With head coach Bill Belichick deciding to cancel the New England Patriots’ final two organized team activities this week, his club is ‘on to vacation’: the reigning world champions will be off until the start of training camp in late July. This, in turn, gives us a chance to take a step back and look at what we learned about the Patriots during their four practice sessions open to members of the media.
For the second year in a row, Tom Brady decided to sit out voluntary practices — and for the second year in a row it seems as if he has not skipped a beat because of it.