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Left, Then Right: For second time, Brown proving key to Patriots O-line

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – When you're the biggest – in your family, in your class, in the National Football League – you're naturally going to stand out. Being different for difference's sake is not necessarily a quality Trent Brown ever desired. It's not as though he's a conscious contrarian or rebellious spirit. Somewhat the opposite, in fact.

"Structure has never been an issue for me," New England's starting right tackle contends. "You can even ask my parents. I've always been a pretty headstrong guy. Anything I wanted to do, I was going to do, no matter what anybody said.