FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When the New England Patriots selected defensive tackle Malcom Brown with their first-round pick in the 2015 draft, one of Brown’s first homework assignments was to study a franchise stalwart.
Malcom, meet Vince.
“When I got drafted, they started mentioning his name and I started watching tape on him. I was like ‘Whoa, look at this guy,’” Brown recalled this week. “He’s a great player who played with a motor. Even early in his career, as I watched him on tape, it seemed he understood the defense and his role.