That gave the NFL another opportunity to hone its butchering skills and extract the squeal from the pig that's become America's most popular sport. No date on the league calendar emits more "this could have been an email" energy than the schedule release day. No matter how teams gussy it up, it's still just a calendar.

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.

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

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.

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