'Tis the season for prognostications about the National Football League and its teams and players. Similar to draft season, it's always a fun exercise to see how national and other pundits evaluate your team and its players' prospects.
Some will provide some great takes, while others will trash your team and its outlook for the upcoming season. It's all part of the NFL media regimen that unfolds in a yearlong stream of uplifting or trashing of teams and players.
Fortunately, in 2025, with Mike Vrabel at the helm of the Patriots, there have been a lot of optimistic predictions emanating from the national media (if not as often from the local!