A few things we no longer have to hear about the Patriots at 9-4 that we heard when they were 2-4 . . .
Bill Belichick lost too much of his support staff. Also known as the “Foxboro brain drain,” this is the only one on this list I personally believed had some credence.
Nick Caserio, a member of the Patriots’ staff since 2001 and the director of player personnel since ‘08, left in January to become general manager of the Texans. The mysterious Ernie Adams, Belichick’s trusted second set of eyes, retired.