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Patriots’ 2025 Rookie Class Is Powering the Offense

From the moment he arrived in New England, Mike Vrabel made it clear jobs would be earned, not handed out. That message didn’t take long to sink in. So far this season, the Patriots rookies have emerged as some of the team’s most reliable players.

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Mike Vrabel responds to 11-2 Patriots being underdogs against 9-4 Bills

As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the 11-2 New England Patriots as 1.5-point underdogs for their home game versus the 9-4 Buffalo Bills

Patriots' Drake Maye eyeing 'the big one' ahead of massive game vs. Bills

Bills' Connor McGovern sends warning to NFL ahead of massive game vs. Patriots

Why 2025 is Bills' best chance yet to win a Super Bowl

The most crushing defeats in NFL playoff history

The 'NFL QB rushing TD leaders' quiz

NFL News / New England Patriots on SI / December 10

Former Giants Play-Callers Could Be Patriots Next DC

Reports and headlines have swirled recently surrounding the potential of Shane Bowen seeing a return in a defensive coordinator position under New England Patriots' head coach Mike Vrabel.

NFL News / Total Apex Sports / December 9

New England Patriots, Denver Broncos Have Opportunity To Punch Ticket To Playoffs In Week 15

Just when you thought it was safe to write them off, the New England Patriots are knocking on the door of the postseason. That’s right, the same team that scraped together a measly four wins last season is now sitting pretty at 11-2, a turnaround story that has even the most seasoned pundits scratching their heads.

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The 'Oldest 4,000-passing-yard seasons' quiz

How many of the NFL quarterbacks to throw for at least 4,000 yards after turning 35 years old can you name in five minutes?

The 'Yearly NFL passing leaders' quiz

The 'QBs sacked seven times in a win' quiz

The '2K-scrimmage-yard NFL seasons' quiz

New England Patriots News / Field Level Media / December 9

Playoff Picture entering Week 15: Patriots can clinch AFC East

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel wants no part of New England playing in a "shirt and hat game" Sunday. The first-year coach brought up in the Patriot Way under Bill Belichick is on the verge of placing New England back in the postseason for the first time since the 2021 season.

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The biggest disappointments from the 2025 NFL season

All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.

New England Patriots News / New England Patriots on SI / December 8

Patriots' Mike Vrabel Compares Drake Maye to Reigning MVP

Coming out of college, the calling card for Drake Maye was that he plays like a younger Josh Allen. Now with the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills suiting up for the second time this season, the two quarterbacks are pitted against each other once again.

NFL News / Yardbarker / December 8

Vrabel issues challenge for Pats ahead of massive game vs. Bills

Mike Vrabel issues challenge for Patriots ahead of massive game vs. Bills

Back in Week 5, the Patriots notched a 23-20 victory at Buffalo in the early days of what became a 10-game winning streak for New England.

NFL Week 14 winners, losers: Josh Allen carries Bills; Packers defense delivers

Cities that have infamously lost their beloved sports teams

The 'NFL 4,500-passing yard seasons' quiz

New England Patriots News / New England Patriots on SI / December 4

Patriots Offer Inside Look at Mike Vrabel's Victory Speech

Peace, love and the New England Patriots accomplishing success and rebuilding their dynasty under new head coach Mike Vrabel. With Vrabel at the helm, the Patriots (11-2) have now reached 11 wins in a season for the 22nd time in program history and recently earned their 10th consecutive victory over the New York Giants due to a 33-15 win.

New England Patriots News / LWOSports.com / December 4

The 5 Reasons Behind the New England Patriots’ Stunning Turnaround

After two consecutive 4-13 seasons in 2023 and 2024, the New England Patriots have engineered one of the most remarkable turnarounds in recent NFL history.

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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.

New England Patriots News / The SportsRush / December 4

Why Did Patriots Fans Give Their QB the Nickname Drake 'Drake Maye' Maye, and What Does That Mean?

There’s something surreal about what’s happening in Foxborough this season. Sitting at 11-2, the New England Patriots are back to their dominant self for the first time since the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick era.

New England Patriots News / Yardbarker / December 3

Vrabel gave 11-2 Pats this strong warning heading into bye week

Mike Vrabel gave 11-2 Patriots this strong warning heading into bye week

New England has notched 10 straight wins since the club suffered a 21-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 21.

Patriots' Mike Vrabel sends Drake Maye warning to NFL after win over Giants

When Patriots players knew Mike Vrabel had changed the team's culture

Dan Orlovsky shares how Patriots' Drake Maye 'dominated' first 12 weeks of season

The most lopsided blowouts in NFL history

The 'One-and-done NFL head coaches' quiz

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The 'Oldest 4,000-passing-yard seasons' quiz

The 'Most passing yards by an NFL rookie' quiz

The 'AL and NL MVPs since 2000' quiz

The '2K-scrimmage-yard NFL seasons' quiz

New England Patriots News / A to Z Sports / December 2

TreVeyon Henderson has been so good he has Mike Vrabel acting pretty out of character

While the MVP-caliber play of quarterback Drake Maye has caught the league by storm, the New England Patriots have a slew of young budding stars on both sides of the ball whose play has helped catapult them to an 11-2 start.

New England Patriots News / PatsFans.com / December 2

Four Thoughts After the Patriots’ Monday Night Win: Elliss’ Hit Even Fired Up Vrabel

Some thoughts coming off of the New England Patriots impressive 33-15 win over the Giants on Monday Night Football: 1) The biggest thing that stood out from this game was how amped out this Patriots team was, with Mike Vrabel’s defense setting the tone early in this one.

New England Patriots News / Yardbarker / December 2

When Patriots players knew Mike Vrabel had changed the team's culture

The New England Patriots won their 10th consecutive game and improved to 11-2 on the season via a dominant 33-15 victory over the lowly New York Giants.

'MNF' takeaways: Patriots QB Drake Maye strengthens MVP case with sterling performance vs. Giants

Dan Orlovsky shares how Patriots' Drake Maye 'dominated' first 12 weeks of season

Following Rams' stunning loss to Panthers, no clear Super Bowl favorite has emerged

The most significant worst-to-first NFL teams

The 'Super Bowl XLII starting lineups' quiz

New England Patriots News / NFL on ClutchPoints / December 2

Patriots’ Mike Vrabel reveals what MNF football win meant to Cory Durden

The New England Patriots extended their winning streak to ten games with a commanding 33-15 victory over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football, a matchup that gave head coach Mike Vrabel an opportunity to spotlight one of the team’s most interesting stories in defensive lineman Cory Durden.

Tennessee Titans News / Tennessee Titans on SI / November 29

Former Titans HC Recalls Wild Urban Meyer Story

To no surprise, this story involves Mike Vrabel, who coached the Tennessee Titans from 2018-23. During that time, the Jacksonville Jaguars underwent their viral Urban Meyer experiment.