An organization that includes Rick Burkholder and Brendan Daly on staff also includes some semblance of familiarity beyond it.
Two former New England Patriots currently reside with the Kansas City Chiefs between the active roster and practice squad. One connection can be found in the locker room in Foxborough, too, entering the home stretch of the regular season.
Here’s a glance through the brief list of past Patriots and past Chiefs players ahead of Sunday’s 1 p.m. ET flexed-out kickoff at Gillette Stadium.
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Joe Thuney, guard — The Patriots filled out Thuney’s draft card in the third round of the 2016 draft class at No.