Patriots Earn ‘Failing Journey Grade,’ Blasted For ‘Crew Airplane’ Points In NFLPA Report Playing cards

The New England Patriots’ 2025 season was a magical trip, which got here up simply in need of a report seventh Lombardi Trophy.

New England had an historic turnaround from back-to-back 4-13 campaigns to a 14-3 common season and berth in Super Bowl LX, the place it fell to the Seattle Seahawks.

The Patriots are amongst 11 groups, nonetheless, that not too long ago obtained complaints within the NFL Players Association’s annual report playing cards.

The NFL gained a ruling after submitting a grievance over the NFLPA’s report playing cards in an effort to maintain them from publicizing the complaints.

Pro Football Talk obtained a duplicate of the 26-page ruling although and according to PFT’s Mike Florio, “the opinion also includes a full list of the criticisms about which the NFL complained from the 2025 report cards.”

Per Florio’s report, the NFLPA gave New England a “failing travel grade” on account of their workforce airplane.

“Players specifically responded that ‘our plane is the worst thing – size, space, (and) safety,’ and ‘it is not conducive to preparedness for athletic performance,’ because, among other things, ‘it lacks Wi-Fi and still has ashtrays in the seats.’ One player also referred to the carpeting in the locker room as ‘dingy with pieces missing,’” Florio wrote.

Robert Kraft of the Patriots wasn’t amongst a trio of workforce homeowners particularly talked about within the report.

Those included Arizona Cardinals proprietor Michael Bidwill, Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper and New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson, in response to Florio.