After a surprise run to Super Bowl 60, the New England Patriots faced an offseason looking to add to the offensive weapons around budding superstar QB Drake Maye. Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland bring you everything you need to know about the Patriots for fantasy football with their 2026 fantasy football cheat sheet, highlighting their fantasy football rankings, projections and more.

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  New England Patriots Cheat Sheet for 2026

• 2025 Record / Rank in PPG: 14-3 / 28.8 (2)
• 2026 Proj TDs per game: 2.5 (rank: 11)
• Head Coach: Mike Vrabel
• Offensive Playcaller: Josh McDaniels
• Projected Plays Per Game: 59.8 (rank: 24)
• Projected Dropback Rate: 60.8% (rank: 13)
• Matthew Freedman’s Projected Win Total: 10
• Offensive Line Grades: C+
• Key Departures: Stefon Diggs
• Key Additions: A.J. Brown (maybe?), Romeo Doubs, Eli Raridon

Patriots Fantasy Football Rankings and Depth Chart (can be a separate box):

QB: Drake Maye (QB3)

RB: Rhamondre Stevenson (RB27) | TreVeyon Henderson (RB25) 

WR: A.J. Brown (expected trade/WR9) | Romeo Doubs (RB51) | Kayshon Boutte (WR66) | Kyle Williams (WR99)

TE: Hunter Henry (TE19) | Eli Raridon (TE51)

2026 Patriots Fantasy Football Overview 

Drake Maye's 2025 breakout featured him scoring more fantasy points per game than anyone other than Josh Allen. This was thanks to a mix of high-end passing efficiency (NFL-best 72% completion rate, 8.9 yards per attempt) and all sorts of rushing upside (6th most fantasy points from rushing among QBs). The ceiling is the moon with a new-and-improved wide receiver room.

Last season, Rhamondre Stevenson rather easily out-touched TreVeyon Henderson (232 vs. 193) in 18 games together (including playoffs). This grew in the postseason, as Stevenson doubled up Henderson (70 vs. 35) while playing 71% of the offense's snaps. Henderson proved capable of booming when given the (Roman) reins of the backfield with Stevenson injured (RB16, RB4, RB3 Weeks 9-11), but expecting a non-injury-induced takeover seems like wishful thinking—particularly with the Ohio State product struggling to lock down a featured pass-game role as a rookie.

The Patriots were happy to rotate up to five receivers during any given week in 2025, and this feels like the case again in 2026—behind re-engergized longtime stud No. 1 WR A.J. Brown, who's expected to be traded to New England after June 1. Fire up AJB as an upside WR1 with something to prove while catching passes from potentially the best *passing* QB of his career. Romeo Doubs' shiny new contract should earn him No. 2 duties, but there’s a lot of additional competition that could limit the involved ceiling. 

Old dogs can learn new tricks: Hunter Henry gained a career-high 768 yards in 2025 and also found the end zone 7 times. The resulting TE13 finish in PPR points per game was good value for such a late-round option. There's similar cost-reward upside on the table ahead of 2026—especially with Austin Hooper (85 targets in 2024-2025) now in Atlanta.

New England Patriots Utilization Notes 

TreVeyon Henderson averaged 8.1 fantasy points in 18 games with a healthy Rhamondre Stevenson, including the NFL Playoffs. In those contests, he played 34% of snaps, handled 36% of attempts and garnered a 28% route participation rate. But Henderson flashed explosive upside, averaging 5.1 yards per carry. He delivered an electric 21 points per game in four games without Stevenson. The 2025 second-rounder should challenge for more opportunities in Year 2, but the range of outcomes is wide. Henderson projects as a high-end RB3 with genuine RB1 upside if he can wrestle the lead role away from Stevenson.

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