FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. AVP influence: There was a moment inside the Patriots' offensive team meeting room during training camp that showed, in part, how players have rallied around first-year offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt (aka "AVP").
Players had grown accustomed to watching film of quarterbacks who played under Van Pelt at some of his previous coaching stops, such as Aaron Rodgers (Packers) and Deshaun Watson (Browns). But on this day, the film up on the screen was a play-action fake from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it wasn't even from the NFL.