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Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2019

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I want to update the Super Bowl win from last night. 107.0.85.242 (talk) 15:51, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

As noted above, edit requests must be in the format of "change X to Y". Please propose your specific changes here. 331dot (talk) 16:55, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DBigXrayᗙ 06:32, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Ty Law - Hall of Famer

I would like to change the list of New England Patriots Hall of Famers. It currently lists only Curtis Martin, Junior Seau, and Randy Moss. Ty Law was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, see this article (http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25908742/pro-football-hall-fame-8-person-class-includes-ed-reed-ty-law-champ-bailey-tony-gonzalez). For the information required for that section: (1) He wore number 24, (2) he played CB, (3) he played for the Pats from 1995-2004, and (4) he was inducted in 2019. Lstanic (talk) lstanic —Preceding undated comment added 17:11, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

"Hartford Patriots" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hartford Patriots. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed, Rosguill 07:56, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Cheating

No article about the Patriots is complete without a discussion of their culture of cheating. GlassBones (talk) 17:31, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2020

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I suggest adding a notation under the Aircraft section on this page to note that on April 3, 2020, the Patriots team jet was used to collect a shipment of 1.4 million N95 masks from China for the protection of medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic, after several shipments meant for Massachusetts were waylaid by the federal government.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-patriots-plane-masks-spt-trnd/index.html Shuyomondai (talk) 23:13, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

 Not done per the ten-year test. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 15:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Early ownership of "Boston Patriots"

As a former Bostonian, I seem to recall that the original franchise sold stock and was publicly owned like Green Bay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/History_of_the_New_England_Patriots indicates that there were 10 initial local investors. Am I recalling the early broad ownership community incorrectly?

The history page even says "During this time, the Sullivan family – who had owned the Patriots since their inception". Was there such single family ownership or weren't there multiple investors at the beginning?

In terms of "owned", that undoubtedly means the "owner of record" in football terms - the person who represents the team to the league. That's usually the majority owner, but doesn't have to be. As for broad ownership early in the history, perhaps some research is in order? Let us know what you find. Tarl N. (discuss) 14:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

team colors

I saw the change in uniform colors from Nautical Blue to Navy Blue and New Century Silver to Silver.

I found these colors named in 2000 article (https://www.patriots.com/news/new-uniforms-unveiled-115846) and was suprised to find "navy" in the cited article, because I don't notice a change in shade in the uniform redesign. Is it actually different shades of blue and silver?

Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2021

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Hey can you change the years in which they won their Super Bowls? because the years shown are incorrect they actually won their Super Bowls in 2002 2004 2005 2015 2017 and 2019 not 2001 2003 2004 2014 2016 2018 I know youre going by the season but the actual year counts even more 2600:1700:A710:6BA0:2D7B:B626:C301:28B2 (talk) 21:49, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: The season is the way it's displayed across articles. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:31, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 October 2021

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This is incorrect (probably a typo)
Scoring Stephen Gostkowski 1,755 points 2006–2019
should be
Scoring Stephen Gostkowski 1,775 points 2006–2019
Footnote 88 confirms that. If only he had kicked one more extra point. 2601:184:4602:20E0:DDC0:9A2A:1AD9:4312 (talk) 19:56, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done —Sirdog (talk) 23:03, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned references in New England Patriots

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of New England Patriots's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BroncosPatriots2011":

• From Broncos–Patriots rivalry: Klis, Mike (January 14, 2012). "Tom Brady leads Patriots' 45–10 rout of Broncos, Tim Tebow in NFL playoffs". The Denver Post. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
• From Denver Broncos: Klis, Mike (January 14, 2012). "Tom Brady leads Patriots' 45–10 rout of Broncos, Tim Tebow in NFL playoffs". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:02, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2022

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This sentence in the 2nd-to-last paragraph in the section entitled "Franchise History" has a fundamental grammatical error--a textbook example of a dangling modifier. The sentence is this: "Driving the ball to New England's 1-yard line with under a minute to go, rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler caught a critical interception on Seattle's final offensive play that helped to seal the victory." For this sentence to make grammatical sense, Malcolm Butler would personally have had to "drive the ball to New England's 1-yard line!" When a sentence begins with a participial phrase like this, the opening phrase necessarily modifies the sentence's subject (here, "Malcolm Butler"). The sentence should be CHANGED TO THIS: "After Seattle had driven the ball to New England's 1-yard line with under a minute to go, New England rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler made a critical interception on Seattle's final offensive play that helped to seal the victory." The grammatical error is thus solved. Dbeach2 (talk) 00:28, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done —Sirdog (talk) 20:10, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Achievements tab to be added

Please add this tab, I'm not allowed to edit but I set it up for someone who can.

Achievements

Individual awards

Steve Belichick (talk) 23:39, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

This was my edit I had to make a new account because my username was based off a living person. Didn't know the rules. Pats6XChamps (talk) 01:06, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

NFL All-Decade Teams to be added along with Achivements listed above by an approved editor please

NFL All-Decade Teams

The following Patriots were named to the AFL All-Time Team and NFL All-Decade Teams after 1970 (and NFL 75th and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, selected in 1994 and 2019, respectively). Only those who spent time with New England during the respective decades are listed. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Pats6XChamps (talk) 03:16, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Career leaders to be added along with the achievements and all decade teams

Career leaders

• Passing yards: 74,571 Tom Brady (2000-2019)
• Pass completions: 6,377 Tom Brady (2000-2019)
• Passing touchdowns: 541 Tom Brady (2000-2019)
• Rushing yards: 5,453 Sam Cunningham (1973-1982)
• Rushing touchdowns: 45 Jim Nance (1965-1971)
• Receptions: 672 Wes Welker (2007-2012)
• Receiving yards: 10,352 Stanley Morgan (1977-1989)
• Receiving touchdowns: 79 Rob Gronkowski (2010-2018)
• Points scored: 1,775 Stephen Gostkowski (2006-2019)
• Field goals made: 374 Stephen Gostkowski (2006-2018)
• Total punt yardage: 19,922 Rich Camarillo (1981-1987)
• Punting average(min. 250 punts): 45.3 Ryan Allen (2013-2018)
• Kickoff return yards: 4,098 Kevin Faulk (1999-2011)
• Punt Return yards: 2,625 Troy Brown (1993-2007)
• Pass interceptions: 36 Raymond Clayborn (1977-1989)/Ty Law (1995-2004)
• Sacks: 100.0 Andre Tippett (1982-1993)
• Forced fumbles: 17 Tedy Bruschi (1996-2008)

Single-season leaders

• Passing yards: 5,235 Tom Brady (2011)
• Passing touchdowns: 50 Tom Brady (2007)
• Rushing yards: 1,635 Corey Dillon (2004)
• Rushing touchdowns: 18 LeGarrette Blount (2016)
• Receptions: 123 Wes Welker (2009)
• Receiving yards: 1,569 Wes Welker (2011)
• Receiving touchdowns: 23 Randy Moss (2007)
• Points: 158 Stephen Gostkowski (2013)
• Field goals made: 38 Stephen Gostkowski (2013)
• Total punt yardage: 4,227 Shawn McCarthy (1992)
• Punting average: 57.0 Matt Cassel (2008)
• Kickoff return yards: 1,281 Ellis Hobbs (2008)
• Punt return yards: 608 Mike Haynes (1976)
• Pass interceptions: 11 Ron Hall (1964)
• Sacks: 18.5 Andre Tippett (1984) Pats6XChamps (talk) 16:37, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Pro Bowl players to be added, fully prepared

Pro Bowl players

The following Patriots players have been named to the Pro Bowl:

• QB Tom Brady (14), Drew Bledsoe, Babe Parilli (3), Mac Jones, Mike Taliaferro
• FB Larry Garron (4) (AFL), Jim Nance (2) (AFL), Mosi Tatupu, Sam Cunningham, James Develin
• HB Curtis Martin (2), Tony Collins, Corey Dillon, John Stephens, Dave Meggett, Craig James, Carl Garrett (AFL)
• LT Bruce Armstrong (6), Matt Light, Brian Holloway (3), Leon Gray (2), Don Oakes (AFL)
• LG John Hannah (9), Logan Mankins (6), Charley Long (2) (AFL), Charley Leo (AFL)
• C Jon Morris (7) (AFL), Damien Woody, Dan Koppen
• RG Billy Neighbors (AFL), Len St. Jean (AFL), Brian Waters
• RT Tom Neville (AFL), Dick Klein (AFL)
• TE Rob Gronkowski, Ben Coates (5), Russ Francis (3), Marv Cook (2)
• WR Wes Welker, Gino Cappelletti (5) (AFL), Stanley Morgan (4), Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Terry Glenn, Irving Fryar, Ron Sellers (AFL), Jim Colclough (AFL)
• DE Richard Seymour (5), Bob Dee (4) (AFL), Larry Eisenhauer (4) (AFL), Julius Adams, Andre Carter, Chandler Jones
• DT Houston Antwine (6) (AFL), Vince Wilfork (5), Jim Lee Hunt (4) (AFL)
• LB Andre Tippett, Nick Buoniconti (5) (AFL), Tom Addison (4) (AFL), Steve Nelson (3), Johnny Rembert, Willie McGinest, Jerod Mayo, Dont'a Hightower (2), Chris Slade, Tedy Bruschi, Mike Vrabel, Jamie Collins, Matthew Judon
• CB Mike Haynes (6), Ty Law (4), Raymond Clayborn, Stephon Gilmore (3), Dick Felt (AFL), Chuck Shonta (AFL), Leroy Mitchell (AFL), Asante Samuel, Devin McCourty, Aqib Talib, Darrelle Revis, Malcolm Butler, J.C. Jackson
• SS Lawyer Milloy (4), Fred Bruney (2) (AFL), Ron Hall (AFL),
• FS Brandon Meriweather (2), Don Webb (AFL), Fred Marion, Devin McCourty
• PK Stephen Gostkowski (4), Adam Vinatieri (2), John Smith, Tony Franklin
• P Rich Camarillo, Jake Bailey
• ST Matthew Slater (10), Larry Izzo (2) Pats6XChamps (talk) 20:37, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

New Team All Decade Team Layout... better for mobile/overall

Pats6XChamps (talk) 04:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 70s All-Decade

Pats6XChamps (talk) 04:36, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 80s All-Decade

Pats6XChamps (talk) 04:59, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 90s All-Decade

Pats6XChamps (talk) 05:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 00s All-Decade

Pats6XChamps (talk) 05:43, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 10s All-Decade

Pats6XChamps (talk) 06:01, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 35th Anniversary Team (re-organized)

Pats6XChamps (talk) 06:48, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Team 50th Anniversary Team (re-organized)

Pats6XChamps (talk) 07:13, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Super Bowl, AFC championships

Championships

Super Bowl championships

The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowls, tied for the most all-time with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

AFC championships

The New England Patriots have won eleven AFC Championship Games, the record for the most all-time.

Pats6XChamps (talk) 01:12, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

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