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🤮 https://t.co/YGBg40N90L- Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) January 6, 2026

The New England Patriots wrapped up an amazing transformational 2025 NFL season. Under Head Coach and top personnel evaluator, Mike Vrabel, the should-be NFL Coach of the Year, and quarterback Drake Maye, a top NFL MVP candidate, the Patriots reversed a dismal 2024, 4-13 record and notched a 14-3 season. In addition, their rookie running back, Treveyon Henderson, also entered elite company.

Throughout the past several offseasons, Patriots fans made it clear that the offense needed a top-tier wide receiver, which only became more important once they added Drake Maye to their roster. That was also the main goal of the new regime led by Mike Vrabel, ultimately leading them to sign Stefon Diggs in free agency after several other teams chose to pass.

On Wednesday morning, it was reported by WCVB Boston that the veteran is "facing a domestic assault charge, according to court documents out of Attleborough District Court" and has been "charged with one count of assault and battery on a family/household member." The Patriots were quick to release a statement to express their awareness of the situation and shared that Barmore is on the books for an arraignment in February.

When Robert Kraft made the shocking decision to move on from Bill Belichick after two decades, there was a clear frontrunner to be the Patriots' next head coach. The problem was that he was still serving that role for another team for at least a few days longer, and Kraft was hellbent on getting Belichick's successor in as soon as possible.

If the Patriots' Week 16 game had gone far differently than what it inevitably became, which was a win, the conversation on Monday would be all about a head-scratching decision that immediately doomed their chances of leaving Baltimore the victors. Fortunately, that didn't come back to haunt them, and a fourth-quarter comeback led by Drake Maye allowed them to tie the Broncos for the best record in the league and maintain their one-game edge over the Bills for the AFC East.