Patriots GameDay Patriots vs Titans Week 7
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Make the rookie the RB1, live with it while he catches up to NFL speed, and use Rham as the third down back.
Friday, October 17, 2025
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WR Stefon Diggs, Chest (FP)
S Jaylinn Hawkins, Hamstring (LP)
LB Harold Landry III, Ankle (FP)
CB Charles Woods, Knee (DNP)
NO GAME STATUS GIVEN: DT Christian Barmore - Not Injury Related / Other (FP), CB Christian Gonzalez - Hamstring (FP), LB Anfernee Jennings - Ankle (FP), LB Marte Mapu - Neck (FP), OT Morgan Moses - Hip (FP), DE Keion White - Elbow (FP)
OL Blake Hance, Shoulder (LP)
OLB Arden Key, Quadricep (DNP)
WR Bryce Oliver, Knee (LP)
WR Calvin Ridley, Hamstring (DNP)
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CB Marcus Harris, Calf (LP)
OLB Dre'Mont Jones, Knee (DNP)
NT T'Vondre Sweat, Ankle (LP)
NO GAME STATUS GIVEN: WR Van Jefferson - Ankle (FP), WR Tyler Lockett - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP),DE James Lynch - Shoulder (LP), DT Jeffery Simmons - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP), K Joey Slye - Right Calf (LP), CB L'Jarius Sneed - Quadricep (LP), S Kevin Winson Jr. - Hamstring (FP), G Kevin Zeitler - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
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No Players Listed.
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WR Stefon Diggs, Chest (FP)
S Jaylinn Hawkins, Hamstring (LP)
LB Harold Landry III, Ankle (FP)
CB Charles Woods, Knee (DNP)
NO GAME STATUS GIVEN: DT Christian Barmore - Not Injury Related / Other (FP), CB Christian Gonzalez - Hamstring (FP), LB Anfernee Jennings - Ankle (FP), LB Marte Mapu - Neck (FP), OT Morgan Moses - Hip (FP), DE Keion White - Elbow (FP)
TENNESSEE TITANS
OUTOL Blake Hance, Shoulder (LP)
OLB Arden Key, Quadricep (DNP)
WR Bryce Oliver, Knee (LP)
WR Calvin Ridley, Hamstring (DNP)
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CB Marcus Harris, Calf (LP)
OLB Dre'Mont Jones, Knee (DNP)
NT T'Vondre Sweat, Ankle (LP)
NO GAME STATUS GIVEN: WR Van Jefferson - Ankle (FP), WR Tyler Lockett - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP),DE James Lynch - Shoulder (LP), DT Jeffery Simmons - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP), K Joey Slye - Right Calf (LP), CB L'Jarius Sneed - Quadricep (LP), S Kevin Winson Jr. - Hamstring (FP), G Kevin Zeitler - Not Injury Related / Rest (FP)
captain stone
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Jennings fucking SUCKS.
If the first play from scrimmage is The Fumbler up the middle for No gain...
Henderson will get there, I thought last week he was better in his pass-pro.. He didn't have that deer-in-headlights look before making blocks. This could be a good week for the run game as long as they don't run right at Simmons..
captain stone
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That would make The Fumbler the Slowest 3rd-Down Back in football.
Season Stats
Regular Season
Top Patriots numbers
Bottom Titans numbers
Points Per Game
25.0
(11th)
13.8
(31st)
Points Against Per Game
20.0
(7th)
26.8
(26th)
Total Yards Per Game
345.2
(15th)
265.3
(32nd)
Passing Yards Per Game
244.5
(6th)
150.5
(31st)
Rushing Yards Per Game
91.5
(27th)
81.8
(31st)
Yards Allowed Per Game
334.2
(14th)
355.2
(22nd)
Passing Yards Allowed Per Game
239.0
(25th)
209.7
(13th)
Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game
83.5
(4th)
133.7
(25th)
Turnovers Per Game
1.2
(16th)
1.7
(28th)
Takeaways Per Game
1.5
(7th)
1.7
(4th)
Regular Season
Top Patriots numbers
Bottom Titans numbers
Points Per Game
25.0
(11th)
13.8
(31st)
Points Against Per Game
20.0
(7th)
26.8
(26th)
Total Yards Per Game
345.2
(15th)
265.3
(32nd)
Passing Yards Per Game
244.5
(6th)
150.5
(31st)
Rushing Yards Per Game
91.5
(27th)
81.8
(31st)
Yards Allowed Per Game
334.2
(14th)
355.2
(22nd)
Passing Yards Allowed Per Game
239.0
(25th)
209.7
(13th)
Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game
83.5
(4th)
133.7
(25th)
Turnovers Per Game
1.2
(16th)
1.7
(28th)
Takeaways Per Game
1.5
(7th)
1.7
(4th)
Patriots coach Mike Vrabel concedes return to Tennessee is interesting — just not important
Vrabel and company will face the Titans on Sunday, but the coach insists the Week 7 matchup isn't about revenge: "My focus was here.”
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FOXBORO, Mass. — There’s a lot of this job, being the head coach of an NFL franchise, that Mike Vrabel doesn’t enjoy. He said Wednesday that it’s not all fun and games — the money, power and prestige notwithstanding — given the lengthy hours and immense pressure to succeed.
Still, it wasn’t long after Vrabel was fired from his first head coaching gig with the Tennessee Titans in January 2024 that he knew he wanted another crack at it. When he picked up a consulting job with the Cleveland Browns last season, he even included an out in his contract one week before the season ended so that he could get a jump-start on interviews for head coaching roles, should they need to take place.
Of course, they did. Vrabel landed with the New England Patriots and quickly has them at 4-2 and atop the AFC East as he now prepares to head back to Tennessee this weekend for his first matchup against his former team.
“There is going to be, probably, a lot said about this,” Vrabel said, and surely he’s right. “I think it would file under the category of, ‘Is it interesting or important?’ I would probably say this would be very interesting, but in the end, not very important to our preparation or what we need to continue to try to do to improve as a team. But having spent six or seven years there, I think it’ll be nice to see some people that I haven’t seen in a few years that helped us win: players and staff. But we’ve got a huge job here to do as we prepare for them.”
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Under both the interesting and important categories is the change that has come for the Titans this week. They fired Vrabel’s successor, Brian Callahan, in a move that seems to say more about the Titans than it does Callahan.
The Titans, led by owner Amy Adams Strunk, fired Vrabel after he amassed a 54-45 record over six seasons in Tennessee. Callahan went 4-19 in the months that followed.
But Vrabel understands what it’s like in Callahan’s shoes. When the organization is frustrated by what you’re producing. When you’re called into an office and told you’re no longer needed. So this week, Vrabel reached out to Callahan.
“There’s a human element to this that I don’t want to forget,” Vrabel said. “I remember all of those coaches and people who reached out to me after I was let go. I think that’s important. Nobody texts when you lose, but they all text when you win. That’s a good reminder.”
Vrabel won’t say this next part, but surely it must feel good to return to Tennessee for the first time with a surging team that’s exceeding expectations. The Patriots have been better than anyone thought they’d be. Their offense is thriving behind Drake Maye. They’ve taken to Vrabel’s messaging, and his culture has clearly stuck.
He went from a discarded coach, fired by the Titans after a 6-11 season, to one of the early favorites for Coach of the Year. He has the Patriots in line for a playoff berth in his first year back with the organization he spent most of his playing career with, one where he’s already in the team’s Hall of Fame.
“They’re not going to cancel the rest of the season,” Vrabel joked of the Patriots’ strong (and surprising) position in the standings.
Vrabel arrived in Tennessee as a young coach who had quickly climbed the profession’s ladder. He was an NFL assistant for just four seasons and a coordinator for only one of those. But he brought immediate success.
The Titans won nine games in his first season. They reached the AFC Championship game in his second. They won 11 games the next year and 12 the year after that.
But he was still out of a job after two straight losing seasons, surely left with some bitter feelings, which made it interesting to wonder what he thought of the Titans firing his replacement earlier this week.
“I didn’t have a reaction. My focus was here,” Vrabel said. “The surprises in our business shouldn’t be surprises. Things happen in this league. It’s a decision they made, and I didn’t have a particular reaction to it, other than getting ready for the game on Sunday.”
On the pregame shows Sunday (and, frankly, in written stories like this one), Vrabel is the topic du jour as the Patriots go for a fourth straight win against the Titans. It is, as Vrabel noted earlier, interesting — though not, in his eyes, important.
That’s why Vrabel doesn’t plan to make much of his return when he’s talking with his team. If anything, the only pertinent message is one his players can relate to.
“Like we tell our players, be ready for it and take advantage of it,” Vrabel said of getting another head coaching opportunity.
But what about revenge? Couldn’t Vrabel use that as a rallying cry for his men?
“We’re not trying to win one for the Gipper here,” he said. “We’re just trying to make sure these guys are focused on improving. And I think they are.”
So, less than two years after the Titans showed him the door, Vrabel is back in the head coach’s chair, a spot where it can be difficult to relish the role given all the responsibilities at hand.
“Admittedly, it’s hard to enjoy it,” Vrabel said. “But I knew once I got to Cleveland, I was sure there was nothing else I wanted to do besides having another opportunity if I could get it. So I think you have to try to find different ways to enjoy it — the good and the bad, having been through both.”
He's done well as a pass catching RB in the past, and his numbers are good this season, too. Add in him being the better pass blocker right now, and it just makes sense to me.
