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Damien Harris cause for optimism in Patriots offense’s clunker at Kansas City | Chris Mason

When Bill Belichick drew up the blueprint for this Patriots team, the veteran offensive line was one thing that looked to be set in stone.

LT: Isaiah Wynn. LG: Joe Thuney. C: David Andrews. RG: Shaq Mason. RT: Marcus Cannon.

On Monday night in Kansas City, this is what it looked like:

LT: Isaiah Wynn. LG: Joe Thuney. C: James Ferentz. RG: Mike Onwenu. RT: Justin Herron.

Couple the loss of three starters with a limited quarterback in Brian Hoyer — the gameplan was obviously going to be run-centric — an unprecedentedly bad travel schedule, and almost two years since his last real workload, and the stage wasn’t ideal for Damien Harris' 2020 debut.