FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (WWLP) – The New England Patriots will play their home opener at Gillette Stadium against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
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Before the game, the Pats will honor Super Bowl 49 champion Malcolm Butler. In that Super Bowl also against the Seahawks, Butler sealed the Pats win when he made a goal-line interception just seconds before the game’s end. He will ring the bell atop the stadium lighthouse as the honorary “keeper of the light.