How To Watch Patriots-Dolphins: Patch Pats Roundup

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The New England Patriots are set for a division matchup against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

Typically, a trip to Miami at this time of year would be a reprieve from the cold of Foxborough, but cold weather hasn't really played into the equation much this year in New England. Sigh, just a normal trip to Miami then.

As for the football, Tua Tagovailoa's injury-plagued campaign has grounded the Dolphins' typically high-flying attack to this point, though the team looks to be getting back on track now that the quarterback has returned.

That's not dissimilar from how the Patriots have looked since inserting rookie quarterback Drake Maye into the lineup, though the two organizations had two vastly different expectations coming into the year.

Here's how to catch the game Sunday, and the top stories surrounding the team this week:

How To Watch

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

Network: CBS

Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

No Hall Of Fame For Kraft ... This Year

It's long been speculated that moves made by Robert Kraft in the past few years have been in an effort to further his already iron clad case for NFL Hall of Fame induction, but ESPN reported this week that the Pats owner has again been jumped for induction.

Don Van Natta Jr. reported that the Hall of Fame's contributor committee has instead chosen to nominate Ralph Hay for consideration this year.

Though modern football fans may not know the name, Hay does a have significant level of importance. He owned the Canton Bulldogs from 1918 to 1922 and, of yeah, he also co-founded the National Football League.

Official news of the decision hasn't been announced yet but, if it proves true, it would mark the 13th year that Kraft, 83, has been in consideration but failed to advance out of committee.

Read the full report here.

Jabril Peppers Update

Peppers is back in court on Friday on the charges stemming from what officials are referring to as a domestic violence incident in October.

The Friday court date is a pretrial hearing for Peppers, who remains on the NFL's Commissioner's Exempt List.

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The Patriot Ledger also reports that a civil suit was filed against Peppers on Nov. 20.

Tankathon Time

The monitoring of Tankathon standings should be looked at much differently this year than last. At this time a year ago, Patriots fans were fretting about the status of the most impactful position in sports.

Good news for New England, the team seems to have found their guy in Maye.

Now the onus is on the organization to find support pieces for the young quarterback, namely along the offensive line and offensive skill positions.

Let's look at where the Patriots would fall in the draft order if the season ended today:

1. Jacksonville
2. Tennessee
3. New York Giants
4. Las Vegas
5. New England

Falling to five in this year's draft shouldn't be a huge deal, especially considering three of the four teams ahead of them need an answer at quarterback (whether 2025 will be a good year to find one remains to be seen, but isn't something the Patriots need to worry about).

One problem the Patriots could run into is a lack of premier offensive line talent, but, according to Dane Brugler, there should be options at wide receiver in Colorado dual-threat Travis Hunter, Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan and Missouri's Luther Burden III, all of whom make Brugler's top 10.

LSU's Will Campbell is the top offensive lineman in the draft, ranked at 11, but some have questioned whether he should move to a guard spot in the NFL. Teams don't typically take guards in the top 5, so it'll be interesting to see where the Patriots go, should these rankings stay relatively unchanged.