Danny Amendola stirs visions of Wes Welker in New England Patriots debut – ESPN Boston

As I was saying…

No one is saying that there aren’t concerns for the Patriots with what unfolded. It was ugly, at times, for a team that prides itself on taking care of the football to be sloppy. Some of the team’s young players didn’t rise up. More on the Patriots Mike Reiss has the Patriots blanketed for ESPNBoston.com. Check in for all the latest coverage. Blog • Send a question for Mike’s mailbag But at the same time, if we haven’t learned by now that the opening game of the season isn’t always reflective of what is to come and that teams evolve over the course of a season, then we haven’t been watching closely enough. To be able to win with a clutch final drive, overcoming their mistake-filled ways, is something that Belichick, Brady and others believe has significance.