Doug Kyed
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Patriots beat reporter at the Boston Herald, Pats Chat Podcast, Olivia and Hallie's 🪽 dad
Spent some off days writing and recording music with friends. It came out today! You can listen to it here: Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3a3S7V... Apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/edge-wave/1895570981 Bandcamp: edgewave.bandcamp.com
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Patriots OLB coach Mike Smith said months ago that he and Rex Ryan would mess with Wes Welker before games. That got my wheels turning. I finally asked Smith for the story behind Welker getting benched for making fun of Ryan's foot fetish. Full story: www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/03/p...
Patriots coach tells hilarious backstory of Wes Welker-Rex Ryan foot beef
Remember when Wes Welker was benched 15 years ago for poking fun at Rex Ryan for liking feet? We finally have the full hilarious backstory from a Patriots assistant coach.
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Patriots QB Drake Maye relayed Mike Vrabel's inspiring message ahead of Super Bowl LX. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/29/p...
Patriots QB Drake Maye: ‘We’re the (Super Bowl) party’
Patriots QB Drake Maye relayed Mike Vrabel’s inspiring message ahead of Super Bowl LX.
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Patriots QB Drake Maye addressed the injury to his throwing shoulder on Thursday. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/29/p...
Patriots QB Drake Maye provides update on throwing shoulder injury
Patriots QB Drake Maye addressed the injury to his throwing shoulder on Thursday.
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Patriots WR Stefon Diggs wasn't betting on a trip to the Super Bowl this season. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/29/p...
Patriots’ Stefon Diggs wasn’t betting on making Super Bowl this year
The Patriots exceeded Stefon Diggs’ expectations with a Super Bowl appearance.
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With 11 days to go until Super Bowl LX, Patriots QB Drake Maye is dealing with an injury to his throwing shoulder. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/28/p...
Patriots QB Drake Maye’s throwing shoulder officially pops up on injury report
With 11 days to go until Super Bowl LX, Patriots QB Drake Maye is dealing with an injury to his throwing shoulder.
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It's become clear that a lot of people -- from a national perspective -- haven't watched much of the Patriots this season. Here's a primer on the 2025 Patriots to make you more well-informed ahead of Super Bowl LX. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/28/p...
Pats primer: Everything to know about 2025 Patriots Super Bowl LX team
Everything you need to know about the Super Bowl-bound 2025 Patriots.
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Mike Vrabel gave his initial thoughts on the Seahawks ahead of the Patriots' Super Bowl LX matchup. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/27/p...
Patriots HC Mike Vrabel gives initial scouting report on Seahawks ahead of Super Bowl LX
Mike Vrabel gave his initial thoughts on the Seahawks ahead of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LX matchup.
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Mike Vrabel saw improvement out of one of the Patriots' top rookies on Sunday. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/27/h...
How Mike Vrabel assessed Patriots rookie’s performance after recent struggles
Mike Vrabel saw improvement out of one of the Patriots’ top rookies on Sunday.
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How Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel addressed Drake Maye's speculated shoulder injury. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/27/h...
How Patriots HC Mike Vrabel addressed Drake Maye’s speculated shoulder injury
Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was asked if Drake Maye hurt his shouder in Sunday’s AFC title game win.
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Mike Vrabel is trying to deflect the credit from himself for the Patriots' success, so he'll probably hate this, but his players can't stop gushing about him. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/26/p...
Patriots gush about Mike Vrabel’s influence as head coach deflects credit from self
Mike Vrabel is trying to deflect the credit from himself for the Patriots’ success, but his players can’t stop gushing about him.
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The Patriots won 16 games over a 51-game stretch from 2022 to 2024. They have won 17 games this season.
This will be Drake Maye's second Super Bowl in San Francisco. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/p...
Playing in Super Bowl LX will be a full-circle moment for Patriots’ Drake Maye
This will be Drake Maye’s second Super Bowl in San Francisco.
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"They didn't want me." A former Jet made a game-clinching play in the Patriots AFC Championship Game win over the Broncos as an unlikely hero. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/p...
Patriots’ most unlikely hero makes Super Bowl LX-clinching play
Leonard Taylor III began the season with the Jets. He’s not playing in Super Bowl LX after making a game-clinching play in the Patriots’ AFC championship win.
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"Make him see ghosts." "All-Pros don't mean shit." On the Patriots getting to Super Bowl LX on the strength of their defensive line: www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/a...
‘All-Pros don’t mean (expletive)’: Patriots’ D-line was motivated in AFC title win
How the Patriots’ front seven had Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham seeing ghosts in their AFC Championship Game win.
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Patriots Super Bowl bound HC Mike Vrabel: "You have to believe things sometimes before you can see them."
The Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl. Best, worst and what we learned from the Patriots' 10-7 win over the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/b...
Best and worst: What we learned from Patriots’ AFC Championship Game win over Broncos
The Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl. Best, worst and what we learned from the Patriots’ 10-7 win over the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game.
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Christian Gonzalez's first interception of the season couldn't have come in a bigger moment.
Patriots DT Leonard Taylor III, aka Lenny T, with the field goal block.
Well, the Broncos are in field goal range. Bad game from Bryce Baringer.
Drake Maye had all the time in the world there and no one open. Coverage sack.
Two quality plays by Patriots cornerbacks to end that drive. Carlton Davis holds up against two blockers to force Mims out of bounds. Marcus Jones breaks up a pass intended for Lil'Jordan Humphrey.