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What’s crackin’, folks — Big Dill Sports comin’ in hot from Music City, where the Patriots turned Nissan Stadium into a road show and beat the Titans 31-13. On a week buzzing about coach Mike Vrabel’s return to Nashville and Tennessee handing the headset to interim Mike McCoy after Brian Callahan’s firing, New England walked in as a touchdown favorite and left with a tidy cover — even nudging the total past the number. (espn.com)

Tennessee actually struck the first chord: a Joey Slye boot and a dart from Cameron Ward (25/34, 255 yards, 1 TD) to Chimere Dike (4/4, 70 yards, 1 TD) had the home crowd humming at 10-3. But Drake Maye settled the noise with surgeon vibes — a crisp march capped by Austin Hooper’s short score, then a late-two-minute haymaker to Kayshon Boutte (2/2, 55 yards, 1 TD) for a 17-13 halftime lead. From there, it was all composure and execution: Maye barely let the ball breathe, and New England’s pace felt like a metronome.

The knockout came right after the break. Stefon Diggs (7/7, 69 yards) kept chaining first downs, Rhamondre Stevenson (18 carries, 88 yards, 1 TD) powered in from four yards, and then chaos: a strip in the pocket, and K’Lavon Chaisson scooped it and waltzed it four yards to the house. That 14-point blink turned a tight afternoon into a Nashville lullaby. The Patriots mauled the trenches, piling up 175 rushing yards and 409 total, while Tennessee’s ground game managed just 39 — the definition of ball control with bite.

Big Dill of the Game: Drake Maye (21/23, 222 yards, 2 TD; 62 rush yards). Near-perfect in the air, timely with the legs, and the steady pilot of a mistake-free, road-warrior win on a storyline-heavy Sunday. That’s a wrap from Big Dill Sports — where ballin’ is a big dill.