-26 win over the Buffalo Bills was exactly what the New England Patriots needed to turn the corner and build momentum in the second month of the regular season. A road win over a Super Bowl contender is big and motivating. You could see it in how the team interacted with one another heading back to the locker room. Can they keep this vibe going, though, in Week 5?

As mentioned on the Patriots Roundtable Podcast, September is "fool's gold" in the NFL. Teams can start slow and still end up winning their division and going deep into the playoffs. At 2-2, the Patriots now square off against a few teams who still don't have an identity in the coming weeks. That could help them get ahead a bit in the standings.

So, let's see who's going into those matchups flying high and who still has work to iron out after a thrilling Week 4 win in Buffalo.

Let's welcome 2025's League MVP runner-up to the Stock Up category for the first time this season. Drake Maye didn't need to win the game on Sunday to set Pats Nation at ease. It's nice that he did, though.

Maye just needed to go out there and prove that his mental errors that kicked off the season were a thing of the past. He finished with 269 total passing yards with three touchdown passes. He threw an interception that the court of public opinion seems to be giving him a break on, but his ball-control skills still need work.

Many saw the Patriots enter Highmark Stadium expecting the Buffalo Bills to drop 40 points on them and not allow the offense to move the ball at all. Maye answered with a resilient win and a fourth-quarter drive that put the league on notice this week that his doldrums may be a thing of the past.

Romeo Doubs was a far cry from what we saw throughout September on Sunday. He got the most targets from Maye throughout the game. Doubs finished with six catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns.

Doubs also kept a few drives alive by converting two fourth-down plays. His second touchdown came at the start of the second half when the Patriots trailed 17-14 after allowing the Bills to put up points before halftime. Doubs' touchdown out of the locker room restored confidence among those watching that this game wasn't going to go off the rails for the Patriots.

He missed a catch on the final drive, down the sideline, that could've been big, but the bigger picture is that the chemistry between Maye and Doubs seems to be improving. Add A.J. Brown into the mix in a few weeks, and this offense could be devastating for secondaries by midseason.

Wide receiver Efton Chism III doesn't make this list because he made his case for "Catch of the Year" on that final drive. He makes it due to what could come from it.

Less than a year after Kayshon Boutte's insane catch in the AFC Divisional Round Playoff game against the Texans, the Patriots have another famous clutch catch to revel in. Chism's catch was so jaw-dropping it even ruffled the feathers of Bills safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, who had a blunt take on the play in his post-game interview.

Chsiim had two catches for 42 yards on that final drive alone and was key after wide receiver Mack Hollins went down with a calf injury. With A.J. Brown still out and Mack Hollins questionable for next week, maybe it's time we see a resurgence of the slot receiver in the Patriots offense.

Week 4 was Will Campbell's worst game of the season; he's had worse, though. Campbell had a tremendous first three weeks of the regular season. He led the league at the position in September, allowing only three pressures on Maye and posting a 2.8 percent pressure rate.

The second-year left tackle allowed six tackles on Maye. One of those included contact on the quarterback; what followed was Maye finding Doubs in the end zone.

Campbell will need a good week at practice. The reason being? Next week against the Las Vegas Raiders, he'll face one of the league's premier edge rushers, Maxx Crosby, opposite him.

Kyle Williams had an impressive preseason but hasn't yet gone off in a regular-season game. Williams has thrown a few inaccurate passes his way, which isn't his fault. However, many have noted that he can step into the X-receiver role but hasn't yet.

He could've done so when Mack Hollins went down with his calf injury. Williams is a speedster and thrives in the "go-routes." It's confusing why he can't fill these voids when he's needed.

Those traits could help him going forward, but one area of concern is that Mike Vrabel teased on Monday that the Patriots are exploring adding some wideout options in the near future, with the wide receiver room currently banged up.

Like Campbell, running back TreVeyon Henderson's stock hasn't plummeted, but the needle doesn't seem to be moving in terms of progress in the run game. Henderson is a speedster in the open field and can break out for a big rush; in the trenches, he can hardly get five yards on a carry.

On Sunday, he carried the ball 14 times but only generated just 42 yards, averaging a meager 3.0 yards per carry. Henderson's longest run of the day was only for 11 yards. Drake Maye even had more rushing yards than Henderson, with 54.

This could pick up next week. The Raiders rank 27th in the NFL in rushing defense, allowing an average of 134.5 rushing yards per game in the first month of the season. They give up a staggering 5.17 yards per carry to opposing running backs. Maybe next week, Henderson has a breakout game.

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