Patriots links 12/31/25: First and goal – Take care of Miami

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview, Patriots vs. Dolphins: Series breakdown, Tale of the Tape, What to look for; More.
• Broadcast Info: How to watch/listen to Patriots-Dolphins.
• Mic’d Up: Zak Kuhr calls the defense vs. Jets. (10 min. video)
• Highlights: How we won the AFC East. (1.30 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Jets recap, division champs, AFC/playoff picture, (2 hours)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike D’Abate finds Mike Vrabel is focused on goals that go beyond winning the division title.
• Steve Balestrieri breaks open his jumbo pack of glitter and rainbow stickers for this week’s Patriots Report Card.
• Mark Morse cleans out the Pats-Jets notebook: I love the AFC East Division Championship T-shirts. ‘Been there, WON that!’ Winning the division is just the first step, and they are not satisfied; More.
• Bob George shares 11 NFL thoughts through Week 17: Okay, Patriots, one more game to go. Win it.
• Nick Goss adds to the Maye vs. Stafford MVP debate with key stats that paint an interesting picture.
• Karen Guregian considers some Drake Maye comparisons to Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady.
• Ryan O’Leary says Efton Chism’s breakout gives the Pats a great problem to have.
• Oliver Thomas reports the Patriots hosted free agent interior offensive linemen Doug Kramer Jr. and Thomas Perry for workouts entering Week 18.
• Doug Kyed’s Patriots mailbag: Position of strength could become question mark in playoffs.
• Alex Barth’s Patriots Mailbag: One more before the playoffs.
• Chris Mason looks at how 13 former Patriots have fared with new teams this season.
• Matt Vautour writes how Belichick was a disaster, the Patriots did fire Mayo and all the other 2025 predictions he botched.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Iain MacMillan (SI) Dolphins vs. Patriots prediction, odds, spread, injuries, trends for NFL Week 18.
• Gilberto Manzano (SI) Fact or Fiction: NFL rule changes on the horizon, plus a few proposals of our own.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Pass interference misses have become the biggest officiating issue.
• Albert Breer (SI) NFL Notes: Sean McVay is approaching Week 18 differently this year; Plus, changes may be coming in Atlanta and more from around the league.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Panic Meter: What’s on the line in Week 18, including Aaron Rodgers playing perhaps his last game.
• Ben Solak (ESPN) 2025 NFL All-Rookie team: Best 1st-year players by position. RB: TreVeyon Henderson.
• Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Memorable NFL stadium farewells: Patriots, 49ers among top 10.
• Ali Bhanpuri (NFL.com) Next Gen Stats: Week 18 scenarios and projected Wild Card Round matchups.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 18 picks and score predictions: ‘I have no idea which teams will be benching their starters, I have no idea if bad teams have mentally checked out and what I’m trying to say is that the entire week is a drunken crapshoot’. Patriots win 34-24.
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) MVP odds, scenarios: It’s Drake Maye’s award to lose heading...