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Patriots vs. Browns snap counts from NFL preseason
The New England Patriots closed their preseason with an underwhelming effort, losing 37-13 to the Cleveland Browns to finish their exhibition schedule with a perfectly-balanced 1-1-1 record. Besides the Patriots’ backups struggling, the biggest story coming out of Thursday’s game was Drake Maye and the rest of the team’s starters not taking the field. This […]
3-Point Stance: Why Jaylen Reed fills a foundational role in the Patriots defense
In the deal that brought Jaylen Reed to the New England Patriots on Monday, it wasn’t the young safety who drew outside attention to the transaction. Instead, the focus centered on the player New England sent to the Houston Texans. Wide receiver Kayshon Boutte. As a homegrown talent selected in the sixth round of the […]
Fans grade Patriots’ trade of Kayshon Boutte
The New England Patriots officially traded wide receiver Kayshon Boutte to the Houston Texans this week, receiving safety Jaylen Reed and a 2028th seventh-round draft pick in return. Boutte’s departure comes after a long offseason full of speculation over his future. The 24-year old requested a trade this past spring as he enters a contract […]
Patriots final 53-man roster projection ahead of NFL cuts
Training camp is over, the preseason is a wrap, and the New England Patriots are officially on to building their first 53-man roster for the upcoming season. What the reigning AFC champions will do is anybody’s guess, but here is our final projection with the NFL cutdown deadline looming. By Sunday, Aug. 30, at 6 […]
Patriots vs. Browns: The good, the bad, the s—t that gets you beat
Ahead of his first training camp as New England Patriots head coach in 2025, Mike Vrabel explained that he was judging his team’s performances by three distinct categories. The Patriots’ 37-13 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night saw mostly the second of those categories: there was little of the good, but a lot […]
10 things we learned from Patriots vs. Browns preseason game
The New England Patriots played a horribly boring and just downright horrible game on Thursday in Cleveland to close out their preseason. Even though their 37-13 loss to the Browns was disappointing very much from start to finish, there are always lessons to be learned. Let’s get into what the Patriots’ final preseason contest of 2026 […]
Mike Vrabel doesn’t rule out Harold Landry activation ahead of Week 1
The New England Patriots concluded their 2026 preseason on Thursday night after falling handily on the road to the Cleveland Browns 37-13. Head coach Mike Vrabel spoke to the media after the contest, and while the team wants to remain careful with the situation, he kept open the possibility of defensive edge Harold Landry being […]
5 winners and losers from Patriots’ preseason loss to the Browns
The New England Patriots concluded their preseason Thursday night in Cleveland with a 37-13 loss to the Browns. Here is who caught our eye for better or worse upon live-viewing the Patriots’ preseason opener. Winners WR Kyle Williams: Another week, another long Kyle Williams touchdown. The second-year receiver played just nine snaps over the Patriots’ […]
Mike Vrabel provides new insight into Patriots’ decision to trade Kayshon Boutte
Had Kayshon Boutte remained on the Patriots’ roster for Week 1 against the Seattle Seahawks, he would have been inactive. Head coach Mike Vrabel revealed that detail Thursday night, speaking for the first time since Boutte was traded to the Houston Texans on Monday. “That was one place where we do have some depth, and […]
Patriots vs. Browns: Final score, stats, game recap from NFL preseason
The New England Patriots concluded their preseason with a 37-13 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. With Drake Maye and the Patriots frontline players out again, it was a rough showing from New England’s depth players on both sides of the ball — outside of an early highlight from Kyle Williams scoring on […]
Instant analysis from Patriots’ 37-13 loss to Browns in preseason finale
August’s hay is in the barn. The New England Patriots closed out the preseason with a 37-13 loss to the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field on Thursday night. Here’s a glance back on the summer finale before the NFL’s 53-man roster deadline hits home. DeVito finds Williams for third TD in as many weeks […]
Patriots work out veteran punter ahead of preseason finale
The New England Patriots visited with a former Cleveland Brown before closing out the preseason at Huntington Bank Field. The organization worked out veteran punter Jamie Gillan on Thursday, according to the NFL transaction wire. Gillan, 29, entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2019. The Scotland native spent […]
Patriots, Christian Gonzalez reportedly ‘haven’t been close’ on contract extension
For the first time this offseason, Christian Gonzalez admitted he’s frustrated that he remains without a contract extension with the Patriots. New England been adamant throughout the offseason that reaching an agreement with its star cornerback is part of the team’s plans. However, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that the […]
10 Patriots to watch in preseason finale vs. Browns
The New England Patriots wrap up their preseason Thursday night in Cleveland as they take on the Browns. After sitting out of the first two preseason games, Drake Maye and the Patriots top regulars are again currently not expected to suit up with health a priority entering the season. “I do not think we have […]
Patriots News: Pats-Browns ‘Bubble Bowl’ final audition before cuts
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Patriots vs. Browns live stream, kickoff time, TV channels for NFL preseason
And just like that, the New England Patriots’ preseason is coming to an end. Following home games against the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles, the team of head coach Mike Vrabel will close out its exhibition schedule with a road contest in Cleveland. Here is how you can follow the Patriots’ game against the Browns […]
Patriots 2026 scouting report for DT Leonard Taylor III
Rags-to-riches stories are commonplace in the NFL, and the New England Patriots wrote their own in 2025. Coming off consecutive 4-13 campaigns, they manufactured a lightning-fast turnaround under first-year head coach Mike Vrabel, and ended up advancing all the way to the Super Bowl. Nestled within that bigger narrative were multiple individual ones, including that […]
Joining Patriots all about familiarity, value for newly-signed Greg Van Roten
The New England Patriots’ interior offensive line depth suffered a blow during the preseason opener against the Indianapolis Colts, prompting the club to look for alternatives. They signed three players in total, with one of them standing out among them: Greg Van Roten, a veteran of 12 NFL seasons and a player who very well […]
6 winners and losers from Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte-Jaylen Reed trade
Considering the last few months of speculation, the New England Patriots trading Kayshon Boutte did not come as too big a surprise. Neither was them sending the fourth-year wide receiver to a Houston Texans team that had just lost fellow wide receiver Jayden Higgins to a torn ACL. What might have come as a bit […]
What the Patriots saw in trade acquisition Jaylen Reed
As the New England Patriots went through their draft preparation ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, Penn State safety Jaylen Reed came across their radar. The safety ended up coming off the board 187th overall in the sixth round to the Houston Texans. But the Patriots continued to monitor him. “We followed his career last […]
Patriots News: Front office stumbling, bumbling Gonzalez deal
Staying on the optimistic side, I usually try to ignore contract negotiations because by nature, both sides want different things. A big-time player in his prime wants a big-time contract that $how$ proper re$pect. Owners want to pay out as little cash as possible. Agents and the personnel executives usually arrive at a compromise on […]
Rhamondre Stevenson making all-around impact in standout training camp
As the game clock ticked under 20 seconds, Drake Maye took a snap from around the 15-yard line. With his offense needing a touchdown to win an end-of-game practice situation, Maye lofted a ball toward the back left corner of the end zone. In came Rhamondre Stevenson, who tracked the throw and hauled it in […]
Christian Elliss sees Patriots’ run defense building its identity
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel wasn’t satisfied with his defense during the first quarter of Saturday’s preseason matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Nearing the end of the frame, Vrabel called a timeout to speak with his defense on the sideline. “I saw [expletive] defense, and I wanted to talk to them, and I […]
Patriots 2026 scouting report for DT Joshua Farmer
The New England Patriots invested some premium capital in their defensive tackle position during Mike Vrabel’s first offseason as head coach. Not only did they sign free agents Milton Williams and Khyiris Tonga, they also selected Joshua Farmer in the fourth round of the draft. Williams and Tonga are pretty clear projections for 2026; the […]
5 performances of note from the Patriots’ final training camp practice
The New England Patriots put a bow on their 2026 training camp on Tuesday, holding their final full practice before the preseason finale and subsequent roster cutdown deadline. The session itself was a relatively light one despite players donning full pads. To recap the action, please visit our Patriots training camp notebook. In the meantime, […]
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