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TEAM
TALK
- Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl Bye Week Injury Report. /No practice: Estimated practice participation.
- Patriots to hold Super Bowl Send-Off Rally: Gillette Stadium, Sunday, February 1. Gates open at 9:00 AM with the program beginning at 9:30 AM. Also, a live stream will be available at Patriots.com.
- Roster Moves: Pats signed LB Patrick Johnson, WR Trent Sherfield Sr. to the practice squad.
- Mic’d Up: Drake Maye & Christian Gonzalez during AFC Championship win vs. Broncos. (12 min.)
- Patriots ProShop prepares for AFC Championship hats & T-shirts. (1.30 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Turning the page to Super Bowl LX, Bill Belichick Hall of Fame snub, What to expect during Super Bowl week. (2 hours)
- Patriots Catch-22: AFC Championship takeaways, 3 up/down from win, Super Bowl LX preview. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Andrew Callahan presents the Patriots fan’s guide to the Seattle Seahawks before Super Bowl LX.
- Tom E. Curran explains how Mike Vrabel’s simple playoff strategy is producing Super results for the Pats.
- Phil Perry points out Drake Maye was dealing with a right shoulder issue before the AFC title game.
- Ethan Hurwitz notes that Marcus Jones was very thankful for and happy to see the fanbase waiting for them as they returned from Denver.
- Jerry Thornton spotlights Zak Kuhr, the most underappreciated coach in the NFL, who has the Patriots defense playing at historic levels.
- Nick Goss takes a look at how the Patriots and Seahawks took different paths to the Super Bowl.
- Chad Finn says Super Bowl LX gives Sam Darnold a chance to exorcise those Meadowlands ghosts, once and for all. It shouldn’t matter much that the Patriots have tormented Darnold whenever they’ve had the chance. He is 0-4 against them.
- Phil Perry’s Patriots Mailbag: Maye’s shoulder, early Seahawks scouting report and more.
- Chad Finn reports that television ratings for the AFC Championship game against the Broncos were the highest for a Patriots game in seven years.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Zoltán Buday (PFF) Patriots’ OL Turnaround: How one of the worst lines in the NFL became the foundation of a Super Bowl run.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Drake Maye would have been limited with right shoulder injury if Patriots practiced today.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Sam Darnold remains limited by his oblique injury.
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Most valuable player for each team during 2025 season: Drake Maye’s Year 2 leap has Patriots in Super Bowl.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) TreVeyon Henderson set for 21st game as a rookie, after playing 16 at Ohio State last year.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Sean Payton, Mike Vrabel return to the Competition Committee.
- Albert Breer (SI) NFL Notes: Why the Bills are betting on Joe Brady; Plus, the Browns finally have a coach, while the Raiders continue to look for one; More!
- Bradley Locker (PFF) Every NFL team’s best and worst free-agent signing from 2025. Patriots best: Stefon Diggs; Worst: Harold Landry III.
- Mason Cameron (PFF) 10 defensive free agents who deserve to get paid. S Jaylinn Hawkins included.
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent’s Take: 15 players who could be traded or released this offseason. No Pats.
- Mark Chichester (PFF) 2026 NFL Salary Cap Tracker: All 32 teams ranked by cap space. Pats 9th most.
- Gilberto Manzano (SI) 2026 NFL Top 100 player projection: Nos. 100-51 – Nos. 50-11 – Nos. 10–1. No. 1 Josh Allen. “To appreciate Allen’s greatness, you have to put aside the playoff failures.”
- Jake Fenner (Daily Mail) NFL’s ‘scripted’ conspiracy theory resurfaces as fans find five-month old post hinting at Super Bowl 60 matchup.
- Eva Geitheim (SI) Why Hall of Fame voters made the right choice leaving Eli Manning out.
BELICHICK – HALL OF FAME SNUB
- Michael McCarthy (Front Office Sports) Surprise: Bill Belichick suddenly a sympathetic hero after Hall of Fame snub.
- Conor Orr (SI) Bill Belichick’s snub is a watershed moment for the Hall of Fame; Canton deserves all of the figurative eggs splattered on its facade.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Who leaked that Bill Belichick didn’t make it to the Hall of Fame?
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Hall of Fame voter Vahe Gregorian explains decision to not vote for Belichick.
- Karen Guregian talks with Vince Wilfork, who says the Hall of Fame needs to go back to drawing board in wake of Belichick snub, “That’s a personal attack, honestly…”
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Convoluted voting process contributed to Bill Belichick snub.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Pro Football Hall of Fame threatens removal of voters for violation of bylaws.
