Getty Images Now comes the Sisyphean task of rolling the boulder up the hill again for the New England Patriots . After a shockingly successful 2025 campaign — a 14-3 record, an AFC Championship and a tough loss in the Super Bowl — Drake Maye and Co. will run it back in 2026 and attempt to reach the high highs they achieved last year. In order to get there, they’ll have to get through a number of formidable opponents, considering they have the sixth-hardest strength of schedule of all 32 NFL teams, according to Yahoo! Sports . If you’d like to be in the stands to help root on Mike Vrabel’s mighty squad, tickets are available for all eight home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Notable showdowns set to take place on the Pats’ turf include battles with T.J. Watt’s Pittsburgh Steelers (Sept. 20), Jordan Love’s Green Bay Packers (Nov. 8), Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills (Dec. 6), Kyler Murray’s Minnesota Vikings (Dec. 10) and Bo Nix’s Denver Broncos (Jan. 3).…