Welcome to Season 11, Episode 1 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious yet lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup.
Now it begins for real. And now, we’ll finally begin to get some answers to those questions that put a baffling twist on the Patriots’ preseason.
The Patriots launch Season 23 of Bill Belichick’s tenure Sunday afternoon against longtime AFC East rival Miami Dolphins. It’s the third consecutive season the teams have opened the season against each other, but their first time doing so in Miami since 2014.
Strange stuff often happens to the Patriots when they go to Miami, and I’ll spare you any lengthy rehash here of Kenyan Drake’s 2018 “Miami Miracle,” A.