ATLANTA – In one corner of the locker room, a trainer carefully pulled a dark green t-shirt over the head of wincing Patriots safety Patrick Chung, still in plenty of pain after breaking his arm in the third quarter of Super Bowl LIII. Chung then instructed the trainer how clasp his watch, and affix his chain.
“Just be careful when you slide that end into the other end,” the 10-year veteran safety said.
The scene was a microcosm of the game, and the season in New England. The Patriots might be getting older. They might be a little beat up.