Welcome to Season 14, Episode 7 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious yet lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup . . .
Among all of the encouraging developments with the AFC East-leading Patriots this season, and over the last three weeks in particular, the most important is this:
We know, with almost 100 percent certainty, that they have the right coach in Mike Vrabel and the right quarterback in Drake Maye, and nothing determines a football team’s present and future more than having the right people in those spots.