Stars Drake Maye and Christian Gonzalez are each just 23 years old; they roster 15 rookies and have 12 picks in the upcoming draft. They're also ninth in effective cap space. All this would be encouraging for any team, but when you consider how well New England has done this season, the environment is just perfect. Not only has the team found success with less, but they also have the resources to continue improving.
The Patriots' decision to give Milton Williams the largest contract in franchise history has quickly paid off. Williams has proven to be worth the four-year, $104 million deal that includes $63 million in guaranteed money as the defensive tackle has been one of the Patriots' top players in their run to Super Bowl LX. He has two sacks this postseason to go with nine pressures, per Next Gen Stats.
After going unselected in the 2023 NFL Draft, Durden played in just eight games between the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams through his first two seasons in the league, registering 13 tackles, one tackle for loss, 1.5 stuffs, and zero quarterback hits. However, since initially joining the Patriots practice squad in late-August before being signed to the active roster prior to Week 1, Durden has more than doubled all of those totals.
Mack Hollins hasn't consistently worn shoes in the past decade, not since he started working with a cadre of holistic Australian trainers who extol the virtues of naked feet. He's barefoot today, as normal, or at least his normal, and the cafeteria staffers need him to freeze in his tracks. They'd like to clean up the mess, lest one of the team's newest wide receivers land on the injury report: downgraded to out (glass shards).
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After falling into obscurity, slowly but surely, over the last five years, the New England Patriots are back to where they are most comfortable: in the Super Bowl. They're set to take on the Seattle Seahawks in a championship rematch ten years in the making, hoping they'll endure the same joyful fate as the last time the two teams met in Super Bowl XLIX.
Seattle opened as a 3.5-point favorite before quickly jumping up to -4.5, according to DraftKings odds; the sportsbooks across the marketplace did not have a consensus opening spread, ranging anywhere from -3.5 to -5. Once the dust settled on the initial wagering Sunday night, Seahawks -4.5 or -5 emerged as the most common line. On the moneyline, Seattle is -230 to win the big game, with New England claiming +190 odds.