Live Coverage: A.J. Brown questionable to return in Patriots’ debut with ankle injury
The 2026 New England Patriots’ season starts tonight in a Super Bowl LX rematch with the Seattle Seahawks.
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When: September 9 at 8:20 p.m. ET
Where: Lumen Field, Seattle
How to Watch: NBC
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THIRD QUARTER UPDATES
SCORE UPDATE: Patriots 10, Seahawks 3
3:13 — FIELD GOAL, SEAHAWKS
Seattle settles for a field goal from Jason Myers for its first points of the game.
3:21 — Cooper Kupp looked to give the Seahawks their first touchdown of the night, but Seattle was called for an illegal shift.
The game remains 10-0, Patriots.
5:28 — Wow, what a catch by Cooper Kupp to give the Seahawks a gain of 24.
TIMEOUT 6:12 — The Seahawks take their first timeout of the second half.
8:03 — New England goes three-and-out.
A quick stop for the Seahawks as they get the ball back and try to get on the board.
8:48 — Lumen Field has come to life again as the Patriots are struggling to convert.
It’s 3rd-and-11.
10:12 — Robert Spillane comes up with the tackle after Dre’Mont Jones pressures Drew Lock.
The Seahawks will punt.
10:18 — Drew Lock wanted a flag on Carlton Davis for holding but doesn’t get one.
It’s 3rd-and-13.
10:56 — INJURY UPDATE: A.J. Brown is now heading to the locker room for further evaluation. He has a visible limp.
SCORE UPDATE: Patriots 10, Seahawks 0
11:49 — Andy Borregales hits a 50-yard field goal to extend New England’s lead over Seattle.
INJURY UPDATE: A.J. Brown is questionable to return with an ankle injury.
Not great.
INJURY UPDATE: A.J. Brown limped off the field and is getting medical attention.
INJURY UPDATE: Hunter Henry enters the medical tent after a hard hit on a 13-yard reception.
15:00 — The Patriots begin the second half with the ball as they try to create some space between them and the Seahawks.
HALFTIME
Patriots 7, Seahawks 0
Lumen Field has been quieted — something that is tough to do.
SECOND QUARTER UPDATES
0:23 — Seattle takes its final timeout of the first half.
INJURY UPDATE: Sam Darnold has been ruled out for the rest of the game.
A big blow for the Seahawks.
0:50 — The Seahawks will have less than a minute to try to score before halftime.
0:57 — Rhamondre Stevenson can’t convert the third down. The Seahawks call a timeout.
1:52 — For the fifth time tonight, Drake Maye uses his legs to make a difference and gives the Patriots a first down.
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
The Patriots hold a 7-0 lead over the Seahawks. Remember, New England gets the ball to start the second half.
2:40 — Third-and-3 and Drake Maye hits A.J. Brown for 14 yards and a first down.
Fans are going to like what they will build this season.
4:45 — The Seahawks can’t convert and the Patriots get the ball back.
5:28 — A wide-open JSN comes up with a huge catch on a deep ball from Drew Lock. It looks like he’s just short of the first down.
7:30 — Rookie Gabe Jacas gets his first NFL sack.
After a bit of a tumultuous start to his Patriots career, the rookie brought down Drew Lock.
SCORE UPDATE: Patriots 7, Seahawks 0
Andy Borregales nails the PAT and the Patriots are on the board first.
9:11 TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS!
Drake Maye finds Eli Raridon for the first touchdown of the season. That’s Raridon’s first career touchdown.
9:14 — FLEA FLICKER!
It looked as if Rhamondre Stevenson was going to try to get the first down, but he gave the ball back to Drake Maye who threw it down the field to A.J. Brown.
The drive lives on, though, as the Seahawks were called for pass interference.
10:58 — The Patriots keep the drive alive with a Drake Maye-A.J. Brown connection.
It’s 1st-and-10.
Christian Gonzalez juuuust missed his first interception of the season.
FIRST QUARTER UPDATES
END OF FIRST:
Patriots 0, Seahawks 0
INJURY UPDATE: Carlton Davis is back on the field after exiting briefly. Good news for the Patriots.
2:04 — The Seahawks make the stop on third down by not allowing Rhamondre Stevenson to get the first down.
The Patriots will punt for the second time this quarter.
INJURY UPDATE: Sam Darnold is questionable to return with a hip injury that happened on the fifth play of the game.
Drew Lock is in at quarterback for Seattle.
7:32 — The Patriots punt the ball, but Darnold is still limping on the sidelines.
INJURY UPDATE: Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold went into the medical tent. He limped off the field after Seattle’s first drive of the game.
9:07 — The Seahawks get flagged for unnecessary roughness after Derick Hall hit Drake Maye out of bounds.
Vibe check from Lumen Field:
11:00 — Drake Maye turns on the jets, finds an opening and slides for the first down.
Here’s a look at the Patriots’ offense:
The defense will need to make big plays throughout the game to contain a tough Seattle team.
12:19 — Dre’Mont Jones takes down Sam Darnold on third down and the Patriots will get the ball for the first time this season.
8:20 p.m. — Here. We. Go.
The Patriots won the coin flip and deferred. They will receive the ball to start the second half.
Take a live look into the atmosphere in Seattle with Karen Guregian
PREGAME UPDATES
8:15 p.m. — Milton Williams will not only serve as the pregame hype man, he is Wednesday’s game day captain.
Ahead of their Week 1 game, the Patriots finally ended an offseason-long saga when Christian Gonzalez agreed to a massive extension with the team. The star cornerback comes into Wednesday’s game on a 4-year extension worth $135 million, $102 million of which is guaranteed.
Chris Mason delves into what will make the Patriots successful early in the season live ahead of Week 1
Mike Vrabel and his coaches will also spend Week 1 seeing how quarterback Drake Maye and new target A.J. Brown mesh now that training camp and joint practices are complete.
Get a closer look at what you should watch for from MassLive’s Lauren Campbell and Patriots beat reporter Mark Daniels.
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