Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte embraces new era of stability in New England as team surges toward first-round bye

The New England Patriots are back.

There was a glimmer of anticipation successful the post-Tom Brady epoch erstwhile rookie Mac Jones led the Pats to the playoffs, but helium yet fizzled out, and acheronian times followed successful Foxborough.

Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel, however, person travel to the rescue.

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New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte reacts aft moving for a touchdown during the 2nd 4th against the New Orleans Saints astatine Caesars Superdome.  (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

Kayshon Boutte is successful his 3rd play with New England, and helium has seen it all. He's had arsenic galore caput coaches arsenic he's had seasons successful the league (Bill Belichick, Jerod Mayo, Vrabel). In fact, Boutte has had six violative coordinators since college, truthful the coaching changes successful New England were thing much than par for the people for him.

But now, it appears helium volition yet person immoderate continuity.

"Last twelvemonth wasn’t the mode we wanted it to be, but conscionable coming in, trusting everything helium was saying and however helium wants things done," Boutte said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital astir his existent caput coach. "He was a subordinate astatine 1 time, truthful he’s a players’ manager successful our eyes. He wants the champion for america arsenic players. Trusting everything he’s saying, I deliberation everybody has done a large occupation of that, and present we’re sitting astatine wherever we’re astatine today."

As acold arsenic Maye goes, Boutte has seen plentifulness of maturation retired of the second-year quarterback.

Kayshon Boutte of the New England Patriots makes definite helium is onside during a crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers connected Sept. 21, 2025, astatine Gillette stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts.  (Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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"We had a small occurrence past year, but based disconnected past play compared to this season, he’s moving astir a batch much successful the pocket, uncovering unfastened receivers, ever speechmaking the defenses great, trusting his receivers to marque plays. That’s a large happening for quarterbacks — confidence. Every clip helium throws the shot to you, drawback it, and it builds his assurance too, and conscionable fto it fly. Us moving unneurotic conscionable made the discourtesy instrumentality different measurement to the adjacent level."

The on-field occurrence has helped Boutte dispersed his sanction disconnected of it, arsenic well. Yes, his sanction is pronounced however you deliberation it mightiness be, and yes, it was an casual gag to crack.

"I heard a batch astir it my full life," helium said.

But Boutte has the past laughter some astatine the critics and himself with his caller concern with Charmin, which conscionable released a "Forever Roll" that lasts a month. Fully laid out, it’s astir the aforesaid fig of feet arsenic the Washington Monument.

"I deliberation it was antithetic for me, you know? It was a chill idea," helium said. "Charmin loves booty." (Or Boutte?)

"The thought of everything is good. I emotion it. It’s amusive to gag astir with it. The Charmin everlastingly rotation is amazing. Something I ne'er had, a insubstantial rotation that lasts a month. That’s a large thing."

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte leaves the tract pursuing the crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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It's a antithetic epoch of Patriots football. Gone are the days of Brady and Belichick, and Boutte admitted that helium doesn't privation to deliberation excessively overmuch astir the organization's past, but rather, absorption connected its present. And the contiguous is beauteous good.

Boutte's Pats are 8-2 and connected a accelerated way to not lone making the playoffs but earning a first-round bye. They'll get a accidental to support it going connected Thursday nighttime against the New York Jets.

"Season’s been great, but it’s up to america to support it going," Boutte said. "As acold arsenic sustaining success, it’s each astir what we enactment successful time successful and time out. Sitting astatine 8-2, we gotta amended passim November and December to play successful January."

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