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Patriots' playoff hopes are alive, but their biggest problems aren't going away

Musket Fire·Nov 14, 2026 · 12:00 PM CT
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The Patriots enter Week 10 three games behind Buffalo in the AFC East, leaving a wild-card berth as their realistic path to the playoffs; they are tied with Cleveland for the last spot, behind Kansas City and Cincinnati, though they hold a conference-record tiebreaker on the Browns at 5-1 against AFC opponents. New England was coming off a 45-27 home loss to Green Bay in which it committed four turnovers. Next up is a 6-2 Detroit Lions team in Munich.

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