Was Thursday’s Patriots preseason game the most exciting or informative affair? Not entirely.
New England didn’t see Philadelphia’s starting units, making it difficult to truly evaluate the Patriots’ 35-0 drubbing of the Eagles.
How good were the quarterbacks really? Were they both just balling against second- and third-string scrubs?
Is the first-team defense actually going to shut out every team it faces and dominate them the way they stifled Philly?
Whatever one thinks of those questions, there are some things the eye test alone can tell you.
For one thing, yes: both Cam Newton and Mac Jones were good on Thursday, and they both are implementing things we’ve seen them practice during training camp.