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American Football Conference · AFC East · 2 Super Bowls (2018, 2016)
The New England Patriots were founded in 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, and now play their home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, where the club is also headquartered. Owned by Robert Kraft with Eliot Wolf serving as general manager and Mike Vrabel as head coach, the franchise has experienced dramatic swings in fortune over the years. The late 2010s marked a dynasty-caliber run: a 14–2 record and Super Bowl victory in 2016, another Super Bowl appearance after going 13–3 in 2017, and a second championship in 2018 following an 11–5 campaign. The team remained competitive through 2021 with a playoff berth at 10–7, but consecutive 4–13 seasons in 2023 and 2024 tested the faithful. A remarkable turnaround followed in 2025, when the Patriots surged to 14–3 and reached the Super Bowl once more. The current roster features Drake Maye, Tommy DeVito, Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, A.J. Brown, Hunter Henry, and Christian Gonzalez among its notable names.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 72 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 74 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–1 | — |
| 2025 | 14–3 | Reached the Super Bowl |
| 2024 | 4–13 | — |
| 2023 | 4–13 | — |
| 2022 | 8–9 | — |
| 2021 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2020 | 7–9 | — |
| 2019 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
| 2018 | 11–5 | Won the Super Bowl |
| 2017 | 13–3 | Reached the Super Bowl |
Each pundit’s standing lean on New England Patriots, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 95% of the room, across 3 articles · 50.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bullish than 94% of the room, across 2 articles · 100.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
Page 3 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“a really important piece of what they hope is a new supporting cast they've built around Drake May appears to be on track to be out there on Sunday”
| 2016 | 14–2 | Won the Super Bowl |
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| 2015 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2010 | 14–2 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2009 | 10–6 | Made the playoffs |
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more bullish than 94% of the room, across 2 articles · 75.0 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
more bearish than 100% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 94% of the room, across 3 articles · 53.6 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bearish than 80% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
“Javon Baker should be back on their practice squad.”
“it's not crazy to imagine a world where Rimandre is not on this Patriots team. If I had to guess, I think he's on it, but I I think that's like seventy five twenty five.”
“Marcus Jones is a tryhard, undersized slot corner who probably right now is the number three.”
“You could use brian, burns as, potential trade you know leverage to get back some draft capital to get back into some. Of this year's draft ... Maybe A, team like new england”
“I'm taking another swing, Milton Williams to the Patriots”
“All I'm saying is that Byron Murphy will be a New England Patriot”
“protect the man Ronnie Stanley ... hopefully he could do that again in New England protecting Drake May.”
“I had him going to New England. There was not much better than their offensive line room.”
“it's going to be very difficult ... for Cincinnati to keep both those wide receivers, especially when I could see team like New England throwing money at T Higgins at just unmatchable”
“Josh Sweat's going to look good in New England.”
“has the Patriots predicted to draft Darnell Wright (OT, Tennessee) with their first-round pick according to his most recent mock draft.”
“even though I think the Patriots find a way to win and we get a Super Bowl of the one and two MVP finalists, Stafford in May”
“Let's get Drake May running, and let's go to the Super Bowl, baby.”
“because the Patriots Seahawks. That's my prediction for the Super Bowl this year.”
“I got the New England Patriots coming into Denver and winning comfortably.”
“New England Patriots are going to be marching out of the Super Bowl.”
“But I'll probably say Seattle, New England.”
“they have the Rams facing the New England Patriots in Super Bowl l x”
“And give me New England. I will pick the boys. I'll pick the boys to go to the bowl.”
“The Patriots. We're picking the Patriots.”
“And give me New England. I will pick the boys... So will I.”
“But I'm gonna take the Patriots because, again, of that coaching”
“The number one seed goes to New England. Yep. That is what would end up happening.”
“But if I had to pick right now AFC, I would take New England with the young Drake May, even with Buffalo right now”
“I think the Patriots are gonna win this one big.”
“because they probably are gonna have the two seed, and they're probably going to draw the bills”
“I agree. Drake may looks like now he's the front runner to win the MVP. (agreeing the Patriots win this one big)”
“But yeah, I think the Pat's killed”
“My last one New England”
“The road to the Super Bowl and the AFC goes through Foxborough... I'm saying they're gonna be the one seed.”
“So you could you're still probably gonna win this division, Chris, unless you lose two of the last three.”
“It's already shut on them for their division. They're not winning their tenth straight division, which means the eleventh straight AFC East titles for the New England Patriots, that record is safe.”
“I think you're winning the AFC East. It would be a massive collapse that I don't think New England has has in front of them”
“I would take the Patriots at home to beat the Jags in the wild card round”
“Colts Patriots, Daniel Jones, regression, cold Weather. I'm going to take New England.”
“The New Engld Patriots, schedule wise, are going to get the number one.”
“It's gonna be always for the next decade. It's gonna be the Patriots or the goddamn Bills.”
“either the Colts or the pats are gonna be the one seed in the AFC”
“I like New England getting the one point in Miami... I think this is an absolute, true must win for New England... and I will take New England plus a point.”