{"id":726162,"date":"2026-02-03T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/726162\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:59:18","slug":"dear-new-england-patriots-players-cheerleaders-write-letters-of-thanks-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/726162\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dear New England&#8217;; Patriots players, cheerleaders write letters of thanks to fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Dear New England&#8217;; Patriots players, cheerleaders write letters of thanks to fans<\/p>\n<p>Patriots players write notes to fans at NFL Media Night in California <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPLAYERS AND SOME OF THE CHEERLEADERS AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, I LOVE A PROP. SO THAT\u2019S WHAT I BROUGHT TODAY. I WANTED TO ASK THE PLAYERS TO FINISH THE LETTER I STARTED FOR THEM. DEAR NEW ENGLAND, FILL IN THE BLANK. SEND A MESSAGE BACK HOME TO YOU GUYS IN NEW ENGLAND. AND HERE\u2019S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. DEAR NEW ENGLAND, DEAR NEW ENGLAND, DEAR NEW ENGLAND, DEAR NEW ENGLAND, DEAR NEW ENGLAND, THANKS FOR SHOWING UP EVERY WEEK, EVEN IN THE RAIN, SNOW AND FREEZING COLD TO MAKE GILLETTE THE BEST ATMOSPHERE IN SPORTS. YOU\u2019VE BEEN WITH US ALL YEAR LONG, AND THE WAY WE\u2019RE GOING TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION BY BRINGING HOME THE TROPHY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. WE NEED IT ONE MORE TIME ON THIS SEASON ON SUNDAY. GO, PATS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. IT\u2019S BEEN COLD RECENTLY AND YOU GUYS SHOW UP IN NUMBERS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING. YOU\u2019RE UNLIKE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE\u2019RE SO PROUD TO BRING THAT NEW ENGLAND SPIRIT TO CALIFORNIA. GO PATS. SO A LOT OF GRATITUDE THERE. YEAH MIKE VRABEL WAS VERY SIMILAR. THANKING THE FANS RIGHT OFF THE TOP. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE. YEAH. THEY WERE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AT HOME FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE. AND WHILE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DUKE, I HAD TO ASK SOME OF THE PLAYERS, WE KNOW THAT DRAKE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NICKNAME DRAKE. DRAKE MAY, MAY, I ASKED FOR A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE NICKNAME. CHECK OUT THA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dear New England&#8217;; Patriots players, cheerleaders write letters of thanks to fans<\/p>\n<p>Patriots players write notes to fans at NFL Media Night in California <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wcvb.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WCVB logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:45 AM EST Feb 3, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew England Patriots players touched down in California and immediately began preparations for the Super Bowl. Those preparations included NFL Media Night at the San Jose Convention Center Monday. While there, we asked several Patriots players and cheerleaders to draft a letter to you, the fans of New England.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>New England Patriots players touched down in California and immediately began preparations for the Super Bowl. Those preparations included NFL Media Night at the San Jose Convention Center Monday. <\/p>\n<p>While there, we asked several Patriots players and cheerleaders to draft a letter to you, the fans of New England.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dear New England&#8217;; Patriots players, cheerleaders write letters of thanks to fans Patriots players write notes to fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[433,1443,30004,8929,104829,919,45,7,16752,69244,7502,1167,249,70197,2326,2094,6,104831,104830,208,4452,238,237,261,104832,505,41327,21240],"class_list":["post-726162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-boston","tag-california","tag-cheerleader","tag-cheerleaders","tag-dear-new-england","tag-fan","tag-fans","tag-football","tag-letter","tag-letters","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-england-patriots-player","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-media-night","tag-patriot-player","tag-patriots","tag-preparation","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-several-patriots-player","tag-super-bowl","tag-thank","tag-thanks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116006589487279682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726162","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=726162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}