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ESPN Staff Writer- Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
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- Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN's NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Las Vegas Raiders beat the New England Patriots, 20-13, in a NFL Week 1 matchup on Sunday.
It was Geno Smith's first game as the Raiders QB and Pete Carroll's first game as the Raiders head coach. They faced Mike Vrabel, also in his first year as Patriots coach, and last year's No. 3 overall pick QB Drake Maye.
Our two team reporters -- Ryan McFadden for the Raiders, Mike Reiss for the Patriots -- were at Gillette Stadium, and they cataloged all the biggest plays and highlights.