Patriots links 10/09/25 – Secret sauce: Diggs + Gonzalez

TEAM TALK

• Patriots-Saints initial Injury Report.
• Evan Lazar’s Patriots Gameplan: 3 Keys to Victory in Sunday’s Week 6 Matchup vs. the Saints in New Orleans. “To really turn the corner as a football team, the Patriots can’t let their guard down in NOLA.”
• Broadcast Info: How to watch/listen to Patriots at Saints.
• Transcript: Mike Vrabel (Plus 13 min. video)
• Press Conferences: Drake Maye – Stefon Diggs, Christian Gonzalez, Jaylinn Hawkins, and Terrell Jennings.
• Highlights: Patriots equipment staff packs pants trunk for Sunday’s Saints game. (1 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Saints preview, Vrabel presser reaction, Locker room/team updates. (2 hours)
• Patriots Catch-22: Evan Lazar and Alex Barth talk Week 5 3 up/down vs. Bills, Maye-Diggs connection, the running back room; More. (1 hr, 45 min.)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mark Daniels says it’s a positive that the offense is finally scoring points in 2025, but points to the run game as a glaring weakness that is holding them back.
• Andrew Callahan explains how the Drake Maye-Stefon Diggs connection has raised the Patriots’ ceiling.
• Karen Guregian writes, if vintage Stefon Diggs continues to show up for the Patriots, watch out.
• Mark Daniels explains how Patriots’ Stefon Diggs and Christian Gonzalez are helping each other succeed.
• Phil Perry spotlights one Stefon Diggs play from Week 5 that shows how Mike Vrabel’s philosophy is taking hold.
• Jake Seymour highlights Mike Vrabel sharing an interesting insight about his team’s penalty problem.
• Doug Kyed relays Drake Maye who credits his unsung hero teammates for a lower turnover rate.
• Karen Guregian reports LB Jahlani Tavai says he’s glad to finally chip in.
• Mike D’Abate reports New England listed nine players on their first injury report of the week; LB K’Lavon Chaisson returns; S Jaylinn Hawkins (Hamstring) and DE Keion White (Elbow) did not participate.
• Phil Perry notes RB Terrell Jennings could be the next man up in the backfield, and he’s staying ready.
• Doug Kyed examines how the Patriots rookies are performing past the quarter point in the 2025 season: What a difference a year makes.
• Mark Morse cleans out the the Week 5 Patriots notebook: This from Greg Bedard: “Maye should have been sacked for a 10-yard loss on the first play of the final drive, which likely would have led to a punt and a Bills win. Instead, he shrugged off 320-pound DaQuan Jones and completed a 12-yard pass. That’s a superhuman play. There’s like a half-dozen QBs in the league that could pull that off.” More.
• Phil Perry‘s Patriots Mailbag: Biggest surprises, McDaniels’ impact on Maye and more.
• Alex Barth tells us the Patriots will debut a brand new uniform combination against the Saints. Not only is it the first time they’re wearing their white jerseys this season, it’s the first time ever they’ll wear white pants with their current primary uniform set, home or road.
• Jake Seymour checks in with some [former...