The 2026 Patriots: From "Worst to First" to Super Bowl LX A 4-win team turned AFC Champion in just 365 days. On February 8, 2026, the New England Patriots will step onto the field at Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl LX, completing a "worst-to-first" arc that has stunned the sports world. After back-to-back 4-13 seasons, the Patriots flipped the script under first-year head coach Mike Vrabel, finishing the regular season with a dominant 14-3 record and a perfect 9-0 mark on the road. The catalyst? Sophomore QB Drake Maye, who at 23 years old became the youngest quarterback to reach the Super Bowl since Dan Marino in 1984. Behind a defense that allowed only 26 total points across three playoff games—the second-fewest in NFL history—New England dismantled the Chargers and Texans before edging the Broncos 10-7 in a snowy AFC Championship thriller. Now, a familiar foe awaits: the Seattle Seahawks, in a high-stakes rematch of the legendary Super Bowl XLIX. Will the Patriots break the tie wi...