Patriots 2025-26 Season

[SparzWizard]

Just saw the Jules/Gronk podcast and their reaction to Sunday Night's Patriots win. Can definitely tell they're big fans of their former team and definitely respect their analyses. Miss the great 'ol Patriot days.

They're right when they mentioned that Maye's been flushing out to the right a lot. The Bills were catching on to it and started pressuring Maye in the 4th quarter. Teams are going to start game-planning/flanking him to his right. Hope Josh McDaniels can start designing some plays and adapt for Maye to get him moving to the left.

And how about a shoutout to the special teams unit: Andy being perfect with his kicks, Baringer with solid punts, Marcus Jones being versatile...man, it's been a while since ST had lights out performance.

[Phantom255x]

SCREW THESE REFS. HOW DO YOU THROW A FLAG 3 MINUTES AFTER A TOUCHDOWN WHAT???

[Vermont Green]

Horrible officiating.

[Phantom255x]

The fix is in. HORRIBLE. And of course, that obvious Saints DPI is not called 

[Jiri Welsch]

Good win in a "taking care of business" sort of way. It wasn't pretty but they don't all need to be.

Maye looks like he's continuing to improve. Good pocket presence and no turnovers.

We need to be able to run the ball better!

[keevsnick]

250+ yards with a 70%+ complete percentage and a few clutch scrambles is becoming the normal for Drake Maye. Only 23 years old and already this good.

Its a good thing too because the Patriots run game is nonexistent. Stevenson literally average 1.5 yards a carry this game.

[SparzWizard]

4-2 now and the Ravens are 1-5. Wild.

The Chiefs may wrap up tonight being 2-4

[Neurotic Guy]

250+ yards with a 70%+ complete percentage and a few clutch scrambles is becoming the normal for Drake Maye. Only 23 years old and already this good.

Its a good thing too because the Patriots run game is nonexistent. Stevenson literally average 1.5 yards a carry this game.

First down runs for little or negative yards were agonizing. But Maye is something else. Boutte is fantastic. Really glad for him getting more targets.

[Phantom255x]

I will say, it's cool to me Vrabel seems fine letting Maye throw the ball on 3rd downs late in these games to truly ice it instead of eating clock and settling for a punt. Stuff that usually is reserved for the elite of the elites like Josh Allen, Burrow, Mahomes, Brady, etc. And Maye has earned it. Mostly made good throws or good decisions in those spots. I love the aggressiveness too. Go win it instead of playing scared and not to lose.

Beggars can't be choosers. I still think we blew the Steelers game and really should be 5-1, but whatever. Already reached our win total from each of the last two seasons. And honestly, looking at this schedule I don't see why the Pats can't go 7-4 the rest of the way. That'd put them at 11-6 and firmly in a playoff spot IMO. Or even 6-5, to finish 10-7 and probably still get in.

I only really see 3 tough games. Bills, Ravens, Buccaneers, but even the Ravens game may not be as bad because they could be out of it by then and that team is also dealing with injuries even besides Lamar. Bengals don't have Burrow. Falcons could be tricky, and there may be a trap game/unexpected loss mixed in but still, 10-11 wins is absolutely on the table. The Browns IMO could be a trap game given their elite defense, but next week vs. TEN should not be bad at all.

[SparzWizard]

I will say, it's cool to me Vrabel seems fine letting Maye throw the ball on 3rd downs late in these games to truly ice it instead of eating clock and settling for a punt. Stuff that usually is reserved for the elite of the elites like Josh Allen, Burrow, Mahomes, Brady, etc. And Maye has earned it. Mostly made good throws or good decisions in those spots. I love the aggressiveness too. Go win it instead of playing scared and not to lose.

Beggars can't be choosers. I still think we blew the Steelers game and really should be 5-1, but whatever. Already reached our win total from each of the last two seasons. And honestly, looking at this schedule I don't see why the Pats can't go 7-4 the rest of the way. That'd put them at 11-6 and firmly in a playoff spot IMO. Or even 6-5, to finish 10-7 and probably still get in.

I only really see 3 tough games. Bills, Ravens, Buccaneers, but even the Ravens game may not be as bad because they could be out of it by then and that team is also dealing with injuries even besides Lamar. Bengals don't have Burrow. Falcons could be tricky, and there may be a trap game/unexpected loss mixed in but still, 10-11 wins is absolutely on the table. The Browns IMO could be a trap game given their elite defense, but next week vs. TEN should not be bad at all.

Remind these trash teams that they have to tank, so they'll give up 

[Vermont Green]

Drake Maye continues to impress.  There are a few clear top QBs in the league, MVP level guys, Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, I will even throw Dak Prescott in this group.  But Drake Maye is right there with anyone else in my opinion.  Some of the next tier guys are on better teams or have more experience, more track record, but I think Maye can play with any of them in this tier, and he is still young for an NFL QB.

There is no doubt that Maye is making a leap this season over last.  Better coaching, better OL, Diggs helps, but I think most of it is just Maye having last season under his belt and him starting to understand it all better.  And I don't think that the OL has been great.  It has been fine, but should probably get better which would allow Maye to get better.  For example, the Saints OL was better.  I could only imagine how Maye would look playing behind that OL.

[Donoghus]

Funny how three weeks ago, some people on here were advocating for tanking. 

[Vermont Green]

Funny how three weeks ago, some people on here were advocating for tanking.

And 5 weeks ago the discussion was that we should have traded back and taken JJ McCarthy. 

[Goldstar88]

Drake Maye continues to impress.  There are a few clear top QBs in the league, MVP level guys, Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, I will even throw Dak Prescott in this group.  But Drake Maye is right there with anyone else in my opinion.  Some of the next tier guys are on better teams or have more experience, more track record, but I think Maye can play with any of them in this tier, and he is still young for an NFL QB.

There is no doubt that Maye is making a leap this season over last.  Better coaching, better OL, Diggs helps, but I think most of it is just Maye having last season under his belt and him starting to understand it all better.  And I don't think that the OL has been great.  It has been fine, but should probably get better which would allow Maye to get better.  For example, the Saints OL was better.  I could only imagine how Maye would look playing behind that OL.

The offensive line for the patriots has been very good so far this season. The?ve done a solid job protecting Maye. That with McDaniels is a good combo for a young QB. Very reminiscent of what Josh did with Mac his rookie year. This is probably a more talented team, but it?s comparable.

Pro Football Focus currently ranks the unit fourth in the NFL in the pass blocking efficiency metric. They have allowed only two sacks, seven quarterback hits and 26 hurries in 153 snaps so far this season.

[Amonkey]

Drake Maye continues to impress.  There are a few clear top QBs in the league, MVP level guys, Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, I will even throw Dak Prescott in this group.  But Drake Maye is right there with anyone else in my opinion.  Some of the next tier guys are on better teams or have more experience, more track record, but I think Maye can play with any of them in this tier, and he is still young for an NFL QB.

There is no doubt that Maye is making a leap this season over last.  Better coaching, better OL, Diggs helps, but I think most of it is just Maye having last season under his belt and him starting to understand it all better.  And I don't think that the OL has been great.  It has been fine, but should probably get better which would allow Maye to get better.  For example, the Saints OL was better.  I could only imagine how Maye would look playing behind that OL.

The offensive line for the patriots has been very good so far this season. The?ve done a solid job protecting Maye. That with McDaniels is a good combo for a young QB. Very reminiscent of what Josh did with Mac his rookie year. This is probably a more talented team, but it?s comparable.

Pro Football Focus currently ranks the unit fourth in the NFL in the pass blocking efficiency metric. They have allowed only two sacks, seven quarterback hits and 26 hurries in 153 snaps so far this season.

Not sure how much it's attributed to Maye's growth or the offensive line, but you can really see how much comfortable he is in the pocket. His pocket awareness has been off the charts but that also works when the pressure is not 5 guys coming all at once.

Mac Jones struggled his last year but the line was so bad that he had no faith at all of his ability to have time to throw. At that point, he was seeing ghosts and the throws were all over the place and felt desperate.

Maye is really growing and becoming confident and having a strong line seems to be a huge factor. Having a line that is also full of rookies may bite us at some point if they do more tricky things with a less experienced group, but it will also help the grow together and could be a good foundation for our offense for years to come.