Other than winning the Super Bowl, being named to the Pro Bowl, or earning millions of extra dollars in meeting contract incentives, there are few things probably more satisfying for a professional football player than sticking it to their old team.
Michael Bennett wasn’t a New England Patriot for very long. He was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Patriots during the offseason, and at the time, many considered his acquisition to be the biggest positive roster move New England made during a period of heavy personnel losses (Rob Gronkowski, Trey Flowers, Chris Hogan, etc.