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5 takeways from the Patriots’ 33-8 win over the Oakland Raiders

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Five takeaways from the Patriots’ successful international sojourn, New England going south of the border, getting another masterpiece from Tom Brady, and scoring a 33-8 victory over the Raiders in Mexico City…

COOKS IS COOKIN’

Brandin Cooks has been fine in his first season as a Patriot, taking with him to Mexico City a 131-yard, two-touchdown effort in Week 3, three other games in which he racked up at least 85 yards, and a pace to finish the season with 1,132 yards for the season. But Sunday might have been the first time that the speedster looked like the unstoppable, game-changing force Pats fans might’ve been expecting when Bill Belichick chose to use his first-round draft pick to pry the receiver from New Orleans.