FOXBOROUGH – If you take a look at the secondary market ticket price’s for Sunday’s home game against the Buffalo Bills, you’d think it was 2014 again in Foxborough.

Fans will be paying about $200-$300 to sit in the upper deck and close to $1,500 to sit in the lower bowl. It’s the biggest home game since that fateful night when Mike Vrabel’s Titans ended Brady’s Patriots career.

It’s also a sign that people believe in what the’ve seen whole heartedly from Mike Vrabel’s version of the team.

On Monday and Wednesday, Vrabel and Drake Maye both talked about the significance of this weekend’s AFC East showdown against their division rivals with a championship on the line.

Vrabel was here as a player when the Patriots were owning the Bills, but even from afar, he knows how one-sided the Buffalo has made this – it’s been like the Jim Kelly, Eric Moulds, Bruce Smith and Thurman Thomas days if you’re old enough to remember them – the last five years.

It hasn’t really been a rivalry.

“I just got here. So again, I know that they’ve won the division five years in a row. I don’t think there was really much of a rivalry for those years. Maybe not, I don’t know. I wasn’t paying any attention to it,” said Vrabel. “I’m just focused on a very good football team, that is used to winning. They’re determined, they’re resilient and we’ll have to be at our best.”

Maye’s rapid ascension into the MVP discussion this season has been a bit surprising. Most of us thought he was good, but not this good this quick. Asked about comparisons to Josh Allen, Maye took it in a different direction.

“I think it just gives you guys something to talk about, something to, ‘Hopefully this guy turns into this guy, if he doesn’t, some other guy or some other thing.’ One of the biggest things Coach Vrabel says is, ‘Don’t try to compare or set expectations.’ But I’m honored,” he said. “If that comparison is there with Josh, I’m honored to be compared to a guy like him at his level. I think I’m a far long ways away from playing like him, and he’s, like I said, the best in the game. I’m looking forward to another matchup when we meet versus him.”

Maye was also asked if he feels like he’s ready to take his game to another level when the stakes get higher, just like the guy wearing No. 12 did for so many years.

So far, this is the biggest game without question of his young NFL career.

“I think the great ones do, and I think I’ve got to continue to try to prove that,” Maye added. “I’ve played in maybe one or two prime time matchups or matchups against great quarterbacks or great defenses. So, that’s something I’ve got to continue to prove every week. That’s not something that I can just say – I hope I do. I hope I do every time, but it’s something you’ve got to prove. Go out there and play, and show that to my teammates, show that to this team, show that to this organization.

“I believe in myself and believe I can do it, but it’s something that you don’t really just – I think you can say you can elevate, but you’ve got to go out there and do it and let others say that about you.”

The season doesn’t come to a screeching halt on Sunday if the Pats lose and they will still be a playoff team. They’ll probably still finish 14-3 at worst. Still, there’s no denying an extra little edge and focus around the facility this week.

They know the opportunity they have at home doesn’t come around very often.

Gillette doesn’t have the greatest reputation when it comes to noise, but the Patriots have turned it into a fairly difficult place to play again…as long as the fans do their part.

Lots should be filling up by 9:30-10:00 a.m. The people in the club seats should be outside (I’d take advantage of it during breaks and halftime too, don’t get me wrong, just get out there for the action). From the 300s all the way down to the lower bowl and the corner sections, no one should be sitting.

It’s the biggest game in Foxborough in six years. If you’re lucky enough to be there, make sure you make it a memorable one.

The team will be doing their damndest to hold up its end of the bargain.

“I mean, there’s no better way to win the division than with the team that’s fighting to crawl back and to keep themselves as division champs. So, it’s opportunity for us to do it here, do it versus them and control your own destiny,” said Maye. “That’s what we have. We have a chance to do it here, and I know we could do it down the road, but why not do it this weekend at home with a division opponent coming in that plays at a high level? I’m looking forward to being in front of the fans and getting out there with my teammates.

“It’s fun to play in these types of games. This is what you strap up your helmet and put on the shoulder pads for.”