The New England Patriots handled their business in Week 6, picking up a 25-19 victory over the New Orleans Saints. The game was a bit more tightly contested than it should have been, but at the end of the day, a win is a win.

The Pats continue to look like the real deal, and with a 4-2 record, they are firmly in the playoff hunt as we near the midway point of the season. Before turning the page to Week 7, though, let’s take a look back at the action and pick out four studs and four duds from...

Drake Maye has rekindled the New England Patriots’ offense, but their running attack remains a cause for concern.

The Patriots didn’t receive much help from their ground game during Sunday’s 25-19 win over the New Orleans Saints. Maye led the team with 28 rushing yards while Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson combined for 47 yards on 22 carries. Neither running back registered a rush longer than seven yards in Week 6.

That continued an unfortunate trend for the Patriots, who rank 26th with 91.5 rushing yards per game this season. Despite those doldrums, Stevenson and Henderson expressed optimism to [MassLive’s...

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick hasn’t exactly gotten off to a stellar start to his new job at the helm of the North Carolina Tar Heels. In fact, Belichick’s 2025 Tar Heels are among the worst teams in program history through five games, per USA Today’s Rodd Baxley and Matthew Glenesk.

“It’s been nearly 137 years since UNC played its inaugural game against Wake Forest at the North Carolina State Fair,” Baxley and Glenesk wrote. “No team since the program’s inception has been worse than Belichick’s team through three Power Four games. The Tar Heels (2-3, 0-1...

Brian Callahan’s time in Nashville has reached its end in October.

The Tennessee Titans parted ways with the head coach on Monday after falling to 1-5 on the regular season and 4-19 during his tenure. The announcement comes less than a week before the 4-2 New England Patriots and a familiar staff visit Nissan Stadium.

“After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head coach,” Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker said in a statement. “These decisions are never easy, and they...

When Mike Vrabel faces the Tennessee Titans in Week 7 for the first time since being fired as the team’s head coach following the 2023 season, his successor won’t be in attendance.

The Titans fired head coach Brian Callahan on Monday, six days before they host Vrabel’s New England Patriots.

Monday’s news comes amid Tennessee’s 1-5 start to the season and less than one month after Callahan gave up play-calling duties.

The 41-year-old went just 4-19 during his Titans tenure.

Tennessee’s offense ranks last in the NFL in yards per game (232.3) and 31st in points per contest (13.8).

Vrabel...

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is on a mission this season, proving he can be a franchise talent. His early success suggests he may even be a top-tier quarterback.

After New England defeated the New Orleans Saints 25-19 on Sunday, Boston Sports Journal Patriots writer Greg A. Bedard believes Maye might soon make a push in the MVP race.

“If he does this for the rest of the year, he’s headed for a top-five MVP season,” Bedard said on Sunday, via Patriots on CLNS.

Maye significantly impacted the NFL landscape when the Patriots traveled to Buffalo last week and...

The New England Patriots were on the wrong end of a horrendous pass interference call in the first quarter of their Week 6 battle against the New Orleans Saints. After Drake Maye connected with DeMario Douglas for a 61-yard touchdown reception, the play was rescinded due to an offensive pass interference call on Stefon Diggs that, upon further inspection, will leave any football fan on Earth in disbelief.

Luckily, the Patriots ended up overcoming the poor officiating and defeating the Saints, 25-19, behind an impressive performance from second-year quarterback Drake Maye, who three three touchdowns against New Orleans.

The Patriots...

Three straight Victory Mondays! Here we go!

I honestly didn’t think I’d be sitting here in October, looking at a Monday Night game between the Bills and Falcons, and thinking that there was a chance that the Patriots could be first in the AFC East through the first six weeks of the NFL season. But here we find ourselves, and the Patriots keep getting better each and every week. Yesterday’s game wasn’t perfect, but it was a solid performance overall and has the Patriots very well positioned in a conference that doesn’t have one true dominant team. Oh what a...

The New England Patriots will be on the road to play the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in Week 7.

Although the Titans are 1-5, the game is an important one for Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. Vrabel was the Titans’ head coach for six seasons, and he said this week will be different for him.

“Well, I think it’s going to feel different, [but] it can’t be different,” Vrabel said on ‘The Greg Hill Show’ on Monday. “It has to be the way we prepare, the way that we try to put together a game plan. But, we have to...

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is impressed with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye.

The Patriots selected Maye third overall in the 2024 NFL Draft to be their franchise quarterback. To begin his sophomore season, Maye has been stellar, and he has impressed Esiason, who is a former MVP and Super Bowl champion.

“Really impressive, almost 70 percent passing,” Esiason said about Maye on the Greg Hill Show on Monday. “Again, no turnovers, that’s the key. He’s throwing the ball down the field. I mean, a couple of these throws down the field are really spectacular. You are getting these...

As the New England Patriots keep cruising, another AFC East rival is unraveling.

The Miami Dolphins dropped to 1-5 after Sunday’s 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. They’ve dropped their last four losses by a combined 11 points, starting with Week 2’s 33-27 shortcoming to the Patriots, after the Chargers kicked a game-winning field goal in the game’s closing seconds at Hard Rock Stadium.

After the Week 6 loss, per ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques, Tua Tagovailoa was asked how the Dolphins can bounce back from another heartbreaker. The sixth-year quarterback seemed to criticize his teammates when calling on himself and...

The New England Patriots, now 4-2 after a hard-fought 25-19 road victory over the New Orleans Saints in Week 6, have built momentum under head coach Mike Vrabel with young quarterback Drake Maye at the helm. Maye’s efficient play has fueled three wins in their last four games, but the receiving group could still use another weapon to terrorize defenses fully. With the NFL trade deadline on November 4, pursuing Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed—a contract-year speed demon—could provide the explosive element to propel New England toward the playoffs.

Through six games this season, Shaheed has been a top two...