In case you were wondering, this is – by far – the youngest opening-day roster that Bill Belichick has fielded. (Of course, they could change out six more guys by then) The average age of the 2012 Patriots is 25 years, 274 days. The next youngest was, according to STATS, LLC, the 2010 squad (26, 280), followed by Belichick’s first, the 5-11 juggernauts of 2000 (26, 329).