The preseason provides the opportunity for NFL teams to experiment, to escape the conventional when the stakes are minimal, and to find out if that unorthodox idea just might actually work.
In recent years, the Patriots have taken an equivalent, hey-let’s-try-this approach with their preseason broadcasts.
In 2018, they decided to have their radio team, Bob Socci and Scott Zolak, call the television game broadcasts on Ch. 4, with Dan Roche and Matt Chatham handling the radio call on 98.5 The Sports Hub.
Last year, the Patriots became the first team to produce an alternate broadcast with “The McCourty TwinCast,’’ featuring Devin and Jason McCourty.