Considerable hype is building around the New England Patriots heading into 2025 thanks to a free-agent spending free and a new head coach in Mike Vrabel.
With all of the excitement brewing in Foxborough, it may be easy for fans — and even media pundits — to forget that the Patriots have gone 4-13 each of the last two seasons.
As a result, we may have to dial back expectations for New England just a bit, and Austin Mock of The Athletic recently did just that by running a projection model that ranked all 32 rosters in the NFL.