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The New England Patriots are back in the AFC Championship Game, and unlike the Denver Broncos are in relatively good shape. While they will be without starting outside linebacker Harold Landry, their questions pale in comparison to a top seed that placed its starting quarterback on injured reserve on Saturday and did not activate its […]
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Back in the AFC Championship Game for the first time since January 2019, the New England Patriots will be going up against a formidable opponent. The Denver Broncos are the top seed in the AFC, propelled to a 14-3 record in the regular season behind one of the most disruptive defenses in football. Yes Denver […]
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After two straight home playoff games, the New England Patriots will be taking their act on the road on Sunday. The AFC Championship Game will see them go up against the Broncos at Denver’s Mile High Stadium, one of the most challenging settings in all of football. Naturally, our focus this week was almost exclusively […]
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Going up against two of the better defenses in the NFL in the first two playoff rounds, the New England Patriots offense has had its fair share of issues. Fairly or not, one player in particular has been chosen as the poster child for those, rookie left tackle Will Campbell. The first-round draft pick was […]
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After a six-year absence, the New England Patriots are back in the AFC Championship Game. On Sunday, the team of head coach Mike Vrabel will take on the top-seeded Denver Broncos with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Here is all the information you need to follow the game. How to watch […]
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The New England Patriots traveled to Denver on Saturday for their upcoming AFC Championship clash with the Broncos. They did so with one of their starting wide receivers in the fold: Mack Hollins, who spent the last four weeks on injured reserve, is officially back. As the Patriots announced, Hollins has been activated to the […]
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The New England Patriots will have a veteran starter back on hand at Mile High. The organization officially activated wide receiver Mack Hollins from injured reserve on the eve of the AFC Championship Game versus the Denver Broncos. To make room on the 53-man roster, defensive tackle Eric Gregory has been placed on injured reserve. […]
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The New England Patriots will be down a defensive captain against the Denver Broncos. Outside linebacker Harold Landry III has been ruled out for the AFC Championship Game after staying sidelined for three consecutive practices due to a lingering knee injury, head coach Mike Vrabel announced Friday. But running back Terrell Jennings, wide receiver Mack […]
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Darrell Taylor’s stay at Gillette Stadium has ended one week after it began. The New England Patriots officially released the veteran defensive end from the practice squad on Friday, as signaled during head coach Mike Vrabel’s press conference. Taylor, 28, signed to the practice squad leading up to the AFC divisional round after clearing waivers […]
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The 2025 Pro Football Writers of America’s Most Improved Player of the Year resides in Foxborough. Quarterback Drake Maye got the call on Friday, becoming the first player in New England Patriots history to receive the award since it was introduced by the PFWA in 2000. Previous recipients dating back to the turn of the […]
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Signing Milton Williams to a four-year, $104 million deal in free agency, the Patriots envisioned Williams and fellow defensive tackle Christian Barmore dominating the interior of their defensive front. That vision has come to fruition, as the Patriots have generated the fourth-most pressures in the league from their defensive tackle duo. But New England has […]
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When the Patriots team plane lands in Denver on Saturday, it will mark the first time Drake Maye has stepped foot in Colorado. As the quarterback then gets ready to take on the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game, he’ll quickly have to learn the effects of throwing a football in altitude. “I haven’t thrown […]
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For the first time since 2018, the New England Patriots are on to the AFC Championship Game. After a win over a top ranked Texans defense, Drake Maye and Co. will have another tough task against Denver’s unit while New England’s defense will look to keep their hot streak going against Jarrett Stidham. With that, […]
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Unless it specifically plans to prepare for Denver’s victory formation, the New England Patriots defense will not encounter much tape of the opposing quarterback this week. Jarrett Stidham, who will lead the Broncos into this week’s AFC Championship Game, played just four snaps all season and none of them can be classified as particularly revealing. […]
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The New England Patriots better pack an extra layer of clothes for their trip to Denver, because the upcoming AFC Championship Game against the Broncos projects to be a cold one. In fact, if the current forecast turns out accurate it will be their coldest game of the season. According to NFL Weather, the kickoff […]
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The New England Patriots remain focused on the task at hand rather than engaging in any war of words with the Denver Broncos ahead of the AFC Championship Game. It’s not for a lack of opportunity, though. On Wednesday, Broncos head coach Sean Payton told his team’s fans that they are “going to have plenty […]
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The New England Patriots ramped up work on the Denver Broncos without Garrett Bradbury. The starting center, who has amassed 1,191 offensive snaps from September into January, did not practice on Thursday due to an illness. Outside linebacker Harold Landry III and inside linebacker Marte Mapu also remained sidelined as the AFC Championship Game closes […]
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The New England Patriots remained without Mack Hollins during Wednesday’s preparations for the Denver Broncos. That changed by Thursday, however, as the wide receiver practiced for the first time since being sent to injured reserve in December. His 21-day activation window has officially been opened ahead of the AFC Championship Game at Mile High. Hollins, […]
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Twelve months after being reintroduced at Gillette Stadium, Mike Vrabel has been named the 2025 Pro Football Writers of America’s NFL Coach of the Year. The New England Patriots head coach got the call on Thursday amid preparations for the AFC Championship Game. He did so while Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider and Denver […]
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The New England Patriots will be well represented at this year’s NFL Honors as they feature finalists for six awards in the 2025 Associated Press NFL Awards. Drake Maye is among the finalists for two of those awards: Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year. Maye, who was voted second-team AP All-Pro behind […]
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With the divisional round in the rear view, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced off twice this season, […]
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Playing at Denver’s Mile High Stadium presents a challenge to visiting teams not just because of its elevation of 5,280 feet. The Broncos’ home arena also is one of the loudest in all of football, which in turn puts considerable pressure on opposing offenses: communication will be vital, one way or another. The New England […]
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In the 2010s, the New England Patriots making the AFC Championship Game was literally an annual occurrence. In the last few years, however, the team has been absence from the conference title round: since 2019, the team has either not advanced that far in the playoffs or failed to qualify for the tournament entirely. This […]
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