The Patriots will play their first preseason game of 2018 Thursday.
Here’s what you need to know before they take on the Washington Redskins:
Tom Brady probably won’t play much — if at all.
Quarterback Tom Brady hasn’t played in New England’s past two preseason openers, but he has participated in years past. Brady took seven snaps in 2015 and 16 snaps in 2013. Both outings were two-series long.
Brady, who recently turned 41 years old, has been present for the entirety of training camp, after skipping part of the team’s offseason program.