It’s finally football season, which means it’s finally time to bring you some takeaways and observations from every New England Patriots game. The team of first-year head coach Mike Vrabel blew out the Commanders, who had 29 players inactive, with a final score of 48-18 on Friday night.

It wasn’t all good, but there was a whole bunch of it. Let’s find out what we learned.

The Patriots showed us that…

…Will Campbell plays with a mean streak: Will Campbell had one really bad play on Friday night. He and fellow rookie Jared Wilson screwed up a stunt that allowed a free rusher and ended with a Drake Maye fumble. Other than that, the fourth overall selection in this year’s draft played a clean game.

After the Commanders missed a field goal on the drive following Maye’s fumble, the Patriots

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