The 2025 Patriots should be better than last year’s team, but by how much?

One ESPN analyst believes Mike Vrabel could lead New England to an incredible turnaround. In a piece published Thursday , Aaron Schatz, creator of the widely used DOVA metric, identified the Patriots as one of the teams that could go from worst to first in their division.

“ESPN’s stats believe in Drake Maye,” Schatz wrote. “He finished 17th among qualifying quarterbacks with a 58.6 QBR in 2024, as QBR attempts to separate the quarterback from his surroundings. The surroundings are supposed to be better this season, but how much better are they?

There are a lot of new faces in New England, which starts with an improvement at head coach in Mike Vrabel. … With all this added talent, plus simple regression to the m

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