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.