Christopher Price

I spoke with Hall of Fame boxing trainer Teddy Atlas about the now-legendary corner speech he gave to Timothy Bradley Jr. in 2015, and how--11 years later--Mike Vrabel is using it to inspire his team. “The fire is coming. Are you ready for the fire?”

ICYMI

“Thank you, New England, for the memories, friendship, and support. Here’s to whatever comes next.”

From teammate Nicole Yang: Patriots coach Mike Vrabel on $250,000 fine for his conduct toward officials: ‘I’m not going to comment. I can’t.’

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“Thank you, New England, for the memories, friendship, and support. Here’s to whatever comes next.”

D. Jones, Spillane, Byard, Stevenson, M. Jones, Ellis, Moses, and Henry not spotted at the start of practice. Jose Ramirez IS present. It’s a great day for football in Foxborough.

Mike Vrabel is here.

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Patriots mailbag: How can the Patriots get more out of TreVeyon Henderson? Should they trade for a lineman?

From teammate @conorryan93.bsky.social: 5 early surprises so far with the 2026 Patriots

From teammate Nicole Yang: Patriots stock watch: Three up, three down, and three to watch vs. the Dolphins

Thanks to all who contributed this week.

Big Patriots mailbag this week, with good questions on TreVeyon Henderson, Harold Landry, the offensive line, and more. Let’s get to it.

Dre’Mont Jones was fined $17,911 for a hit on a quarterback that came during last weekend’s win over the Jets. Jones was flagged for contact in the knee area or below on a passer at the 12:53 mark of the fourth quarter. He was the only New England player fined this week.

From the locker room: Patriots’ A.J. Brown, underwhelming again in loss to Bears, wants to keep moving forward

Hit me with your best. Because of the Thursday night game, it’ll be a weekend mailbag. Let’s get to it.

As promised, some “Old Style” — and some listener mail — helped fuel the Thursday night/Friday morning postgame pod. I talk about the good & bad from the loss to the Bears, and preview the road ahead. APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/3DoH...

From the locker room: Patriots’ A.J. Brown, underwhelming again in loss to Bears, wants to keep moving forward

As promised, some “Old Style” — and some listener mail — helped fuel the Thursday night/Friday morning postgame pod. I talk about the good & bad from the loss to the Bears, and preview the road ahead. APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/3DoH...

Going LIVE from Chicago over here shortly to talk about Patriots-Bears. www.youtube.com/live/UiZpAVG...

You guys are sending me a lot of questions during the game, and I have no time to answer them now. Re-send your best for the late-night/early-morning pod and I'll get to the best of them.

That’s it. 30-24. Pats fall to 4-3.

58-yard FG is good.

You guys are sending me a lot of questions during the game, and I have no time to answer them now. Re-send your best for the late-night/early-morning pod and I'll get to the best of them.

First and 10, New England, from its own 43.

DOINK

We've reached a point where I think you need Stevenson on the field for every snap, either as a receiver or a blocker. Doing monster work tonight.

Really nice sequence there for the defense. Got a great push on Williams.

The Patriots have had some really string performances from their offense and defense tonight. Just not at the same time. Need to play complementary football here down the stretch.

That was a really well-orchestrated drive for Maye and the Patriots. Great throws into small windows, smart decisions, confident delivery. Has done well to rebound from the end-zone pick. Feels like we might be trending toward a fourth-quarter shootout.

Maye to Raridon. TD.

Maye has had a really good third quarter so far. Crisp, efficient, and very good decisions.

AJ Brown with the catch. First down, New England.

Great play there by Maye on that 13-yarder. First down.

This post aged badly. The end of the second quarter and start of the third quarter have seen some really shoddy tackling by the Patriots' defense.

All the momentum they may have enjoyed from that late TD just left. Bears TD.

Halftime analysis: For much of the first half, the Patriots looked like a banged-up team playing on the road in a short week. But thanks to a late TD from Rhamondre Stevenson, they have life. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/22/s...

That was something. TD Patriots.

Man, end of half scores like that make coaches bananas. That's brutal.

Again, Swift making gains on the edge.

Defense keeping them in this one; make em kick field goals. As sluggish as things have been tonight, down six isn't as awful as it sounds on the road against a team like the Bears. Need to find some offense quickly.

Byard back into the game.

Swift picks up the first down by getting to the edge.

Mike Brown out there for Byard.

Gets up and jogs off.

Byard is down on a knee.

TD Patriots

Patriots challenging the spot.