Official Week 18 Post Game Thread- The Pats (14-3) DEFEAT the Dolphins, 38-10
January 5, 2026
Official Week 18 Post Game Thread- The Pats (14-3) DEFEAT the Dolphins, 38-10
44 comments
2 SEED BABY LETS GOOOOO
MVP
#14-3 TELL THE LEAGUE WE’RE FUCKING BACK AND THEY’RE FUCKED
squished the fish. 14-3 after back to back 4-13 seasons. what a turnaround. can’t wait for the playoffs – go pats!
HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEL TO BE PROUD AS FUCK OF THIS TEAM HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND ENDING THE SEASON 14-3?
Maye raining down TDs and incentive bonuses.
Perfect opportunity to punish the chargers for not trying
TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS LFG
BRING ON THE CHARGERS
Finishing with 38 points with 38 having a monster game very fitting
Stafford doesn’t deserve MVP over Maye.
Go Panthers next week.
Fuck the Chargers also.
Well folks, who else had Rhamondre going Super Saiyan this game?
Our boy’s really about to be the MVP.
Maye is the clear choice for MVP and is 100% going to get fucked out of it so Stafford can get it as a career participation trophy.
Fuck it. He’ll just have to win SB MVP.
Anybody else find it fitting that the final score was 38? Because Mondre had a day!!
Fish = Squish’d!
See yall next week!!
Bring on LA they wanna bench starters this week well now they can bench eem rest of the post season
Imagine if we still had Gibson as #3
I’m ready for another twenty year dynasty fellas
Man we are in such a great position for a long time.
Vrabel, McDaniels, and Maye set the bar high and I feel we are still scratching the surface with how good this roster can be.
Last few years have been VERY dark but the future is VERY bright.
What a gift this season has been. I’m so grateful for this campaign, regardless of what happens from here.
Having 3 home playoff games could be fun
14 and fucking 3. That is INSANE. I did not see this coming in any way whatsoever. What’s being completely underlooked with all the whining about SOS is that they pretty comfortably won 14 games. It’s not like they were the 2024 Chiefs winning tons of games by the skin of their teeth. The Pats have been consistently a level above almost everyone they play.
The only reason I’m iffy about the playoffs is because so much of this team is new and I don’t know what they will look like on that stage. On paper this should be one of the 2-3 obvious Super Bowl favorites going into the playoffs.
Stafford with 2 1 yard passing tds today lmao.
I listened to a podcast interview with a Buddhist monk earlier today. Coupled with the New Year, it has me very much in the right frame of mind.
Let Stafford win the MVP.
Let the Broncos keep the #1 seed.
it is wonderful this is all happening to us. Even if we have to suffer in the House of Horrors that is Mile High, we will embrace our fate.
Home playoff games
Vrabel has never lost playing at New England in the playoffs (8-0 as player and 1-0 as opposing coach). 1 of those was at old Foxboro Stadium though.
all the schedule talk and the Broncos limp to the 1 seed against Trey Lance and the Chiefs 3rd string
A lot of people in the NFL subreddit will be real confused when the Patriots D shows up in the playoffs
Drake “Real MVP” Maye
No matter what happens in the play offs, this season has been such an unexpected joy to watch
Never had beef with the Chargers ever but watching them tank today to play us just makes me ready to watch us beat the shit out of them next week. PLAY YOUR GUYS!!!
Hope the weather is cold and snowy next week when the chargers come to town. Bunch of hacks.
I may be in the minority here, but I honestly couldn’t give two shits about who wins MVP. Like it’s a nice achievement for Drake if he gets it, but I don’t understand the millions of posts and comments by people getting SO worked up about it. Drake is the guy for us, he’s a blast to watch, and the Pats are winning again. That is literally all I care about.
14-3, 2 seed. Let’s fucking go. This has been such a fun regular season. Thank you Vrable, Maye, Stevenson, Campbell, Diggs, Hollins, Henderson, and everyone else
The Patriots only won 4 games in 2023 and 2024. This year they didn’t even lose 4 games. Crazy turnaround and an absolutely insane season from this team. I don’t think anybody expected this team to be a Super Bowl contender yet here we are… LETS GET IT DONE!!
I’m fine with getting LA in the first round.
Better than Houston.
Not afraid of them going on the road against Denver either. 8-0 Road record, and Denver is looking bad.
If only we won that Steelers game…or the Bills game. Oh well. We don’t need no fucking bye. Let’s show the league the monster they’ve missed the last few years!!
Brady’s giving MVP to Stafford, I feel gross hearing him say it.
MVP is an individual popularity contest. It means next to nothing. In 20 fucking years the GOAT only won 3 of them and he didn’t care about any of them.
If both Henderson and Stevenson are clicking during this playoff run the Super Bowl is not out the question.
Tale of two different cultures looking at those locker rooms. rams are all chanting mvp. Patriots do a single clap and move on to business.
seriously, who thought after that terrible 5 turnover game against the steelers that this team would go 13 – 1 to finish the season. absolutely incredible.
Honestly, the chargers provided plenty of bulletin board material, I hope the patriots come out extra motivated next week, especially with a lot of their fans calling for the patriots in the opening round
Anyone else just completely fed up with MVP discussion, in either direction?
44 comments
2 SEED BABY LETS GOOOOO
MVP
#14-3 TELL THE LEAGUE WE’RE FUCKING BACK AND THEY’RE FUCKED
squished the fish. 14-3 after back to back 4-13 seasons. what a turnaround. can’t wait for the playoffs – go pats!
HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEL TO BE PROUD AS FUCK OF THIS TEAM HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND ENDING THE SEASON 14-3?
Maye raining down TDs and incentive bonuses.
Perfect opportunity to punish the chargers for not trying
TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS LFG
BRING ON THE CHARGERS
Finishing with 38 points with 38 having a monster game very fitting
Stafford doesn’t deserve MVP over Maye.
Go Panthers next week.
Fuck the Chargers also.
Well folks, who else had Rhamondre going Super Saiyan this game?
Our boy’s really about to be the MVP.
Maye is the clear choice for MVP and is 100% going to get fucked out of it so Stafford can get it as a career participation trophy.
Fuck it. He’ll just have to win SB MVP.
Anybody else find it fitting that the final score was 38? Because Mondre had a day!!
Fish = Squish’d!
See yall next week!!
Bring on LA they wanna bench starters this week well now they can bench eem rest of the post season
Imagine if we still had Gibson as #3
I’m ready for another twenty year dynasty fellas
Man we are in such a great position for a long time.
Vrabel, McDaniels, and Maye set the bar high and I feel we are still scratching the surface with how good this roster can be.
Last few years have been VERY dark but the future is VERY bright.
What a gift this season has been. I’m so grateful for this campaign, regardless of what happens from here.
Having 3 home playoff games could be fun
14 and fucking 3. That is INSANE. I did not see this coming in any way whatsoever. What’s being completely underlooked with all the whining about SOS is that they pretty comfortably won 14 games. It’s not like they were the 2024 Chiefs winning tons of games by the skin of their teeth. The Pats have been consistently a level above almost everyone they play.
The only reason I’m iffy about the playoffs is because so much of this team is new and I don’t know what they will look like on that stage. On paper this should be one of the 2-3 obvious Super Bowl favorites going into the playoffs.
Stafford with 2 1 yard passing tds today lmao.
I listened to a podcast interview with a Buddhist monk earlier today. Coupled with the New Year, it has me very much in the right frame of mind.
Let Stafford win the MVP.
Let the Broncos keep the #1 seed.
it is wonderful this is all happening to us. Even if we have to suffer in the House of Horrors that is Mile High, we will embrace our fate.
Home playoff games
Vrabel has never lost playing at New England in the playoffs (8-0 as player and 1-0 as opposing coach). 1 of those was at old Foxboro Stadium though.
all the schedule talk and the Broncos limp to the 1 seed against Trey Lance and the Chiefs 3rd string
A lot of people in the NFL subreddit will be real confused when the Patriots D shows up in the playoffs
Drake “Real MVP” Maye
No matter what happens in the play offs, this season has been such an unexpected joy to watch
Never had beef with the Chargers ever but watching them tank today to play us just makes me ready to watch us beat the shit out of them next week. PLAY YOUR GUYS!!!
Hope the weather is cold and snowy next week when the chargers come to town. Bunch of hacks.
I may be in the minority here, but I honestly couldn’t give two shits about who wins MVP. Like it’s a nice achievement for Drake if he gets it, but I don’t understand the millions of posts and comments by people getting SO worked up about it. Drake is the guy for us, he’s a blast to watch, and the Pats are winning again. That is literally all I care about.
14-3, 2 seed. Let’s fucking go. This has been such a fun regular season. Thank you Vrable, Maye, Stevenson, Campbell, Diggs, Hollins, Henderson, and everyone else
The Patriots only won 4 games in 2023 and 2024. This year they didn’t even lose 4 games. Crazy turnaround and an absolutely insane season from this team. I don’t think anybody expected this team to be a Super Bowl contender yet here we are… LETS GET IT DONE!!
I’m fine with getting LA in the first round.
Better than Houston.
Not afraid of them going on the road against Denver either. 8-0 Road record, and Denver is looking bad.
If only we won that Steelers game…or the Bills game. Oh well. We don’t need no fucking bye. Let’s show the league the monster they’ve missed the last few years!!
Brady’s giving MVP to Stafford, I feel gross hearing him say it.
MVP is an individual popularity contest. It means next to nothing. In 20 fucking years the GOAT only won 3 of them and he didn’t care about any of them.
If both Henderson and Stevenson are clicking during this playoff run the Super Bowl is not out the question.
Tale of two different cultures looking at those locker rooms. rams are all chanting mvp. Patriots do a single clap and move on to business.
seriously, who thought after that terrible 5 turnover game against the steelers that this team would go 13 – 1 to finish the season. absolutely incredible.
Honestly, the chargers provided plenty of bulletin board material, I hope the patriots come out extra motivated next week, especially with a lot of their fans calling for the patriots in the opening round
Anyone else just completely fed up with MVP discussion, in either direction?
There’s 52 other players on these teams.