Hard to overstate how big this Sunday is for the New England Patriots. Chance to take sole possession of the AFC's No. 1 seed right before a TNF game, a chance for the season sweep vs. the NFC South, and a chance to really cement home the fact that this is a tough team to deal with on the road by winning five in a row away from Foxborough in 2025.

There could not have been a funnier weekend for the Patriots and Mike Vrabel to head down to Nashville and take on the Titans.

Ending with no TDs is a little bit of a shame since Maye was legitimately flawless otherwise, but he made no shortage of winning plays, and if you rate this as his definitive career outing, I don't blame you in the slightest. He was absolutely unfazed in one of the toughest road environments in the league, and the Bills had no answers for him.

All week, the Patriots (rightfully) highlighted the importance of "winning" the second half of games, and wouldn't you know it, that's where their worst football as a team would come from. Not that it was a spectacular first half from them either, but the lack of a coherent run game, ability to take advantage of good passing opportunities because Maye was either being pressured off the edge or just sailing balls, and the cavalcade of chunk plays allowed...

For my own mental sake, please do not lose contain on Kyler Murray.

You deserve to lose if you can't get off the field defensively in crunch time.

This was always going to be a rebuilding year for the Pats. Yes, they're 3-8, but they keep teams honest. Four of their losses...

Dating back to the tail end of 1989, New England has lost a staggering 24 out of 35 matchups and is 2-8 in South Beach in their last 10.

This is a game by the sickos, for the sickos.

Sunday's contest with Seattle marked a very winnable game for the Patriots, who once again dominated the line of scrimmage in the run game..

I don't think football fans realize how good this defense is/can be, even without Matt Judon or Christian Barmore.

A ton of guys came up big in the 'Burgh, and at least for one more time in 2023, they can celebrate a hard-earned win.

Finding new and inventive ways to lose every year, the current iteration of the Bolts has ridden losing streaks of at least two games...

The defense did their job, holding the Colts to just 10 points, but of course, it's always something for this Patriots team.

At this point, the Patriots are kind of what they are, but something about losing to this specific Raiders team stings.

Getting outscored 71-3 over your last two games could be classified as 'really bad', and let me be the first to say it indeed is.

Dating back to 1996, the Patriots are 6-1 against Dallas, can they make it 7-1 tomorrow afternoon?

"I can't believe they're still in this game" is what I ended up saying far more than I would have liked to on Sunday.

Despite a tough loss for the Patriots with several self-inflicted wounds, there was a lot to be happy about going up against a team that...

All things equal, this is one hell of an opening contest for the revamped Pats defense and the now Bill O'Brien-led offense.