Patriots receiver enters stadium with no shirt or shoes amid freezing temps

New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins is known for walking into NFL stadiums barefoot, but helium truly challenged himself up of Sunday’s crippled against the Buffalo Bills.

The Northeast United States experienced a wintertime tempest connected Saturday nighttime into the morning. Snow fell successful respective states, including successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. Temperatures astatine Gillette Stadium were astir 32 degrees and acceptable to dip beneath 30 by the clip their crippled is finished.

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Mack Hollins of the New England Patriots reacts during the New York Giants crippled astatine Gillette Stadium connected Dec. 1, 2025, successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Hollins walked into the stadium with nary shoes oregon a garment on.

He antecedently explained wherefore helium decided to beryllium barefoot extracurricular of playing successful NFL games.

"It started six oregon 7 years ago. I conjecture it started erstwhile I was a small kid, but restarted astir 6-7 years ago," helium has antecedently said, according to CBS Boston. "I met immoderate trainers called Melbourne Muscular Therapy successful Australia. I flew them from Australia to Philly. They showed up and the mode you look astatine maine is the mode I was looking astatine them. They were walking astir Philly barefoot. I thought they mightiness person sent the incorrect guys retired here.

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New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins runs with the shot against Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward astatine Gillette Stadium connected Oct. 26, 2025. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

"But that was their philosophy, being barefoot and getting backmost to your archetypal ways of movement. That grew into maine grooming barefoot each the clip for 2 oregon 3 years. Then, astir apt successful the past 2 oregon 3 years, I got [into the mindset of] what's the point?"

He added that it was 1 little container to battalion for him connected the road.

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Hollins is successful his archetypal play with the Patriots. He started his NFL vocation with the Philadelphia Eagles successful 2017 and was connected their Super Bowl-winning squad during his rookie season. He’s played with the Miami Dolphins, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons and the Bills arsenic well.

This season, helium has 35 catches for 440 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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