Patriots rooting guide for NFL Week 1

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The New England Patriots opened their 2026 regular season with a disappointing 13-10 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. While they enjoy a mini-bye before starting preparation for their Week 2 home opener versus Pittsburgh, the rest of the league will enter the action as well.

Between Sunday and Monday a total of 14 games are on the menu. Here’s who to root for in each one of them.

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Monday

8:15 p.m. ET

Denver Broncos (0-0) at Kansas City Chiefs (0-0): Go good game! Both teams are on the Patriots’ schedule, and both project to be competitive for the AFC playoff slots. You could root for one over the other based on personal preference, but other than that there are no clear factors making us pick one to root for on Monday night. | ESPN/ABC

The following games were played earlier this week:

Wednesday

New England Patriots (0-1) at Seattle Seahawks (1-0) | NE 10, SEA 13

Thursday

San Francisco 49ers (1-0) at Los Angeles Rams (0-1) | SF 27, LA 7 (Melbourne)

Sunday

Chicago Bears (1-0) at Carolina Panthers (0-1) | CHI 59, CAR 37

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-0) | TB 27, CIN 33

New Orleans Saints (0-1) at Detroit Lions (1-0) | NO 30, DET 31 (OT)

Buffalo Bills (1-0) at Houston Texans (0-1) | BUF 36, HOU 31

Baltimore Ravens (1-0) at Indianapolis Colts (0-1) | BLT 41, IND 23

Cleveland Browns (0-1) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-0) | CLV 10, JAX 31

Atlanta Falcons (0-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) | ATL 13, PIT 20

New York Jets (1-0) and Tennessee Titans (0-1) | NYJ 23, TEN 10

Arizona Cardinals (1-0) at Los Angeles Chargers (0-1) | ARZ 26, LAC 14

Miami Dolphins (0-1) at Las Vegas Raiders (1-0) | MIA 13, LV 27

Green Bay Packers (0-1) at Minnesota Vikings (1-0) | GB 22, MIN 39

Washington Commanders (0-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) | WAS 22, PHI 24

Dallas Cowboys (0-1) at New York Giants (1-0) | DAL 20, NYG 28

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