NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
2024 Record - 4-13-0
Head Coach - Mike Vrabel
2024 Offensive Rank - (31st overall) - 292 YPG; Passing - 176 YPG (32nd), Rushing - 116 YPG (13th); SCORING - 17.0 PPG (30th)
2024 Defensive Rank - (22nd overall) - 343 YPG; Passing - 212 YPG (10th), Rushing - 131 YPG (23rd); SCORING - 24.5 PPG (22nd)
Key Additions for 2025 - Milton Williams (DL), Stefon Diggs (WR), TreVeyon Henderson (rookie - Ohio State), Carlton Davis III (DB), Mack Hollins (WR), Harold Landry III (LB), Garrett Bradbury (OL), Robert Spillane (LB), Morgan Moses (OL)
Key Losses for 2025 - David Andrews (OL), Jonathan Jones (DB), Deatrich Wise (DL), Daniel Ekuale (DL), Jacoby Brissett (QB), Davon Godchaux (DL)
OFFENSE - Drake Maye will be the starting quarterback again after a steady rookie season in which he passed for 2,276 yards with 15 touchdowns and ten interceptions while also rushing for 421 yards (7.8 YPC) and two touchdowns. Rhamondre Stevenson is the top running back for the Patriots and he ran for 801 yards (3.9 YPC) and scored seven times last year. Antonio Gibson (538, 4.5 YPC, one TD) is also in the backfield along with rookie TreVeyon Henderson (Ohio State). The wide receivers are Kendrick Bourne, DeMario Douglas (66 receptions, 621 yards, three TD), along with Stefon Diggs (47, 496, three TD with Houston) and Mack Hollins (with Buffalo in 2024) who both come over this season to bolster the passing attack. The tight end is Hunter Henry, who had 66 receptions for 674 yards and two scores.
DEFENSE - Defensive End Keion White (five sacks) leads the front line along with Newton Williams (five sacks with Philadelphia) and Khyiris Tonga. The linebackers are Christian Elliss, Robert Spillane (158 tackles and two interceptions with the Raiders last year) and Harold Landry III, who had nine sacks last year with Tennessee, as well as Anfernee Jennings (78 tackles) and Jahlani Tavai, who had a team leading 109 tackles. The secondary features corners Christian Gonzalez (two interceptions) and Carlton Davis III, who picked off two passes with Detroit last season. Kyle Duggar (79 tackles) and Jabrill Peppers are the safeties. The Patriots had just 28 sacks and seven interceptions last year.
OUTLOOK - New Head Coach Mike Vrabel returns to New England, where he played for the team in the 2000s when they won three Super Bowl titles in a four year span (from 2001-2004) and he previously was the head coach with the Tennessee Titans and had some success there. The Patriots defense was decent a year ago, but has to get better at pressuring opposing quarterbacks and forcing more turnovers as the team was a minus-11 in that category.
The offense will look to pick up the slack from a year ago as Maye enters his second season and the Patriots added in two new wide receivers this year as Diggs and Hollins will look to add more scoring as the Patriots were near the bottom of the NFL last season. The team should improve on the 4-13 mark in 2024 and perhaps challenge to get out of the AFC East basement. Anywhere from six to eight wins would be a big improvement and any more (wins) than that should be considered icing on the cake.
2025 SCHEDULE
Week One - vs. Las Vegas
Week Two - at Miami
Week Three - vs. Pittsburgh
Week Four - vs. Carolina
Week Five - at Buffalo
Week Six - at New Orleans
Week Seven - at Tennessee
Week Eight - vs. Cleveland
Week Nine - vs. Atlanta
Week Ten - at Tampa Bay
Week Eleven - vs. N.Y. Jets
Week Twelve - at Cincinnati
Week Thirteen - vs. N.Y. Giants
Week Fourteen - BYE
Week Fifteen - vs. Buffalo
Week Sixteen - at Baltimore
Week Seventeen - at N.Y. Jets
Week Eighteen - vs. Miami
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