The 2025 season is right around the corner. Although the world champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Micah Parsons-less Dallas Cowboys will open the year tonight, the New England Patriots have a few more days of wait and preparation ahead of them: they will enter Week 1 on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 1 p.m. ET.
Their opponent is in itself a familiar one; the Patriots and the Las Vegas Raiders are set to cross paths a fourth time in the last six seasons. However, this iteration of the Silver and Black is a different one altogether: like New England, Las Vegas went for a rebuild this season, hiring Pete Carroll as its head coach.