Winners and losers from the Patriots’ loss to the Rams

The New England Patriots dropped their Week 11 contest 28-22 to the Los Angeles Rams to fall to 3-8 on the year.

Here is who caught our eye for better or worse upon live viewing.

QB Drake Maye: Sunday was Maye's best statical game under center, as he set a career-high with 282 passing yards and +0.27 EPA per play. Facing a near 50 percent pressure rate, Maye's decision-making shined as he carved up the underneath area of the field (27-of-33, 240 yards, 1 TD). Maye only scrambled three times for 27 yards, but worked the pocket well to find several completions — including drifting to his right to avoid pressure and find Pop Douglas for an early 28-yard gain.

The only negative, again, was the turnovers. The early strip sack came in just 2.32 seconds (fastest sack this NFL season) as Braden Fiske and Kobie Turner ran an interior stunt — something that's plagued the line all season. Then came the game-ending interception, where Maye took most of the blame for the miscommunication between him and Douglas.

WR Kendrick Bourne: After being benched last week, Bourne bounced back in a big way on Sunday. The veteran wideout caught all five of his targets for a team-high 70 yards and the first touchdown of the game. Bourne is back in the rotation at receiver and the Patriots will need more of those performances moving forward.

DL Christian Barmore: In his return from blood clots, Barmore gets in the winner column for just making it back to the football field. The awesome story included Barmore playing 21 snaps in his season debut, where he finished with three tackles and a QB pressure. His biggest impact was drawing double-teams as a pass rusher, something that should only help New England's other rushers moving forward while Barmore himself settles in.

Coaching staff: After a positive week for the coaching staff in Chicago, it felt like a step backwards for Jerod Mayo and his staff against the Rams.

Starting with Mayo himself, there were plenty of questionable in-game decisions. Mayo opted for a field goal on 4th-and-goal from the 2-yard line and kicked an extra point down nine in the fourth quarter (the opposite of what he did against Jacksonville). Mayo has been one of the more conservative coaches in football, an interesting choice for a team that needs all the help they can get.

As for his coordinators, the plan to leave Christian Gonzalez along the boundary will be the popular second guess as Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp ran wild elsewhere. From this point of view, blitzing Matthew Stafford on over 60 percent of his drop backs were the head scratcher. The veteran carved up New England's blitzes going 12-for-17 with 217 yards and three TDs — including the 69-yarder to Kupp off an aggressive Cover-0 call.

On offense, Alex Van Pelt enjoyed a nice start to the game with some strong winkles such as the Marcus Jones offensive package and Vederian Lowe touchdown. But, back-to-back under-center runs inside the five in the third quarter led to a field goal, while the short-yardage runs on the final touchdown drive took too much time off the clock. Drawing back to the end of the first half against Tennessee, Van Pelt often seems too hyper-focused on picking up first downs in those situations.

Offensive line: Conditions did not seem to be unplayable for Drake Maye in live action, but the rookie quarterback ended the day under pressure on 47.8 percent of his drop backs — led by Rams rookie rusher Jared Verse with five pressures (four coming under 2.5 seconds). New England's backs also ran for just 3.6 yards per carry while the team had just a 32 percent success rate on the ground.

The unit also dealt with some procedural penalties — the biggest being an illegal formation call on Vederian Lowe that negated a 17-yard out of structure completion to Hunter Henry. After the game, Lowe said he was previously warned twice by the referees.

CB Jonathan Jones: With Sean McVay and the Rams working away from Christian Gonzalez, Jonathan Jones saw plenty of action come his way. The veteran gave up an early 12-yard touchdown to Puka Nacua before making an aggressive move to try and breakup a pass to Cooper Kupp with no safety help that resulted in a 69-yard touchdown.

The veteran did rebound with a big time PBU against Nacua late in the fourth quarter.

Honorable mentions