FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In the bowels of Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots’ locker room is a mostly serious place when it’s open to media.
Unlike many NFL locker rooms, there is no music, just the din of players, staff and reporters bustling about the confines of the long, narrow room. Lockers have handsome, dark-wood doors that spell “PATRIOTS” when they’re closed. Players keep their spaces tidy and above their lockers are LED screens with each player’s name, an artful element that resembles a movie marquee, but also a useful one that can easily be changed at any moment.