{"id":972579,"date":"2026-08-14T02:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/972579\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:45:17","slug":"fans-excited-for-return-to-football-as-patriots-take-on-colts-in-the-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/972579\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans excited for return to football as Patriots take on Colts in the preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans excited for return to football as Patriots take on Colts in the preseason<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/news-team\/34427621-dfe9-4c2c-b074-794767b81fb1\" aria-label=\"Mary Saladna profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/34427621-dfe9-4c2c-b074-794767b81fb1_1478733341.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Mary Saladna\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Gone are the days of &#8220;Boston Stadium&#8221; as the New England Patriots return to action in Foxborough, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Patriots faced off against the Indianapolis Colts in a preseason game Thursday without many of their starters, including Drake Maye.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">But even with the backups playing most of the game, fans are still excited for football to return.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Many predict a winning season, with others hoping superstar cornerback Christian Gonzalez gets signed.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">We&#8217;re still weeks away from the NFL&#8217;s season opener on Sept. 9, a Super Bowl rematch between New England and the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans excited for return to football as Patriots take on Colts in the preseason FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2014 Gone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[9670,6032,2005,833,919,7,12059,392,7502,1167,249,127814,2326,2094,6,9693,208,11520,127815,189,261,17627,11351],"class_list":["post-972579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-action","tag-christian-gonzalez","tag-colts","tag-drake-maye","tag-fan","tag-football","tag-foxborough","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-england-patriots-return","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-other","tag-patriots","tag-preseason","tag-preseason-game-thursday","tag-season","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sept","tag-wcvb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117091574016076077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972579","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=972579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}