AFC East · Season 2026
New England Patriots.
Archetype · Explosive Passing Contender
High-tempo pass-first teams with top-quartile QB play.
- Pass O
- 89
- Run O
- 80
- Pass D
- 84
- Run D
- 87
Resources on the table
Units
Composite
On the sideline
Same shape
Cadence’s scouting report
Mike Vrabel returns after a 14-3 season the rest of the league spent eleven months calling a clerical error, a position the Seahawks vindicated in February by turning Super Bowl LX into an open-book audit. New England's 2025 opponents went a combined 113-176, the easiest schedule of any Super Bowl team by DVOA; the 2026 slate is projected sixth-hardest, the NFL's way of gently returning the gift receipt. Drake Maye, sacked six times and skittish all night, enters year three off a Super Bowl he has said he would like to redo. An A.J. Brown trade to New England is reportedly imminent, per Dianna Russini, whose source on the story is understood to be her boyfriend, the head coach acquiring him.
