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The Patriots received favorable 2026 schedule news before the NFL’s official release, changing expectations for Mike Vrabel’s season.
Strength of schedule became a hot topic of conversation last NFL season. Most of it centered around the New England Patriots, and it even seeped into the MVP race like it never had before. The Patriots played the easiest schedule in the NFL last season,
The one place you need to go to learn everything about the New England Patriots' 2026 schedule.
Nearly a decade ago, plenty of New England Patriots players and executives ended up going down to join the Tennessee Titans. Since Mike Vrabel has come back as the Patriots head coach in 2025, that's been flipped.
A Super Bowl rematch could headline the NFL season opener in September.
A Patriots receiving corps of A.J. Brown, Stefon Diggs and Romeo Doubs would be the ultimate nightmare for opposing defenses.
Meier found a way to get Butler into New England by about midnight that night. He made his tryout as scheduled, and went on to make the team. Butler's rookie season ended in Super Bowl XLIX, when his interception at the goal line against Seattle became one of the most famous plays in Boston sports history.
New strength-of-schedule rankings from Sharp Football Analysis has the Patriots with the 12th-easiest schedule for the 2026 NFL season.