The New England Patriots have gone 4-13 in back-to-back years, but looking at their schedule for the 2025 season there appears to be a path to serious improvement. The team of first-year head coach Mike Vrabel, after all, will be going up against one of the easiest slates in the entire NFL this fall.
Using the traditional strength of schedule model, which looks at the previous season to determine how tough a team’s schedule is, we can see that the Patriots will be facing the third-easiest group of opponents in the league. It combined for a win percentage of just .