Robert Kraft’s view of the 2025 Patriots

After 20 years of success underneath Invoice Belichick and Tom Brady, Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft had gotten used to profitable.

This sense was rapidly halted although after Brady left in 2019. The Patriots have did not make the playoffs since 2021, and went a mere 4-13 in each 2023 and 2024.

Nevertheless, underneath the brand new coach-quarterback duo of Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye, Kraft is seemingly feeling again to the best way he used to.

“I can’t let you know how a lot I’m having fun with this season,” Kraft said Tuesday at The Kraft Basis and Goodwill’s annual Thanksgiving meals drive. “It may well’t get higher than this.”

Following the departure of Jerod Mayo after only one season, the Patriots employed Vrabel, previously with the Titans, to take over the pinnacle teaching place. This resolution appears to have paid off, with the season going higher than most would have predicted up to now.

Extra vital to Kraft than his personal happiness although, is the happiness of New England followers. This was factored into the choice to fireside Mayo, as Kraft and followers alike have been bored with shedding information.

“The expectations have been so low,” Kraft stated. “We needed to make some arduous selections. Look, our household seems at it like we’re custodians of a public asset. We are attempting to handle it on that foundation in placing followers first. Generally we make errors, however we need to win and understand how vital this group is to the entire group. That’s what drives us.”

New England at the moment holds the highest seed within the AFC at 10-2, and are three video games forward of the divisional rival Buffalo Payments within the AFC East.

A part of this success is because of Maye’s excellence. He leads the league in passing yards with 3,130 and is second in MVP odds, solely behind Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Nevertheless, whereas Kraft is grateful for the group’s success thus far, he is aware of an important months of the season are nonetheless to come back.

“Now we have one of the best report,” Kraft stated. “I hope we’ve got one of the best group. You already know what we all the time say, ‘The true season begins after Thanksgiving.’”

The Patriots look to increase their win streak to 10 video games and proceed their playoff push on Monday night time as they host the New York Giants.