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The Patriots have very few flaws offensively, but looking over the numbers after Sunday’s win over Oakland, there’s one number that stands out on the stat sheet that is a little surprising.

Last week’s decision to remain in Colorado paid dividends as the Patriots certainly appeared to be the more well-prepared of the two teams, with Bill Belichick’s club leaving no doubt during a 33-8 beating of the Raiders on Sunday.

Bill Belichick has established himself as one of the best in the game, and on Sunday he managed to surpass another terrific coach in the record books.

There are certain people players just seem to click with, and it appears that for Martellus Bennett, the one here in New England seems to understand him pretty well.

With the Patriots playing on Sunday night, it offered up another opportunity to keep an eye on what was certainly another interesting day around the NFL.  

While the Patriots spent this week visiting Denver in a 41-16 win over the Broncos, their next opponent has had an extra week to get ready for Bill Belichick’s football team.

Sunday night’s road win against the Broncos helped the Patriots take advantage of a bad weekend by their Division rivals and helps give them some breathing room with a big stretch looming for them.

Denver may be a place where the Patriots have historically had problems, but New England put together a solid outing against the Broncos Sunday night as they improved to 7-2 on the season.

The return of Martellus Bennett was one of the more exciting stories this week and while the initial signs seemed to a potential appearance next weekend against Oakland, it appears we could see him a little sooner than expected.

It never hurts to add a player with a proven track record to your roster, and the Patriots got a huge break on Thursday when they were able to claim Martellus Bennett off of waivers.

Bill Belichick typically says the same thing every year when discussing the team’s potential success and who it’s going to take to get there.

Julian Edelman might be known for his success on the field, but he’s also been having some success off of it after the release of his book “Relentless, which was co-written with NBC Boston reporter Tom E. Curran.

After a bye weekend without any Patriots football, here are a few thoughts as we kick off the week.

When San Francisco gave up a second-round pick in order to acquire Jimmy Garoppolo from the Patriots, it’s clear that they really feel strongly that he’ll be the player to bring them back to a championship level.

KNBR out of San Francisco posted video from Jimmy Garoppolo’s first practice with the 49ers as he begins getting acclimated with his new team.