It comes from being humble, a good family background. “I don’t feel the need to express what I can do with my words.

“That’s kind of who I’ve always been,” he said in a quiet moment after the scrum. On Friday, reporters gathered around the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Gonzalez after practice, and true to his personality the answers were brief and businesslike. Led by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, the Dolphins totaled 536 yards in their season-opening win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the most by any team in a Week 1 game since the Baltimore Ravens in 2019. That approach will be put to the test Sunday night when the Patriots host the Dolphins (8:20 p.m. “You can tell if a corner is going to be good by the way they practice, if they let receivers catch any balls - he’s not going to let you catch any balls.” “I don’t want to give him the Steph tag - I know Steph is way farther along - but I definitely do see some similarities between them,” Phillips said. In some ways, it reminds Phillips of former Patriot Stephon Gilmore (2017-20), who spoke so softly that those around him often had to lean in to hear what he was saying. It’s like he’s always processing what’s going on.” “He’s going to go out there and lock down whoever is lined up in front of him, but outside of the game, he’s going to kind of be chill. I like to call him a little ‘silent assassin’,” veteran safety Adrian Phillips said. What stands out to teammates behind the scenes is how Gonzalez doesn’t fit the stereotype of an outspoken potential shutdown corner or highly touted draft pick. The former University of Oregon cornerback played every snap in the Patriots’ season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, totaling seven tackles, one sack and one pass defended. Gonzo’s approach: Players are ultimately judged by their production on the field, and Patriots first-round pick Christian Gonzalez is off to a strong start. Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:ġ. 'Quiet' Patriots' rookie Christian Gonzalez lets his play do the talkingįOXBOROUGH, Mass. Instead, it shows up on the Corrections page.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Speaking of things buried in obscure locations, the apology appears nowhere that we can find it on the front page of or the NFL home page or the Patriots page. The correction, which technically needs to be corrected again because it was a 2008 report not 2002, hasn’t been repeated on the endless Thursday morning SportsCenter loop, which makes it the equivalent of the tiny little correction buried in an obscure location of a newspaper. We apologize to the Patriots organization.” “That story was found to be false, and should not have been part of our reporting. ET Thursday, in a one-time-only on-air declaration of regret.

“On two occasions in recent weeks, SportsCenter incorrectly cited a 2002 report regarding the New England Patriots and Super Bowl XXXVI,” anchor Steve Levy said at 12:20 a.m. Instead, ESPN has apologized for repeating as fact a Boston Herald report regarding alleged cheating prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, even though the Herald report that the Patriots videotaped the Rams’ final walk-through practice before the game was prominently retracted years ago. But not for the report that turned a curiosity into #DeflateGate! ESPN has finally said “we’re sorry” to the Patriots.

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