Stefon Diggs is moving on to the AFC Championship game, and Cardi B might’ve been more excited than he was. The rapper, who gave birth to their child last year, was ecstatic after the Patriots defeated the Texans.
FOXBOROUGH, MA. — Much like the New England Patriots themselves, Pats’ receiver Kayshon Boutte is experiencing a gridiron renaissance this season. In fact, the 23-year-old’s on-field prowess might make him the team’s next star receiver.
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.
Head coach Mike Vrabel is directing appreciation toward his players and the New England organization after securing a spot in the AFC Championship Game.
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.
With the New England Patriots having officially secured their spot in the 2026 AFC Championship, all eyes in New England now look ahead to facing the Denver Broncos.
On Sunday afternoon, the New England Patriots punched their ticket to the AFC Championship Game with a comfortable home win over the Houston Texans in some snowy conditions in Foxborough.
After a quiet AFC Wild Card game, New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs returned to form in the AFC Divisional round. Diggs caught four of his six targets for 40 yards and has one of quarterback Drake Maye's four touchdown receptions in the postseason.
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson has enjoyed a nice resurgence so far through two playoff games, but Sunday did see him leave the field for part of the game due to injury.
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.
Snow piled along the sidelines, national attention leaned toward Houston, and yet it was New England’s defense that dictated everything about Sunday’s divisional playoff matchup.
It was roughly 12 months ago when Patriots owner Robert Kraft moved on from head coach Jerod Mayo after Mayo won just four games in his only season in the role.
For New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, these last two weeks certainly haven’t been easy. He came into Sunday’s contest set to face yet another difficult defense, with Maye already having battled what ended up being a tenacious Chargers unit the week before.
One thing that’s probably pretty safe to say during the New England Patriots playoff run is that when it came to stepping up in the postseason, the fans absolutely did their part these last two weeks.
The New England Patriots’ defense once again showed out, this time on an ever bigger stage in a 28-16 win against the Houston Texans, in an all-around turnover fest.
Multiple ESPN personalities predicted that the Houston Texans would earn a divisional-round playoff win at the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon. Predictably, some New England players had plenty to say about those perceived slights.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When Mike Vrabel was introduced last January as the 16th head coach in New England Patriots’ franchise history, he set a clear goal for both himself and the organization as a whole — an objective which some (at the time) believed to be a bit overly ambitious.
The New England Patriots left Gillette Stadium winners in the AFC Divisional game, beating the Houston Texans 28-16 in a snowy atmosphere. But that doesn't mean everything was perfect.
Coming off the New England Patriots’ Wild Card win over the Los Angeles Chargers, it was a long week for Christian Gonzalez. The third-year cornerback played well last week against the Chargers, but he suffered a head injury late in that game that knocked him out of the line-up and put his status for Sunday’s game in question.
The New England Patriots are coming off a huge defensive performance in a 28-16 win over the Houston Texans to earn their shot at clinching a Super Bowl berth.
On a snow-soaked Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots took another decisive step in their rapid turnaround, defeating the Houston Texans 28-16 to secure a spot in the AFC Championship Game for the first time since 2018.
Drake Maye led the New England Patriots to a 28-16 win over the Houston Texans in Saturday’s divisional round matchup. The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback finished with 16-of-27 completed passes for 179 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, adding 10 yards on the ground on four carries.
The AFC’s divisional round matchup between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots will likely go down as the most brutal game of this year’s playoffs.
Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes, Marcus Jones returned an interception for a score and the New England Patriots qualified for the AFC Championship Game with a 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday in cold and snowy conditions at Foxborough, Mass.
Kayshon Boutte did his best OBJ impression during Sunday’s playoff game. The New England Patriots wide receiver Boutte produced the catch of the postseason during his team’s divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans.