{"id":680816,"date":"2026-01-16T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680816\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:12:15","slug":"patriots-kayshon-boutte-drops-truth-bomb-about-drake-maye-heading-into-texans-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680816\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots&#8217; Kayshon Boutte Drops Truth Bomb About Drake Maye Heading Into Texans Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots are set to face a tough challenge this Sunday against one of the top defenses in the NFL, the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>While the Texans boast a formidable defense, Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte isn\u2019t worried at all; he has full confidence in quarterback Drake Maye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think with him at quarterback, anything is possible,\u201d Boutte said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Focus ranked Houston\u2019s defense at No. 3 overall for the regular season, but Boutte doesn\u2019t seem concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say one of the toughest,\u201d Boutte said when reporters asked if he thought the Texans <a target=\"_blank\" https:=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were one of the most difficult defenses<\/a> he\u2019s had to prepare for. \u201cAt the end of the day, we know we\u2019re going to get man coverage. We\u2019ve gotta beat it. It\u2019s that simple. They\u2019re not too complicated on defense. Not too many different looks. We get a good tell at what they\u2019re doing. But just being us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boutte had an impressive season, tallying 551 receiving yards and six touchdowns throughout 14 games. He also played a pivotal role in the Patriots\u2019 playoff game last Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, recording four receptions on four targets for 66 yards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If the Patriots hope to secure another playoff victory, they\u2019ll need Boutte to deliver another outstanding performance. This is especially important since the Texans might focus on shutting down wide receiver Stefon Diggs with cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. in coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots are set to face a tough challenge this Sunday against one of the top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[833,7,6306,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-680816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-drake-maye","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kayshon-boutte","11":"tag-new-england","12":"tag-new-england-patriots","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}