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Patriots fans head to Gillette to gear up before big game<\/p>\n

The Patriots play the Texans on WCVB Channel 5 on Sunday at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRHONDELLA. HEY JESSICA, THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PRO SHOP. THAT\u2019S REALLY THE PLACE TO BE. I MET A WOMAN WHO IS LITERALLY PAYING HOMAGE IN THE AISLE. SHE KEPT REPEATING, OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS, I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM HERE. I CAN TELL YOU THE FANDOM IS OFF THE CHARTS. THE GEAR IN THIS SHOP IS CONSTANT. SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ARE HERE UPDATING THEIR CLOSET. THE PILGRIMAGE TO PATRIOT PLACE. PART OF THE EXCITEMENT AND THE PREP FOR SUNDAY\u2019S GAME, WHEN OUR PATRIOTS TAKE ON THE TEXANS AT GILLETTE, THAT BRICK RED SIDELINE HAT THAT DRAKE MAYE WEARS IS WHAT I\u2019VE ACTUALLY BEEN HUNTING FOR. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT IS SOLD OUT. I\u2019M TOLD BOTH IN RED AND NAVY. BUT FANS, THEY\u2019RE OKAY WITH WHATEVER THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON. I AM PUMPED AND THAT\u2019S WHY I CAME DOWN HERE TODAY TO GET NEW GEAR TO WEAR FOR THE NEW GAME, AND I THINK WE\u2019RE GOING TO DO IT. DRAKE MAYE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. DIGGS HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. I MEAN WE\u2019RE WE\u2019RE EXCITED. IT\u2019S PARTY AT OUR HOUSE ON SUNDAY. I BET YOU SHE\u2019S A GOOD COOK TOO. HEY THOSE AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND MARKINGS WILL BE GOING ON THE FIELD LATER TODAY. AT HOME. FANS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO GO INTO THE PRO SHOP. I CAN\u2019T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY WEREN\u2019T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BECAUSE THEY\u2019RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK, SO THEY\u2019RE DUCKING OUR CAMERAS. BUT I HAVE TO SAY PATRIOTS NATION, THEY\u2019RE NOT LETTING ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY OF THE EXCITEMENT OF THESE PLAYOFF MOMENTS THAT THEY HAVEN\u2019T BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY IN SIX YEARS. LIVE A\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Patriots fans head to Gillette to gear up before big game<\/p>\n

The Patriots play the Texans on WCVB Channel 5 on Sunday at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:04 PM EST Jan 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe pro shop at Gillette Stadium was packed with New England Patriots fans who are gearing up for Sunday’s big game against the Houston Texans.The brick sideline hat that quarterback Drake Maye wears was sold out in red and navy but fans said they are OK with whatever they can get their hands on.\u201cI am pumped, and that is why I came down here today to get new gear to wear for the new game, and I think we are going to do it. Drake Maye has been wonderful. The team has been wonderful. Diggs has been unbelievable. We are excited. It is a party at our house on Sunday,\u201d said Krista Amato of Pelham, New Hampshire.The two will meet at Gillette Stadium on Sunday at 3 p.m. on Channel 5.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The pro shop at Gillette Stadium was packed with New England Patriots fans who are gearing up for Sunday’s big game against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n

The brick sideline hat that quarterback Drake Maye wears was sold out in red and navy but fans said they are OK with whatever they can get their hands on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pumped, and that is why I came down here today to get new gear to wear for the new game, and I think we are going to do it. Drake Maye has been wonderful. The team has been wonderful. Diggs has been unbelievable. We are excited. It is a party at our house on Sunday,\u201d said Krista Amato of Pelham, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

The two will meet at Gillette Stadium on Sunday at 3 p.m. on Channel 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patriots fans head to Gillette to gear up before big game The Patriots play the Texans on WCVB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[52513,833,45,7,12059,6062,30771,18106,253,7502,2285,1167,249,2326,2094,6,17623,10762,95228,208,99344,19798,99342,19780,3667,222,6575,99343],"class_list":{"0":"post-679946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-big-game","9":"tag-drake-maye","10":"tag-fans","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-foxborough","13":"tag-gear","14":"tag-gillette","15":"tag-gillette-stadium","16":"tag-houston-texans","17":"tag-massachusetts","18":"tag-navy","19":"tag-new-england","20":"tag-new-england-patriots","21":"tag-newengland","22":"tag-newenglandpatriots","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-p-m","25":"tag-party","26":"tag-patriot-fan","27":"tag-patriots","28":"tag-patriots-fan","29":"tag-pro-shop","30":"tag-red-sideline-hat","31":"tag-shop","32":"tag-sunday","33":"tag-texans","34":"tag-today","35":"tag-wcvb-channel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115900700926210606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}