Before last Sunday's trip to Arizona, Christian Gonzalez stood at his locker in the middle of the Patriots locker room when the topic of Pro Bowl voting came up.
When the words Pro Bowl were first uttered, another voice came from a few feet away "shoot, Pro Bowl? Should be All-Pro."
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— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 1, 2024
Those were the words of Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye, whose locker is a few feet away from Gonzalez's inside Gillette Stadium. The Pats young stars, who are the top pillars of New England's rebuild as the team's most recent first-round draft picks, have already bonded over being the future of football in Foxboro.