New England Patriots: 6 players who impressed in preseason debut

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 08: Jakobi Meyers #16 of the New England Patriots celebrates his second quarter touchdown with teammates while playing the Detroit Lions in a preseason game at Ford Field on August 08, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 08: Jakobi Meyers #16 of the New England Patriots celebrates his second quarter touchdown with teammates while playing the Detroit Lions in a preseason game at Ford Field on August 08, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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The New England Patriots had a dominant start to the preseason and got some stellar performances from a multitude of players.

Football is back (well sort of)! The New England Patriots kicked off the preseason and they kicked it off with a bang.

New England absolutely dominated the Detroit Lions in the 31-3 victory. You gotta feel bad for Lions fans. The season hasn’t even started and they have little to hope for.

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But Patriots fans are having a great Friday. There is a lot to be happy about.

The worry with a team that has been as good as New England has is maintaining success. It seems like eventually you have to fall off the cliff.

There will be a day when Tom Brady retires and so will other veteran leaders in the Patriots locker room. Fans are already prepping for those dark days.

Well, the future looks rather bright in New England. We got to see some of the team’s latest draft picks and acquisitions get some live reps in a game setting for the first time this year. New England didn’t disappoint.

From start to finish the New England Patriots dominated the Lions and showed that they were the better team. You couldn’t ask for a better start to the preseason.

When you play so well there is going to be some performances that are worthy of further discussion. So let’s talk about the 6 players from New England who made quite the first impression in Week 1 of the preseason.