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<\/p>\n‘Welcome home!’: Patriots arrive back in New England fresh off AFC title win<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSTAY WELL. IT\u2019S WHAT, NINE MINUTES BEFORE FIVE RIGHT NOW. BREAKING NEWS IN FOXBOROUGH. THE PATRIOTS. THEY LANDED IN PROVIDENCE A LITTLE BIT AGO. THEY ARE ARRIVING RIGHT NOW BACK HOME IN FOXBOROUGH RETURNING FROM DENVER AFTER THEY BEAT THE BRONCOS 10 TO 7. YEAH. AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE DOING. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE PREPARING TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME. THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL GAME ON THE WORLD STAGE. SO THEY\u2019RE GOING TO PLAY THE SEAHAWKS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. AND YOU\u2019RE GOING TO BE GOING THERE. DUKE IS GOING THERE. AND DID WE EXPECT THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON? THE ANSWER TO THE FLAT OUT ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, NO. DID WE EXPECT THAT MAYBE THERE\u2019D BE A PLAYOFF TEAM? MAYBE. RIGHT. THEY CHANGED OVER 50% OF THEIR ROSTER. IN FACT, WHEN THEY STARTED THE PLAYOFFS, OF THE 48 PLAYERS THAT WORE UNIFORMS, 30 WERE BRAND NEW. SO THAT\u2019S FLIRTING WITH 7070 PLUS PERCENT OF THEIR ROSTER. IT TURNED OVER, BUT THE MATURITY OF DRAKE MAYE IN RUNNING THE OFFENSE AND PRODUCTIVELY RUNNING THE OFFENSE HAS PUT THEM NOW FROM A TEAM THAT WON FOUR OUT OF 17 GAMES LAST YEAR, TO A TEAM THAT HAS WON 17 OF 20 GAMES SO FAR THIS YEAR, IT HAS ONE MORE GAME TO GO. THE SEAHAWKS, BY THE WAY, HAD WON 14 GAMES TO SO THERE IN THE REGULAR SEASON. SO THEY\u2019RE AT THE SAME SPOT. I HAVE TO JUST POINT THIS OUT. AND THIS THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT LIVING HERE AND GROWING UP HERE. IT IS COLD. WE LOST POWER IN FOXBOROUGH TODAY. AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE. LOOK AT LOOK AT THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT IS WHAT WE DO. IT\u2019S JUST BROUGHT JOY TO THE REGION TO THE WHOLE REGION. AND THE KIDS ARE OUT THERE. THEY DIDN\u2019T HAVE A THEY HAD A SNOW DAY TODAY AND THEY SAID, LET\u2019S GO. LET\u2019S STAND IN THE COLD. AND THEY\u2019RE GOING TO LOOK AT THESE, THESE, THESE KIDS, RIGHT. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. MANY OF THEM ARE KIDS. THEY\u2019RE WHAT, 25 ISH YEARS OLD? I MEAN, YEAH, SOME OF THEM. DRAKE MAYS, 23. HE CAN\u2019T EVEN RENT A CAR. AND HE\u2019S 23 YEARS OLD. HE\u2019S GOING TO PLAY IN A SUPER BOWL, WHICH IS THE SINGLE GREATEST. BUT THAT\u2019S THAT\u2019S THE BEAUTY OF THIS. AND THEY\u2019RE BRINGING JOY AND, AND AND WE HAVE SOMETHING TO HOPE AND LOOK FORWARD TO. AND THAT\u2019S REALLY EXCITING I LOVE IT. AND THEY\u2019RE THEIR THEIR MANTRA AS IT\u2019S BEEN IS STRAPPED ON ONE OF THE BUSSES I SAW I DIDN\u2019T SEE IT ON THAT ONE. BUT WE ALL WE GOT, WE ALL WE NEED, WE ALL WE GOT AND THEY\u2019RE CHEERING. I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU DO, RIGHT? YOU SAY TO THE KIDS LET\u2019S GO. WE\u2019RE GOING TO GILLETTE. THE PATRIOTS PLAYERS ARE COMING IN. LET\u2019S HOLD SIGNS. AND IT TEACHES THEM, YOU KNOW LOYALTY AND YOUR TEAM AND HARD WORK PAYS OFF. AND IT\u2019S REALLY IT\u2019S IT\u2019S IT\u2019S SUCH A GREAT TIME RIGHT NOW. WE\u2019RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. WHEN I SAY THAT I, I DO PAUSE AND SAY, WELL WHEN WE SAY WE I DID NO WORK TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. RIGHT. WELL, BUT WE\u2019VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES IN THE LAST 24 OR 5 YEARS, YOU KNOW. SO THAT\u2019S OKAY. YEAH. THIS FRANCHISE IS, YOU KNOW. IS THE FRANCHISE IN THE NFL THAT\u2019S BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL MOST FREQUENTLY. THIS IS THE 12TH TRIP FOR THIS FRANCHISE, WHICH IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE MOST OF ANY FRANCHISE IN THE LEAGUE. PATRIOTS SURE, THE PATRIOTS HAVE WON SIX OF THEM. PITTSBURGH IS ONE SIX. SO SO BOTH SIDES ARE BOTH FRANCHISES ARE. EVEN IF THE PATRIOTS CAN WIN THE 1 IN 2 WEEKS, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY PUT THEM ON TOP OF THAT LIST. I THINK THAT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. WELL, AND THESE PLAYERS RIGHT. THE YOU SAW THE GAME YESTERDAY. YOU SAW THE WEATHER IN DENVER AND THAT AND YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT HAS KEPT THEM FROM FROM LEAVING DENVER UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY LEFT THIS MORNING. AND THEY NORMALLY IN A NORMAL SEQUENCE THAT HAD BEEN HOME BY NOW. BUT BUT NO, THE WEATHER WAS JUST PREVENTED THAT. SO TODAY WAS A TRAVEL DAY AND NOW THEY\u2019RE BACK. THEY\u2019RE FINALLY RIGHT BACK HERE IN FOXBOROUGH. AND NOW THE HARD WORK BEGINS AGAIN. RIGHT. FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. MIKE VRABEL SAID TO THEM IN THE IN THE LOCKER ROOM YESTERDAY CELEBRATE. ENJOY THE MOMENT. YOU\u2019VE EARNED IT. YOU DESERVE IT. AND THEN HE SAID THE BUS LEAVES AT 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING. AND IF YOU MISS IT YOU CAN\u2019T PLAY IN THE SUPER BOWL RIGHT. THEY DIDN\u2019T MISS IT. I DON\u2019T THINK ANYBODY MISSED IT I REALLY DON\u2019T. AND LOOK AND NOW THE PLAYERS ARE TAKING IT ALL IN AND THEY\u2019RE RECORDING THESE MOMENTS SAYING YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS HOW WE WE DO IT. HERE IT IS. IT\u2019S IT\u2019S THE BEST PART OF IT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT THIS FRANCHISE HAS BEEN A FREQUENT SUPER BOWLS. BUT REALITY IS THAT THERE DAN MARINO PLAYED QUARTERBACK WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS. AND HE WENT HE WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL AS A ROOKIE. AND HE FIGURED, WELL I\u2019M GOING TO GO AND GO AND GO AND GO AND GO AGAIN. HE NEVER DID NEVER DID I KNOW. SO WHEN YOU\u2019RE IN THE MOMENT, ENJOY THE MOMENT, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THEY\u2019RE ENJOYING THE MOMENT AND THE FANS ARE ENJOYING IT JUST AS MUCH FOR SURE. IT\u2019S NICE TO SEE THAT\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
‘Welcome home!’: Patriots arrive back in New England fresh off AFC title win<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:05 PM EST Jan 26, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n