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The 2010 season was the New England Patriots' 41st in the National Football League (NFL) and their 51st overall. The Patriots improved on their 10–6 record from 2009 by finishing with a league-best 14–2 record and clinching the top seed in the AFC, before losing to the New York Jets in the playoffs.
The following year, they moved from Boston to nearby Foxborough, and changed their name to the New England Patriots. [2] The modern NFL championship game, the Super Bowl, was founded in the 1966 season; the first four were contested between the champions of the AFL and the NFL. [3]
The Patriots lacked a steady quarterback for most of the 1980s, with five (including Grogan) starting in the 1987 season. First-round selection Tony Eason, the longest-tenured of the decade, contributed to the Patriots making their Super Bowl debut, but lasted only three seasons as the primary starter.
The Patriots went 14–2 and won the division in the 2010 season but were one-and-done in the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the New York Jets in a 28–21 loss. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] The Patriots returned to the Super Bowl in 2011 but lost again to the Giants , 21–17. [ 64 ]
Tom Brady, quarterback of the New England Patriots, was named NFL MVP for the 2010 season. In Super Bowl XLV , the league's championship game played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas , the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to win their fourth Super Bowl , spoiling the Steelers' chance for a seventh title. [ 2 ]
During the 2010 off-season, the Patriots drafted Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett. [371] The team also made two trades for defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth and wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. [372] [373] In the first game of the 2011 season, the Patriots played the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football, and New England won 38–24. [374]
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the New England Patriots franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
The 2025 season will be the New England Patriots' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall, their second under general manager Eliot Wolf and their first under head coach Mike Vrabel. [1]