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Preseason Patriots vs Lions: 8 winners and 3 losers from New England’s 31-3 blowout win in Detroit

The New England Patriots never left the Detroit Lions a chance in the two teams’ preseason opener on Thursday night: with both team resting multiple core players, the world champions’ depth reigned supreme and ran away with a decisive 31-3 victory. Along the way, some of the team’s players delivered particularly noteworthy performances — for better or for worse. Let’s take a look at some of them, without the benefit of a film review of course.

Second-year wide receiver Braxton Berrios capped his best week of training camp with a very good outing in the preseason opener.