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The Patriots will be spending Thanksgiving in Minnesota where they'll play the finale of the NFL's triple-header against the Vikings. This will be a tough matchup for this Patriots defense with Dalvin Cook and Justin Jefferson being the primary weapons for Kirk Cousins. However, Cousins' struggles in Thursday games (3-5 in his career) are highlighted and help the Patriots pull off the upset. This matchup pits two first-round quarterbacks from the 2021 NFL Draft against one another for the first time in their careers. While Mac Jones certainly has more weapons at his disposal than Justin Fields does in Chicago, it'll be a fascinating duel nonetheless.
Bill Parcells2013Head coach1993–1996Raymond Berry was inducted for his tenure as a player , not as a head coach. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has inducted 6 players who made their primary contribution to professional football while with the Patriots. The Patriots' total number of Pro Football Hall of Famers is 11, 9 players and 2 coaches. The two teams met once again at Gillette Stadium in the playoffs on January 10, 2015.
All-time first-round draft picks
TE Rob Gronkowski reached 50 career touchdowns receptions in his 59th career regular season game to tie Randy Moss for the second-fastest player in NFL history to reach 50 touchdown receptions. Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is the fastest player in NFL annals to reach the milestone. Gronkowski also surpassed the record for fewest games by a tight end to reach 50 career touchdown catches. Gronkowski is the fifth player in NFL history to have 50 or more touchdown catches in his first five seasons, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Lance Alworth and Andre Rison. Tom Brady won his 42nd straight regular season home game as a starting quarterback against an AFC opponent.
Six years after that, Eric Mangini, an assistant under Belichick, became the head coach of the Jets. Quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick were the pillars of the 20-year Patriots dynasty, one of the most successful dynasties in all of sports, throughout the 2000s and 2010s. During that period (2001–2019), they led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six, as well as accumulating many league records in that timeframe. They are universally known as one of the greatest QB-HC tandems of all time. Tom Brady now has eight career games in which he threw a game-winning touchdown pass in the final minute to turn a Patriots deficit into a Patriots win. LB Rob Ninkovich registered his fifth NFL interception and first of the season when he picked off a QB Peyton Manning pass in the second quarter.
1984: Coaching changes
New England Patriots Announce Full 2022 Schedule Patriots to appear in five nationally-televised games, including Thanksgiving night at Minnesota. Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson addresses the media during his postgame press conference on Sunday, December 18, 2022. LaAdrian Waddle made his first start as a member of the Patriots when he started at right tackle in place of Marcus Cannon, who was inactive due to an injury. He started eight games at right tackle in 2013, 10 in 2014 and six in 2015, all while with the Detroit Lions. Rob Gronkowski has 6,258 receiving yards from Tom Brady and needs 43 more yards to move past Wes Welker for the most receiving yards from Brady.
In the 2008 season opener, quarterback Tom Brady suffered a serious knee injury and missed the remainder of the season. During Cassel's first start in Week 2 he led the Patriots to a win, which extended the team's regular-season winning streak record to 21 games. Days before the start of the season, safety Lawyer Milloy was released, prompting second-guessing of head coach Bill Belichick by fans.
Division championships
Denver's Peyton Manning is second with 136 victories in his first 200 starts. Patriots scored 14 points off of turnovers against the Broncos, and now have scored 74 points off of turnovers in 2014. New England entered Week 9 with 60 points off turnovers, which was the most in the NFL entering the week.
During the regular season whenever the Patriots host an NFC team, the games are aired on Fox affiliate WFXT-TV, and NBC Sunday Night Football games are carried by Boston NBC station WBTS-CD. Preseason games were broadcast on ABC affiliate WCVB-TV from 1995 until the change to WBZ in 2009 (WCVB continues to simulcast ESPN's Monday Night Football games featuring the Patriots). Don Criqui was play-by-play announcer for the 1995–2012 seasons, with Randy Cross as a color commentator and Mike Lynch as a sideline reporter. Vince Wilfork was drafted in the 2004 NFL draft and contributed immediately. Wilfork is known as one of the greatest nose tackles in NFL history, and was a favorite amongst teammates and fans alike. A member of two Super Bowl winning teams, Wilfork was the only Patriots player besides Tom Brady to have won in both halves of the dynasty .
New England and Denver entered today's game tied for the league's longest current winning streak . Over their five-game winning streak, the Patriots have averaged 40.2 points per game. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 27–20. Advancing to the AFC Championship game, the Patriots were matched up against the top-seeded Broncos.
In the 2007 season, the Patriots defeated the Giants 38–35 to clinch a perfect 16–0 regular season, but could not finish a perfect 19–0 season in Super Bowl XLII following a 17–14 defeat. The Giants also defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, a 21–17 victory. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games, and the first since the 1972 Miami Dolphins (in a 14-game season) to complete the regular campaign undefeated. Belichick's Patriots are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years .
The 1963 season saw the franchise's first playoff win over Buffalo to clinch the division. They subsequently lost the AFL championship game to the San Diego Chargers 51–10. They did not appear again in an AFL or NFL post-season game for another 13 years.
However, the Patriots were awarded the Division Championship based on a better division record (6–2 to the Dolphins' 5–3). However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on a better division record (7–1 to Patriots' 6–2). Conflicting stats, to be sure, but the Patriots ATS record at home following a bye is certainly eye opening. NFL launches reimagined Pro Bowl Games for 2023 Voting has opened for the NFL's new-look 2023 Pro Bowl format that will feature skills challenges and the first ever AFC vs. NFC 7-on-7 flag football games.
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