Famed Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu declared that "every battle is won before it's ever fought."
Bill Belichick's teams have always taken that creed to heart.
This Sunday will be no exception, even if it is a Week 3 meeting with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"We've spent a lot of time on Jacksonville. I've seen, probably, well over half of their season last year, from 2014," Belichick said. "They've changed offensive coordinators, so that's obviously affected it some. We've put a lot of time in trying to get to know the players on the team from last year, what changes they've made this year, how they're using their players the same or differently.