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December 8, 2025 The MassLive Patriots Newsletter Patriots How Sunday’s results impacted idle Patriots’ pursuit of No. 1 seed, AFC East The Patriots can clinch several things this week. By Matt Vautour | mvautour@masslive.com Read more Patriots The Chiefs are dead, which is good news for the Patriots past and present The Chiefs' demise has opened the door for the Patriots and a new wave of promising AFC teams. By Matt Vautour | mvautour@masslive.com MORE    Patriots Bill Parcells has a strong message for Hall of Fame voters about Kraft and Belichick Bill Parcells weighs in on Hall bids of Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick. By Karen Guregian | KGuregian@masslive.com MORE    Subscriber Exclusive   Some Things I Think I Think: Still plenty of work for Red Sox to do as Winter Meetings get underway Random thoughts about (mostly) sports topics. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com MORE    Patriots 5 reasons the Patriots won’t lose their mojo after the bye week | Karen Guregian The Patriots should still finish strong after returning from the bye. By Karen Guregian | KGuregian@masslive.com MORE    Patriots Bill Belichick’s longtime right-hand man out at Boston College Bill O’Brien’s Chief of Staff is done at Boston College. By Chris Mason | cmason@masslive.com MORE    See more       Get Unlimited Digital Access to MassLive․com PLUS Family Sharing, Ad Lite and the Online Newspaper   $20 for 6 months   Subscribe Now   Cancel anytime.