
Daily news and links for Thursday
TEAM TALK
- Transactions: Patriots sign free agent RB Trayveon Williams and release DT Eric Johnson II.
- Patriots announce 2025 schedule.
- Mike Dussault breaks down the New England Patriots 2025 schedule, highlighted by three primetime games and another late bye week.
- 2025 Patriots Schedule Release: Egg Drop Challenge. Christian Gonzalez, Joshua Dobbs, Robert Spillane, DeMario Douglas &; Marcus Jones participate in the video. (5 min. video)
- Watch an emergency press conference from Dave Portnoy, who announces the 2025 New England Patriots schedule. (5 min. video)
- Patriots Catch-22: Rookie minicamp recap, roster reset: Defense, schedule release day. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Phil Perry analyzes the Patriots schedule: Mike Vrabel has a shot at a hot start.
- Doug Kyed shares 18 game-by-game thoughts on Pats’ 2025 NFL schedule release.
- Karen Guregian takes a game-by-game stab at how the Patriots season will shake out in 2025. Week 1: Raiders at Patriots. “… The best subplot? This is Vrabel’s first game at the helm. In my book, that’s the biggest deciding factor.” Prediction: Win.
- Andrew Callahan picks the best, worst and toughest games: The Pats’ schedule is out, and it is a dream.
- Mark Daniels gives us three takeaways from the Pats’ schedule. 1. Expectations are higher.
- Alex Barth shares 7 takeaways from the Patriots’ 2025 schedule release: Opening at home; Favorable Miami split.
- Nick Goss ranks every opposing QB on the Pat’s schedule from Bills QB Josh Allen to Saints QB Tyler Shough.
- Nick Goss says the Pats could be one of the NFL’s most improved teams thanks to their relatively easy schedule.
- Karen Guregian highlights Brendon Schooler on Mike Vrabel’s approach: ‘He demands perfection.’
- Matt Vautour tells us how Pats new kicker Andres Borregales is a source of pride for the Venezuelan community.
- Alex Barth reports the Patriots signed free agent RB and kicking game specialist Trayveon Williams. In Cincinnati Williams was used as a depth running back, playing a career-high 156 offensive snaps in 2023
- Karen Guregian reports the Patriots participated in community events throughout Greater Boston yesterday.
- Nick O’Malley checks in with where former Pats 2006 first-round pick RB Laurence Maroney is now.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Eric Edholm (NFL.com) Seven teams with most favorable 17-game slates. Patriots, Bills, Dolphins included.
- Cynthia Frelund (NFL.com) Each AFC team’s win total projection for 2025 season. Patriots: 8.0. “Based on their upside, the Pats are my pick to be one of the surprise teams of 2025. …”
- Matt Verderame (SI) AFC team record predictions. Patriots 9-8, Bills 13-4, Dolphins 7-10, Jets 5-12. /Click for commentary.
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) NFL schedule overreactions. Chiefs play in too many (7) prime-time games: Reality.
- Conor Orr (SI) The 13 most interesting games of the season. No. 8. Week 11: Jets at Patriots [TNF].
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Biggest winners and losers from the 2025 schedule release.
- Conor Orr (SI) Five teams that got screwed by the schedule.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Full ‘Sunday Night Football’ schedule for 2025 NFL season: Ranking every matchup. 12th: Patriots at Bills, Week 5.
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) ‘Thursday Night Football’ 2025 NFL schedule: Ranking the 14-game slate. 11th: Jets at Patriots, Week 11.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL Thanksgiving schedule: Packers, Lions face off, Cowboys host Chiefs as part of holiday tripleheader.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL Christmas Day schedule.
- Albert Breer (SI) Why the 2025 NFL schedule has even more big brand names in prime time.
- Staff (Yahoo! Sports) Bye weeks for all 32 teams. Patriots: Week 14.
- Albert Breer (SI) NFL Mailbag: Draft lottery not likely this decade; Plus, more on rookie of the year candidates, the schedule release, international games and Trey Hendrickson.
- Jack Baer (Yahoo! Sports) The 7 teams that won the social-media video battle. Patriots included.
- Tyler Lauletta (SI) The 10 best (and most chaotic) NFL schedule release videos of 2025.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Colts say they removed schedule-release video due to Tyreek Hill joke and Microsoft licensing. /Colts cheat again, lolz.