The new-look New England Patriots face great expectations this season. That’s what happens when a franchise legend (Mike Vrabel) returns as head coach and the team spends big to overhaul the roster.
The biggest offseason additions, aside from wide receiver Stefon Diggs, sit on defense: cornerback Carlton Davis III, linebacker Robert Spillane, and defensive tackle Milton Williams.
That has the New England coaches using the variation of one word to describe the revamped defense: violent.
“We are going to make sure on tape, day in and day out, that people see our violence,” safeties coach Scott Booker told Masslive.