Foxborough HS Football to Break Down Plays During Thursday Night Football Pregame

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The New England Patriots won't be the only team from Foxborough to appear on this week's edition of Thursday Night Football.

Twelve members of the Foxborough High School football team will be on the Gillette Stadium field prior to the Patriots-Texans showdown as part of the pregame show. Each week, the TNF pregame show has a segment that involves a local football team in the home team’s region and the show's analysts. The team will help the analysts by lining up in various formations and performing walk-throughs to break down plays and game plans for both teams.

After the segment, the team will stay to watch the game

We have invited Foxborough High School to be the local football team that is incorporated into the broadcast this week. The players and coaches will arrive onsite at 3 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 22, and meet at the blue gate underneath the bridge and lighthouse at Gillette Stadium.

The demonstration will be filmed Thursday afternoon, prior to the evening's game.

“As the saying goes, “Football is Family,’ and Foxborough has been an important member of our family since the Kraft family bought the team more than 20 years ago,” said Jeremie Smith, the Patriots manager of business development and external affairs. “We share in the community’s pride of the blue and gold and are happy to extend this opportunity to Jack Martinelli and several of his players and coaches to participate in the national pregame TV broadcast on the game field just hours before kickoff."

In addition to the demo, Patriots owner Robert Kraft is providing the group tickets to stay and watch the game, Smith said.