FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. Patriots starting left guard Joe Thuney is on the cusp of making history.
When the 2016 third-round draft choice out of NC State lines up for the first offensive snap against the Los Angeles Rams, he will become the first player to start in three Super Bowls in the first three seasons of his career, according to Elias Sports Bureau research.
“It wasn’t just me," he said. "A lot of people helped me in the past three years, and then before that, with the draft and everything.