VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM PATRIOTS HEAD COACH MIKE VRABEL, QUARTERBACK DRAKE MAYE AND CHARGERS HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH (RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST) SHOWS: FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 11, 2026) (NFL NETWORK – Editorial use only. Must courtesy 'NFL Network'. No resales. No monetisation) 1. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HEAD COACH MIKE VRABEL SPEAKING AT POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER 16-3 WIN OVER THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS IN NFL PLAYOFF GAME AT GILLETTE STADIUM 2. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PATRIOTS HEAD COACH MIKE VRABEL AFTER BEING ASKED HOW WELL THE DEFENSE PLAYED, SAYING: "Well I thought they played extremely well. I thought they were committed to stopping the run. I thought they were, you know the sudden change was critical, you know it was a very good defense that we were playing and we turned the ball over far too many times but what our defense was able to do early in that game in the red zone, inside the 5-yard-line, inside the 9-yard-line, was, I think, really set the tone for them for the rest of the game. I mean, could've been better, had a lot of scrambles and we knew that and, again, trying to rush and trying to make sure those scramble lanes aren't there, Secondary did a fantastic job, play extensions and making sure that, you know, those plays didn't get loose and just really proud of everybody." 3. WHITE FLASH 4. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PATRIOTS HEAD COACH MIKE VRABEL AFTER BEING ASKED ABOUT MILTON WILLIAMS GETTING BIG SACK AT END AND THEN GIVING HIM BLOODY LIP CELEBRATING ON SIDELINE, SAYING: "Well we talked to him about being willing to spill some blood out there and that the big dogs come out in January and I think Milt took that to heart and the way that he played the game, the way he finished the game, and he came over and got me pretty good but, that's what happens." 5. PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK DRAKE MAYE SPEAKING AT POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER WIN 6. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK DRAKE MAYE AFTER BEING ASKED HOW PROUD HE IS OF TEAM AND WHAT HE LEARNED FROM THE WIN, SAYING: "You know proud of this team, we never felt like, you know we never doubted it, we never doubted it. You know it didn't look, it wasn't pretty, that's for sure, but this defense was so fun to watch. You know, congrats to them, it was so fun to watch, they won the game for us. I didn't throw very well tonight, you know I need to be better, but we did what we had to do and that's what it takes in the playoffs and just proud of this team. That was fun, that was fun to get one at home and look forward to be back here next week." 7. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH AT POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER LOSS 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHARGERS HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH AFTER BEING ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM OFFENSIVELY, SAYING: "Yeah, we weren't good enough, we didn't get enough points. That was, sustaining the drives, you know, left our defense out on the field too much, in terms of time of possession, and just wasn't our night." (REPORTER OFF-CAMERA ASKING: ANY SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH OFFENSE YOU CAN POINT TO?) "No, I really don't have the answers, I wish I did. If I did there would've been a different result, but that I am gonna be spending, will be spending a lot of hard working, maybe even sleepless nights, getting it figured out, 'cause the way these players fight, the way they just give it their very best, they give it their all, you know we'll owe them that and gonna…like I told the team, I mean those that stay will be champions, we will, we're not looking at this as an end but as another beginning." STORY: Drake Maye completed 17 of 29 passes for 268 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for a team-high 66 yards to lead the New England Patriots to a 16-3 victory over the Los Angeles Changers in an AFC wild-card game played Sunday (January 11) night in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Rookie kicker Andy Borregales kicked three field goals for the Patriots, who limited the Chargers to 207 yards of offense. New England sacked Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert six times. Linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson and defensive end Milton Williams each collected two sacks. New England running back Rhamondre Stevenson caught three passes for 75 yards and rushed for 53 yards on 10 carries. Tight end Hunter Henry scored the game's only touchdown on a 28-yard catch in the fourth quarter. Herbert completed 19 of 31 passes for 159 yards. He also gained 57 of his team's 87 rushing yards. The Patriots (15-3) had 381 yards of total offense. The Chargers (11-7) were 1 of 10 on third-down conversions. Second-seeded New England will host the winner of Monday night's game between fourth-seeded Pittsburgh (10-7) and fifth-seeded Houston (12-5) next Sunday in the divisional round. After a scoreless first quarter, Borregales opened the scoring by kicking a 23-yard field goal with 13:32 remaining in the first half. The seventh-seeded Chargers tied the game on Cameron Dicker's 21-yard field goal with 6:52 left in the second quarter, but Borregales gave New England a 6-3 halftime lead by making a 35-yard field goal with two seconds left in the first half. New England had a 9-3 lead after Borregales kicked his third field goal. This one was good from 39 yards with 1:34 left in the third quarter. It was still 9-3 at the end of the third. The Patriots stretched their lead to 16-3 on Henry's TD reception and the Borregales PAT with 9:45 to play. (Production: David Grip)
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