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Patriots survived a late scare to win their sixth straight. New England looked to be in control on Sunday, threatening to make it a two-touchdown lead midway through the third quarter. But after settling for a field goal, the Patriots had to survive a Drake Maye interception and two Falcons scoring drives, with New England bailed out by John Parker Romo's missed extra-point try that would have tied the game with less than five minutes left. The Patriots’ defense did get a stop late, and Maye completed a late third-down pass to Hunter Henry to ice the game, but it was a struggle after outplaying Atlanta for most of the game. New England’s defense kept the run game in check and held Bijan Robinson to 96 yards on 20 touches, but Drake London (three TDs) carved them up and nearly took the game over in the fourth quarter. The Patriots lost Christian Gonzalez and Christian Elliss defensively and were barely hanging on by the end. Falcons’ comeba...