The 2024 season was the first since 2000 that Bill Belichick wasn't the New England Patriots head coach and 2024 No. 3 pick Drake Maye was starting his NFL career. After a second consecutive 4-13 season and another dismissal at head coach, the Patriots will have a significantly different look and some increased hope for 2025 and beyond.

It's a rivalry game between two coaches who know each other well and have exceeded expectations throughout their careers. But it's reasonable to think this game may fail to live up to the hype of being 2025's first Monday Night Football broadcast.

The Patriots turned to Dave Portnoy to help reveal their 2025 schedule on Wednesday. Using one of the Barstool Sports founder’s popular phrases, they captioned the video “Emergency Press Conference – 2025 Patriots Schedule” as Portnoy seemingly shot from the cuff for over five minutes as he broke down all 17 of the Pats’ games.

The Patriots will play New England also plays 15 of their 17 games in the Eastern time zone, with the other two in Central.

The Las Vegas Raiders did their own seven-minute television parody with a "This is SportsCenter" mockumentary. With Tom Brady now owning a part of the team, whoever was in charge of this got in some grade-A sycophancy by nodding to the New England Patriots with a literal goat.

The Patriots announced their schedule for the 2025 season on Wednesday, with the team opening the year on Sept. 7 against the Raiders.

The Patriots’ schedule is a fan’s dream. Here are all of the best matchups to come, and why the Pats are set up for success.

The complete schedule for the 2025 NFL season has been revealed. Check out the week-by-week slate for all 18 weeks of the season.

The highlighted games on the CBS slate include the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills showdown in Week 9 (Sunday, Nov. 4), the only game that day in that time slot. The Chiefs are also included in the other highlighted game on CBS, as they face the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 28).

New England Patriots rookie Jared Wilson has been labeled as a perfect fit for his new team following the 2025 NFL Draft.