Stephon Gilmore “more comfortable” in second year with Patriots

At this time last year, Stephon Gilmore was the new guy in the Patriots cornerback group and it took some time before he settled into his role with his new team.

Gilmore eventually found his footing after a heavily scrutinized start to the year and scrutiny at cornerback switched to Malcolm Butler‘s Super Bowl benching. That benching left Gilmore as the top cornerback on defense, which is a position he’s set to get more experience with this year now that Butler is in Tennessee.

It would be a new role, but the change comes with Gilmore feeling more at home in New England than he did last year.

“Yeah, any time you go through something a second time, it’s always better,” Gilmore said, via the…