FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —

The season officially begins in one month, but on Friday night, we will get our first look at a Patriots team that has the potential to be much better than what we saw the last two years.

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Across the board, the belief is new head coach Mike Vrabel will have his players ready to compete at a higher level.

Quarterback Drake Maye has a year of experience. He should be better.

“Yeah, I think preseason's a time to go out there and get the jitters. In real life, when I'm live, it's different for me being able to get tackled and get hit. So, it's good to go out there and kind of feel like live bullets are flying around and kind of not have that first snap of the se

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