FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Center David Andrews concluded his sixth year with the New England Patriots and fourth as a captain, which sparked some raw emotions from him this week.
Andrews was reflecting on the challenging 2020 NFL season, how much it meant to him to play football again after missing the 2019 campaign because of blood clots in his lungs, and how the Patriots (7-9) fell short of their goals. He also was discussing what's ahead for him, the unfamiliar position of becoming an unrestricted free agent, and at one point the weight of it all seemed to tackle him with the force of a 330-pound defensive tackle.