If the season ended a week ago, the New England Patriots would have held the No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft. But then they knocked off the Chicago Bears on the road and moved down multiple spots from the top of the board.

The New England Patriots didn't exactly do themselves any favors by beating the Chicago Bears last Sunday, as their draft positioning took a bit of a hit. There was hope that the Patriots could land the No.

The New England Patriots picked up a much-needed win over the Bears, but it dropped them out of the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

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The Chicago Bears (4-4) will try to snap their two-game losing streak when they host the New England Patriots (2-7) on Sunday afternoon. Chicago is playing a home game for the first time in five weeks after playing in London along with two true road games and a bye week.

If the Patriots’ season ended today, they’d be selecting sixth in the 2025 NFL Draft. Which, according to one local Patriots insider, landing outside of the top-five might not

While the New England Patriots have gone 3-7 through the first 10 weeks of their 2024 campaign, they've had some players performing pretty well, including cornerback Christian Gonzalez. The 22-year-old was New England's first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft and earned Offensive Rookie of the Month honors last September before a shoulder injury ended his season prematurely.

The New England Patriots’ Christian Gonzalez is already one of the best CBs in football, but the team might be in a position to add an intriguing running mate in the first round of next year’s draft: Will Johnson out of Michigan,