While the Patriots will benefit from extra rest after their Thursday Night game against the Dolphins, their opponents will be even more rested; Washington is coming out of their bye week.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick won't be complaining, but there is definitely a difference when facing teams coming off a bye.
"Normally if a team was playing today, you'd have to break down the film on Monday and put it into the scouting report and get whatever injuries or anything like that that occurred in the game and start to try to factor that in," Belichick said during a Sunday press conference.