This week’s practices in Tampa should really be beneficial to the Pats for multiple reasons:

1. Short week will match the same turnaround time for when they have to play the Jets on Thanksgiving.
2. Facing a different scheme is great experience for dealing with the unfamiliar, making adjustments, etc.
3. Team bonding time away from home always helps.
4. Grinding through the hardest week of August in the humidity of Florida should help harden the team.
5. Getting to hit someone other than their own teammates for a few days helps make things a little more tolerable.