FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The most significant constant for the New England Patriots' defense over the past three seasons has been starting safeties Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung on the field together. In the 2016 regular season, for example, McCourty played a team-high 98.1 percent of the defensive snaps, with Chung not far behind at 96.5 percent.
Those numbers stand out most when analyzing the Patriots’ defensive snap counts for the 2016 regular season.
“It’s hard to put a price tag on that, but there certainly is one,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Tuesday.