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2022 Patriots Preview: Patience and progress are the themes for Bill Belichick's team in '22

Twenty years ago, the Patriots were fresh off a Super Bowl win and their aim for 2002 was to start HOTT!!!

Bill Belichick even had t-shirts made for his players with a simple slogan:

Belichick doesn’t do inspirational t-shirts as much these days. If he did, though, what would the 2022 slogan be?

TARGETING ... EH ... WHENEVER ...

Whether it’s Belichick citing a "process" or Matt Patricia talking about the "journey" or this week’s casual acknowledgment by the head coach that September’s an extension of the preseason and that it may take until Halloween to know what’s what, the Patriots aren’t quite oozing urgency.