Sunday 7: Christian Gonzalez with a target on his back

1 – Christian Gonzalez and the Patriots announced this week that the second-year cornerback will be wearing No. 0 this coming season, same as he wore during his final college football season at Oregon. In some ways, the new look might as well be a bull’s eye on the back of the talented young defensive playmaker.

Not only will the 2023 first-round pick become the first New England player to don No. 0 – not coincidentally in the first season that old-school GOAT coach Bill Belichick is no longer running the football show in Foxborough – but Gonzalez just might be the key to his team’s defensive and overall success in 2024.

Yes, Gonzalez is that important.

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