Patriots 2025-26 Season

[Vermont Green]

Milton Williams was huge. 

[Billz401]

Defense was amazing tonight, bend but dont break in the 1st half. Lights out in the 2nd half. Big Money Milton making plays, great to see him back out on the field!

[Silas]

How about them Pats....

[SparzWizard]

This game reminded me of our last playoff win- against the Rams in Superbowl 53.

16-3 final

[Neurotic Guy]

Hope Gonzalez is ready to go v Pittsburgh or Houston.

[Phantom255x]

I think I had multiple heart attacks but LETS GO! First playoff win post-Brady!

[jambr380]

After such an amazing season, it would have really put a damper on the whole thing losing in the Wildcard.

Drake and the whole team getting that first W is a relief and will be beneficial to moving forward, regardless of whether they win any additional games these playoffs. Look at poor Justin Herbert.

This team is really fun and seems to be able persevere through difficult times. The defense deserve a ton of credit for holding it all together when Drake and the offense was shaky. Glad to see that big pass TD to seal the game, but they need better ball security if they want to win more than one game.

[Redz]

After such an amazing season, it would have really put a damper on the whole thing losing in the Wildcard.

Drake and the whole team getting that first W is a relief and will be beneficial to moving forward, regardless of whether they win any additional games these playoffs. Look at poor Justin Herbert.

This team is really fun and seems to be able persevere through difficult times. The defense deserve a ton of credit for holding it all together when Drake and the offense was shaky. Glad to see that big pass TD to seal the game, but they need better ball security if they want to win more than one game.

Speaking of ball security, have you ever seen a guy with a tighter grip on the ball than Stephenson?  It?s two hands in a lock grip all the time.  What a turn around for a guy who looked completely shell shocked at the start of the season.

Great win.  And they get another home game as a reward.  I see the stars aligning for a Buffalo / New England showdown for the AFC title game in Foxboro. 

But I?m getting ahead of myself.

[SparzWizard]

After such an amazing season, it would have really put a damper on the whole thing losing in the Wildcard.

Drake and the whole team getting that first W is a relief and will be beneficial to moving forward, regardless of whether they win any additional games these playoffs. Look at poor Justin Herbert.

This team is really fun and seems to be able persevere through difficult times. The defense deserve a ton of credit for holding it all together when Drake and the offense was shaky. Glad to see that big pass TD to seal the game, but they need better ball security if they want to win more than one game.

Speaking of ball security, have you ever seen a guy with a tighter grip on the ball than Stephenson?  It?s two hands in a lock grip all the time.  What a turn around for a guy who looked completely shell shocked at the start of the season.

Great win.  And they get another home game as a reward.  I see the stars aligning for a Buffalo / New England showdown for the AFC title game in Foxboro. 

But I?m getting ahead of myself.

Hopefully it's New England traveling to Denver. NE first gotta take care of business next week.

Buffalo is the better battle-tested team between Buffalo/Denver so hopefully the Broncos can put them away next week.

[SparzWizard]

CB Stephen Gonzalez is in the concussion protocol the team announced

[Donoghus]

CB Stephen Gonzalez is in the concussion protocol the team announced

Might want to get the first name right there chief.

[SparzWizard]

CB Stephen Gonzalez is in the concussion protocol the team announced

Might want to get the first name right there chief.

*Christian Gonzalez

Kept typing in my old professor's name which was Stephen G. 😂

[Phantom255x]

CB Stephen Gonzalez is in the concussion protocol the team announced

Might want to get the first name right there chief.

Lol I read that first as "Stephon Gilmore" and was like wait we signed him back?? 

Hope he clears it before Sunday

[Vermont Green]

Buffalo is the better battle-tested team between Buffalo/Denver so hopefully the Broncos can put them away next week.

What are you saying, that you would rather see DEN win?  I would not care much but if the Pats were to make it that far, a DEN win means a road game at 5,280 ft, a BUF win means a home game.  I think a BUF win is better for the Pats.

As to the PIT, HOU game, not sure it matters much who wins.  HOU is probably the better team, a lot like LAC with a good defense but nothing particularly scary on offense.  I guess the best thing would be a tough, smash mouth game where both teams end up beat up.

The Pats weakness, as it has been all season in my view, is the OL.  LAC was able to put a lot of pressure on Maye.  He made some great plays both with his arm and his legs, and he has done that all season, but man, they should be better.  If you exclude runs by Maye, it was 19 carries for 80 yards (4.2 per).  That is not bad.  I will take that, but I think the LAC game plan was to concede the run to some extend and focus on pressuring Maye.  I expect either HOU or PIT to do the same.

[Donoghus]

Buffalo is the better battle-tested team between Buffalo/Denver so hopefully the Broncos can put them away next week.

What are you saying, that you would rather see DEN win?  I would not care much but if the Pats were to make it that far, a DEN win means a road game at 5,280 ft, a BUF win means a home game.  I think a BUF win is better for the Pats.

As to the PIT, HOU game, not sure it matters much who wins.  HOU is probably the better team, a lot like LAC with a good defense but nothing particularly scary on offense.  I guess the best thing would be a tough, smash mouth game where both teams end up beat up.

The Pats weakness, as it has been all season in my view, is the OL.  LAC was able to put a lot of pressure on Maye.  He made some great plays both with his arm and his legs, and he has done that all season, but man, they should be better.  If you exclude runs by Maye, it was 19 carries for 80 yards (4.2 per).  That is not bad.  I will take that, but I think the LAC game plan was to concede the run to some extend and focus on pressuring Maye.  I expect either HOU or PIT to do the same.

Houston is a much bigger problem for the Pats, IMO.  Their defense is elite and they are capable to give Maye problems on a bigger scale than what the Chargers did last night. 

Pats match up better with Pittsburgh.   Pats had no reason losing to them in Week 3 and I imagine the Pats won't turnover the ball 5 times this go around.