Under normal circumstances, we would have gotten our first extended look at the 2020 New England Patriots tonight. The team would have hosted the Detroit Lions at Gillette Stadium at 7:30 pm after already having spent the week during joint training camp practices. Of course, 2020 is anything but normal: joint practices were canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and so was the entire preseason slate.
Instead of getting ready for tonight’s game, we are therefore dissecting yesterday’s first full-team practice based on a 30-minute live stream provided by the team.