The New England Patriots may be on the doorstep of finally crawling out of the basement in the AFC. After consecutive 4-13 seasons and failing to reach the playoffs in four of the last five years, things are looking up in Foxborough.

Taking a look at the New England Patriots' opponents and record predictions ahead of the 2025 schedule release.

There is a whole lot of buzz surrounding the New England Patriots heading into 2025 thanks to a very busy offseason in which they drastically improved their ros

To do that, we're going to turn to the over/under win totals and try to gauge whether each NFL team is more likely to go over or under. We started on Monday with the AFC East, and we'll continue in the space below with what has recently been one of the NFL's best divisions: the AFC North.

Lowdown - Three reasons why the Patriots win this game? Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Skylar Thompson. That currently represents the Steelers depth chart at quarterback. No need to say more. Prediction/Record - Win, 2-1.