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NFL Owner Makes It Clear 18-Game Season Is Coming

An NFL owner suggested that an expanded regular season could be a near certainty. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Tuesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub's Zolak & Bertrand that the league will make a concerted push to implement an 18-game regular season.

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Opinion: Drake Maye’s small hands are becoming a playoff problem

The most important context in all of this is easy to miss: the Patriots are winning anyway. New England has taken both playoff games so far, and that matters.

New England Patriots News / New England Patriots on SI / January 20

Two Patriots Earn PFWA Rookie Team Honors

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As the New England Patriots turn their attention to their AFC championship showdown with the Denver Broncos, a pair of promising first-year standouts have joined the ranks of those earning individual accolades for an impressive regular-season performance.

New England Patriots News / New England Patriots on SI / January 20

Patriots Projected To Select Massive OT In Latest Mock Draft

The New England Patriots still have football to be played this season. That doesn't mean we still can't look a few months ahead to what will come from the 2026 NFL Draft in April.

Bo Nix News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Last three-passing-TD playoff game' quiz

Can you name the last quarterback to throw at least three touchdown passes in a playoff game for each NFL franchise?

The '2024-25 NFL passing TD leaders' quiz

The 'Last 100-yard rusher by NFL team' quiz

The 'Super Bowl-winning head coaches' quiz

NFL News / Yardbarker / January 20

Will Patriots fans get shut out of AFC title game tickets?

The New England Patriots may find Sunday’s AFC Championship Game even more tilted toward the Denver Broncos than expected. Ticketmaster, one of the world’s largest ticket distributors, is blocking ticket purchases from anyone outside the Rocky Mountain region for the highly anticipated matchup, Boston 25 News reported Tuesday.

Patriots' Drake Maye reacts to brutal Bo Nix injury after clinching AFC championship showdown vs. Broncos

Patriots players dismiss 'Cinderella' label ahead of AFC Championship Game vs. Broncos

Broncos' Jarrett Stidham could have returned to Patriots instead of facing them in AFC Championship

The best and worst uniform changes in NFL history

NFL News / Yardbarker

The best one-and-done playoff teams in NFL history

The best teams do not always win the Super Bowl. Sometimes, great NFL squads have failed to win a playoff game. Here are the best ones since the AFL-NFL merger to fall short of advancing in a postseason bracket.

Mike Vrabel News / The Spun / January 20

Mike Vrabel Was Asked If There's 'Tricks' To Playing In Denver

As a player, Mike Vrabel made plenty of trips to Denver for games, but none as big as Sunday's AFC Championship Game. With the notorious high altitude stadium being the host venue for his New England Patriots, Vrabel has plans for dealing with it.

New England Patriots News / PatsFans.com / January 20

Patriots Are More Than Just a Football Team: They Give Us the Bookmarks in Our Lives

Hi there. It’s been about 15 years since we last talked in this space, but do you have a few minutes for us to catch up? Perhaps you remember me from my weekly column for this website from 2002-2011. Perhaps we have never crossed paths before. Either way, for the first time in a decade and a half, I’m back.

NFL News / New England Patriots on SI / January 20

Do Broncos or Patriots Have Better Defense?

The New England Patriots are one win away from a shot at the Lombardi Trophy. But to book their Super Bowl LX tickets, they’ll have to slay a demon they’ve never beaten before: the Denver Broncos, in Denver, in the playoffs.

NFL News / Yardbarker / January 20

Is Maye worried about Pats' woeful history of road playoff games vs. Broncos?

Is Drake Maye worried about Patriots' woeful history of road playoff games vs. Broncos?

Going back to January 1987, the Patriots have gone 0-4 in road playoff games versus the Broncos.

Ranking NFL's final four ahead of conference championship games

Patriots' Drake Maye reacts to brutal Bo Nix injury after clinching AFC championship showdown vs. Broncos

'They might be better': NFL executive offers eyebrow-raising Bo Nix-Jarrett Stidham take

The most significant worst-to-first NFL teams

The 'Last three-passing-TD playoff game' quiz

NFL News / Yardbarker

Looking back at every NFL Christmas Day game

For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.

NFL News / Yardbarker / January 20

How Texans HC wants C.J. Stroud to respond to playoff flop

How Texans' DeMeco Ryans wants C.J. Stroud to respond to playoff flop vs. Patriots

Stroud tossed four picks in the first half of the 28-16 defeat at New England.

C.J. Stroud's regression puts Texans in tough spot

Texans QB C.J. Stroud discusses awful performance in playoff loss to Patriots

QB C.J. Stroud's playoff flop should give Texans pause in contract talks

The most significant worst-to-first NFL teams

The 'NFL rookie QBs to win a playoff game' quiz

New England Patriots News / NFL on ClutchPoints / January 19

Bill Simmons casts doubt on Patriots’ Super Bowl readiness

The New England Patriots are rolling, the NFL Playoffs are alive, and Super Bowl talk is getting louder by the week. Drake Maye and the Patriots just handled the Houston Texans, pushed another step closer to February, and reignited belief across the fan base.