Coming off the worst loss of the Jerod Mayo era, the New England Patriots had some extra time to recover and get back on the track. The results of that process will be seen on Sunday afternoon against the San Francisco 49ers.
Most of our attention this week was on that game. As for other stories that came up, let’s clean out the notebook.
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Sunday Patriots Notes.
Jacoby Brissett personifies what new-era Pats want to be: The Patriots have spoken at length about how they want to be a physically and mentally tough football team, and few players represent that better than Jacoby Brissett.