{"id":23074,"date":"2025-05-15T16:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23074"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:20:20","slug":"breaking-four-patriots-overreactions-after-2025-nfl-schedule-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23074","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Four Patriots Overreactions After 2025 NFL Schedule Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2029870\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The 2025 NFL schedule released Wednesday, and Patriots fans should be ecstatic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s47719.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/mike-vrabel.jpg\" alt=\"Four Patriots Overreactions After 2025 NFL Schedule Release\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New England opens the season against the Las Vegas Raiders at Gilette Stadium and has the third-easiest schedule. Those factors, combined with the new energy Mike Vrabel brought to One Patriot Place, can lead to wild speculation over how this season will fare for the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s indulge in those fantasies with four overreactions following the NFL making a big deal out of something very mundane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patriots will go 12-5<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the season New England reasserts its dominance in the NFL. Don\u2019t think so? Let\u2019s predict each game and give one- to three-word reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: vs. Raiders, W \u2014 trash<br \/>\nWeek 2: at Miami Dolphins, W \u2014 no crazy humidity<br \/>\nWeek 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, W \u2014 Aaron who?<br \/>\nWeek 4: vs. Carolina Panthers, W \u2014 Drake Maye game<br \/>\nWeek 5: at Buffalo Bills, L \u2014 Josh Allen<br \/>\nWeek 6: at New Orleans Saints, W \u2014 lol<br \/>\nWeek 7: at Tennessee Titans, W \u2014 Mike Vrabel revenge<br \/>\nWeek 8 vs. Cleveland Browns, W \u2014 tanking season<br \/>\nWeek 9 vs. Atlanta Falcons, W \u2014 28-3<br \/>\nWeek 10: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, L \u2014 actual good team<br \/>\nWeek 11: vs. New York Jets, W \u2014 never ever<br \/>\nWeek 12: at Cincinnati Bengals, L \u2014 Joe Burrow<br \/>\nWeek 13: vs. New York Giants, W \u2014 why primetime?<br \/>\nWeek 15: vs. Bills, L \u2014 Josh Allen, again<br \/>\nWeek 16: at Baltimore Ravens, L \u2014 Lamar Jackson<br \/>\nWeek 17: at Jets, W \u2014 nope<br \/>\nWeek 18: vs. Dolphins, W \u2014 too cold<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/sports\/d89da441-af0e-4015-a4c0-fb85090f6b3f\/1600\/900\/hvua4joqecyvyzn5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"2025 New England Patriots Schedule: Opponents ahead NFL Schedule Release |  FOX Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The NFL still hates the Patriots<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother late bye and a brutal stretch in the middle of the season, this is clearly Roger Goodell trying to keep New England from being relevant again.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Patriots defense will lead the league in turnovers<\/strong><br \/>\nVrabel\u2019s side should get a nice mix of young and washed quarterbacks. They could face Aaron Rodgers on his last legs with Pittsburgh. Bryce Young, Michael Penix Jr. and Justin Fields aren\u2019t strangers to mistakes. The Saints could roll out rookie Tyler Shough, and Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart will face growing pains in Tennessee and New York, respectively. And Cleveland could run with Dillon Gabriel or Shedeur Sanders, who don\u2019t strike fear in any defense. The Patriots spent the offseason beefing up the defense, and fans will see the fruits of those labors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drake Maye wins MVP<\/strong><br \/>\nMaye\u2019s continued ascension, combined with Josh McDaniels, against a solid mix of weak defenses should produce wonderful results for the Patriots offense. If Mac Jones could have his best season with McDaniels, then Maye should be in the MVP conversation. He\u2019s 66-1 to win the award at BetMGM, and you\u2019ll feel sorry at not betting him at that number when the Patriots start making waves.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots have a favorable schedule, and it leads to these four ambitious predictions for Mike Vrabel&#8217;s first season in New England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Four Patriots Overreactions After 2025 NFL Schedule Release - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23074\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Four Patriots Overreactions After 2025 NFL Schedule Release - 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