Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte embraces new era of stability in New England as team surges toward first-round bye

The New England Patriots beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-23, and are now 8-2. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes ask how far the Patriots can go, if the Buffalo Bills are in trouble after losing 30-13 to the Miami Dolphins, and if the...

The New England Patriots are back.

There was a glimmer of hope in the post-Tom Brady era when rookie Mac Jones led the Pats to the playoffs, but he ultimately fizzled out, and dark times followed in Foxborough.

Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel, however, have come to the rescue.

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New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte reacts after running for a touchdown during the second quarter against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome.  (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

Kayshon Boutte is in his third season with New England, and he has seen it all. He's had as many head coaches as he's had seasons in the league (Bill Belichick, Jerod Mayo and Vrabel). In fact, Boutte has had six offensive coordinators since college, so the coaching changes in New England were nothing more than par for the course for him.

But now, it appears he will finally have some continuity.

"Last year wasn’t the way we wanted it to be, but just coming in, trusting everything he was saying and how he wants things done," Boutte said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital about his current head coach. "He was a player at one time, so he’s a players’ coach in our eyes. He wants the best for us as players. Trusting everything he’s saying, I think everybody has done a great job of that, and now we’re sitting at where we’re at today."

As far as Maye goes, Boutte has seen plenty of growth out of the second-year quarterback.

Kayshon Boutte of the New England