“Just been training, trying to get my body right, get my strength up so I can have a decent season next year,” Hernandez told the Herald yesterday. “I’d say more attention to specific muscles instead of just doing the basic bench, squat and all that other stuff. I’d say I started a little earlier this year to maybe try to get through 16 games this season. “It’s away from everything else — away from my family, my friends, gives me time to focus on football, focus on my main priorities in life.”
Notebook: Aaron Hernandez has 16 reasons to focus | Boston Herald
With the loss of Welker and Lloyd, and Gronk potentially unavailable for the start of the season, there’s nothing the Patriots need more on offense than a full healthy season out of Hernando.