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EmBOLDENed: Sentimental number change helps give veteran Patriots RB renewed vigor

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The two front entrances to the Patriots locker room inside Gillette Stadium can be found at the farthest left and right corners of this enormous chamber. Traditionally, offensive and special teams players are housed from the left to about the middle, while defensive and practice squad players occupy lockers from the middle to the right.

Were you to enter from the left, you'd have little trouble identifying which locker is Brandon Bolden's, even without looking up to find his nameplate overhead. For his, you see, is the one in which a gigantic boom box takes up residence.