Mike Reiss
mikereiss.bsky.social
Mike Reiss
@mikereiss.bsky.social
Patriots reporter for ESPN.
Patriots "core 4" special teams report, Week 10:
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
News story: Rob Gronkowski to sign ceremonial one-day contract to retire "a Patriot for life" -- fulfilling the wish of his late friend, local philanthropist Susan Hurley.

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Gronk to fulfill late friend's wish, retire as Patriot
Rob Gronkowski plans to sign a ceremonial one-day contract with the New England Patriots on Wednesday so he can "retire as a Patriot for life."
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mike Vrabel arrives, with more urgency than a standard Monday, and @kguregian.bsky.social leads off with an injury-based question on RBs.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Patriots continue to be back in the national conversation, as the discussion on “Get Up” reflects.

Are they now in driver’s seat in AFC East? Is Drake Maye the
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Personnel-wise, RB a key spot to assess/potentially act on with the quick turnaround to Thursday.

The summary:
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Question (via “The Greg Hill Show”): Always like to give you a chance to clean things up that are floating around ... [media discussion] that Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk was unwilling to talk trades with this team. Accurate?

Mike Vrabel:
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Al Michaels (play by play), Kirk Herbstreit (analysis) and Kaylee Hartung (sideline) are on the Amazon Prime call for Thursday's Patriots-Jets game.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Patriots defensive snaps vs. Buccaneers:

🏈 Season-high 41 for LB Jack Gibbens, who totals team-high 10 tackles

🏈 DT Khyiris Tonga plays 28, in addition to 8 on offense

🏈 DT Milton Williams 65.6% on year

🏈 69 snaps as team matches season high (Carolina, Week 4)
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Patriots offensive snaps vs. Buccaneers:

🏈 RB TreVeyon Henderson plays 51 of 61 (totals 102 snaps over last 2 games)

🏈 DT Khyiris Tonga role as power FB grows with 8 snaps

🏈 Top OL intact for 9th game out of 10

🏈 WR Mack Hollins now 62.5% on year (leads all NE WRs)
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Patriots Monday

🕛🎙️12p: Mike Vrabel

🔒🚪12:15p: Locker room

NOTES: 7 wins in a row...5-0 on road...Estimate in Tampa - 30% Pats fans...QB Drake Maye new MVP favorite...WR Mack Hollins - 2nd career 100-yard game...Streak holding RBs to less than 50 yards rushing broken at 9.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
News story: Rookie impact. And it came fast.

RB TreVeyon Henderson and WR Kyle Williams produce 3 TDs while reaching over 20 mph, tying for the most of any team since NextGen tracking began 10 years ago.

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Diggs pep talk spurs Henderson to breakout game
The Patriots offense leaned on two rookies -- TreVeyon Henderson and Kyle Williams -- in a 28-23 decision over the Buccaneers on Sunday, their seventh straight.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
WR Stefon Diggs on his recovery of the onside kick to seal the game in which he took a big hit: “It might have been my first. Game on the line, I definitely want to be the guy out there putting us in a good position to win. I play receiver - I should catch the ball.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
RB TreVeyon Henderson’s expression says it all.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
As Mike Vrabel greeted each player on their way back to the locker room, he kept saying, “NFC South champs! NFC South champs!” — a reference to the quality of opponent the Patriots beat.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Drake Maye says he was trying to score a TD on first down at the end of the second quarter — and wasn’t burning the clock on his QB sneak. He credits the Buccaneers and DT Vita Vea for stopping him.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NE 28, TB 23

⭐️Great game

🌬️🌬️ SPEED kills

⬆️ Henderson, Williams, Diggs

⬇️ST penalties

🎯Maye's TDs

🤯 Maye's late INT

⏲️Gutsy clockwork before half

👨‍🍳Stopped Baker late

🚑 T. Jennings (knee), Barmore (back)

🎬 Not ready for action early on D

✈️⏩ Next: vs Jets (Thu)
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Drake Maye's deep ball. A thing of beauty.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers have been clutch in the fourth quarter this season ...

The Patriots adopt an identity that preaches "effort and finish."

So here we go.

Not sure which way it will go, but two competitive teams playing high-level ball. Enjoyable Sunday.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From ESPN Research: This is the first game that the Patriots recorded a passing TD and a rushing TD of 50-plus yards since ... 1997/Week 4 against the Bears.

In that game, Drew Bledsoe connected with Troy Brown on a 52-yard passing TD and Curtis Martin had a 70-yard rushing TD.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Injury update: CB Marcus Jones, who had remained down after his muffed punt return, has returned to the game (on defense).
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Via Next Gen Stats, RB Rhamondre Stevenson reached 22.01 mph on his 55-yard TD run, the fastest speed by a rookie ball carrier this season, and 5th-fastest by any ball carrier.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
TreVeyon Henderson 🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Patriots 14, Buccaneers 10 (half): Slow start on offense and defense is overcome on a day when the Patriots are struggling to generate a consistent ground game.

Drake Maye battles through early adversity to deliver dimes to Kyle Williams and Stefon Diggs on TDs.
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Stefon Diggs, you are RIDICULOUS.

Fascinating end-of-half sequence, which included what looked like forgoing first down with a QB "kneel" to work the clock ... and then the fourth-down TD throw from Drake Maye (dart) to Diggs (what a catch and control).
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Patriots RB Terrell Jennings (knee), questionable to return.

Thrusts D'Ernest Johnson up one spot behind TreVeyon Henderson.

Patriots thin there entering the game without Rhamondre Stevenson (toe).
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM