Insider Says Super Bowl LX Could Start Patriots’ Next Dynasty

NFL fans who got sick of the New England Patriots’ 18-year run of dominance that included nine Super Bowl appearances and six championships between the 2001 and 2018 seasons aren’t thrilled that Mike Vrabel and company are back in the big game.

Following a three-year playoff absence and six-season Super Bowl hiatus, the Patriots are back as one of the final two teams standing.

Less than one week before New England has its title game rematch against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX, Patriots insider Tom E. Curran argued on Monday that this could be the start of the franchise’s next dynasty.

“But now that the Patriots are here, I’d be surprised if they’re not here (i.e. in a Super Bowl) again sometime in the next three-to-five seasons. And it wouldn’t surprise me if they showed up in two or three,” the longtime NFL media member wrote. “Consider the landscape of the AFC and the Patriots’ current situation. The elite from last September are all in reboots. The Bills and Ravens have brand-spanking-new head coaches. The Chiefs went 6-11 and their cupboard is kinda bare. The Bengals seem cooked, the Steelers and Colts are QB-less and Houston has a C.J. Stroud concern.”

Curran makes a good point about New England’s AFC competition.

With a pair of stacked divisions (NFC North and NFC West), plus the defending-champion Philadelphia Eagles, the NFC appears to be the far superior conference as of February 2026.

Curran said that going into Super Bowl LX, the Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars and Patriots “seem most stable” among AFC squads.

“And the Patriots’ arrow is pointing WAYYYYY up based on their situation,” he wrote. “They are stacked with draft picks. Their trade deadline moves of Kyle Dugger and Keion White left them with 12 selections. … They have $42 million in cap space (11th-most in the league, according to OverTheCap.com), a franchise quarterback, an elite corner, a stable (in my opinion) left tackle, coordinators and assistant coaches who aren’t going anywhere, and a head coach who — based on how it’s looked the past five months — players will line up to play for.”

It’s not hard to envision the combination of Vrabel and 23-year-old quarterback Drake Maye leading New England through its next dynasty.

With electric running back TreVeyon Henderson leading the rest of the young offensive talent, Maye could have plenty of weapons for years to come.

“The Patriots are primed,” Curran said. “On this Groundhog Day 2026, it feels like the start of something. Not a continuation. I’ve seen this movie before in 2001 and 2011, when a team that wasn’t as good as it was going to be got to the Super Bowl. Strap in.”