The 2022 season was the New England Patriots' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 63rd overall, their 21st playing home games at Gillette Stadium, and their 23rd under head coach Bill Belichick.
Ahead of the season, longtime offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left to become the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Draft trades For the first time since the 2012 season, the Patriots wore their red and white "throwback" uniforms for select games.
The Patriots wore it for select games as an alternate uniform starting 2002, but NFL rules restricting teams to wearing the same helmet designs for the entire season were enacted after 2012.
The teams traded interceptions on the final two drives of the first period, with the Steelers getting their own field goal off the foot of Chris Boswell to tie the game up at 3–3 with 8:35 left to play in the second quarter.
With time running out in the half, Nelson Agholor made a difficult catch while closely covered by the Miami defender to give the Patriots a 10–3 lead going in to half-time.
A two-yard Damien Harris run on the opening drive of the second half gave the patriots a 20–14 lead.
Baltimore took the lead 21–20 on the next possession, capping their 7-play, 74-yard drive with a 1 yard Jackson to Josh Oliver pass for a touchdown.
Mac Jones suffered a left leg injury at the two-minute warning of the final quarter after throwing his third interception.
The Packers then ran a clock-dominating 11-play drive to 13-yard line, and Mason Crosby kicked the game-winning field goal as the clock expired at the end of overtime.
Zappe again played efficiently, going 17-for-21 with 1 touchdown on 188 yards passing; the lone blemish on his record being an interception that wide receiver Nelson Agholor had in his hands, but lost to free safety DeShon Elliott.
On the defensive side of the ball, fan favorite Matthew Judon had two sacks and a forced fumble in the shutout win.
Matthew Judon ended his 5-game sack streak to start the season, but did contribute four tackles, one for loss, while both Kyle Dugger and Jalen Mills had interceptions.
Despite Mac Jones passing for a career-high 382 yards and two touchdowns, the Patriots were unable to beat Kirk Cousins and the Vikings, losing a Thanksgiving night shootout 33–26.
The Pats won due to a strong performance by the rushing attack and defense, in addition to Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray suffering a torn ACL on the third play of the game.
Unfortunately, several of New England's starters were also injured during the game, including running back Rhamondre Stevenson, receiver DeVante Parker, and cornerback Jack Jones.
Despite a strong performance from Rhamondre Stevenson, who returned from injury, and overcoming an early 17–3 deficit, the Patriots allowed the Raiders to tie the game at 24 with a controversial touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Keelan Cole, then lost off a walk-off touchdown by Raiders defensive end and former Patriot Chandler Jones, who intercepted an attempted lateral pass from receiver Jakobi Meyers as time ran out.