FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — While the New England Patriots receivers have garnered much of the preseason attention from fans and media alike, their impressive corps of running backs may be primed to become their offense’s most valuable position group.
The Patriots backs collectively rushed for 134 yards, while adding an eye-opening 187 kickoff-return yards in New England’s dominant 48-18 victory over the Washington Commanders on Friday evening at Gillette Stadium. In the process, the rushers may have put opposing defenses on notice to an improved, diverse and cooperative ground game.
“I think we do a good job of just feeding off one another’s energy,” rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson said from his postgame podium.