It wasn't smooth. They didn't seem totally comfortable. But, in the end, everything worked out.

That's how it's gone for the Patriots in 2025. And that's how it went for them on Sunday. Both in the game itself -- where they beat the Browns, 32-13 -- but also in the tunnel for pregame player introductions.

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The Patriots haven't started a game that way in years. They made it popular to emerge from the locker room as a team after being introduced in that fashion ahead of their first Super Bowl victory 24 years ago.

But head coach Mike Vrabel called for a change in Week 8, his team's first game back at home after three weeks on the road.

"I was a little bit nervous for it," said Drake Maye, who went last among the t

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