The New England Patriots got absolutely destroyed in their final preseason game on Thursday night. Entering the contest with two victories in their bag, they got handed a 42-10 defeat by the New York Giants to finish the exhibition slate with a 1-2 record.

Even with the majority of starters sitting out, and despite the game being incredibly boring, there were still some lessons to be learned. Let’s get into them now.

The Patriots showed us that…

…they had seen enough of their starters: Most of, if not all, of the starters for the Patriots had the night off on Thursday. That was telling for who actually played in the game. On defense, Jabrill Peppers, Craig Woodson, and Keion White played, and on offense, Jared Wilson played. I would assume that they wanted to get Wilson more reps, since

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