TreVeyon Henderson looks like the game-breaker the Patriots need

As tempting as it may be when a player’s talent is as obvious as TreVeyon Henderson, we will do our best prudent and practical and measured here.

We will give no accolades before their time.

That’s a lesson learned 30 years ago — yes, it has been that long, and no, my increasingly rickety self does not want to talk about it — when a certain imposing and effectively sarcastic coach tried to temper enthusiasm for a rookie running back who immediately looked like a star at a position where special talent becomes apparent in a hurry.

On Sept. 3, 1995, Bill Parcells’s Patriots beat Bill Belichick’s Browns, 17-14, in the season opener at Foxboro Stadium. The winning touchdown was scored on a second-effort, 1-yard plunge with 19 seconds left by rookie running back Curtis Martin, a third-round