It had been over 20 years since the Patriots were introduced individually ahead of a home game.

But that changed Sunday when New England’s starting offense was introduced as players came out of the tunnel one by one ahead of their game against the Cleveland Browns.

The Gillette Stadium crowd gave the loudest cheers to Will Campbell, Kayshon Boutte and Drake Maye .

So, why did Mike Vrabel stray away from a Bill Belichick tradition and something that hadn’t been done since 2001?

“I just feel like these guys put a lot into it and we’d like to recognize them individually,” the Patriots coach said after the game. “Hopefully our fans can embrace that and get excited for them. (It’s) something that felt like we wanted to do and create some energy early and get them to recognize the play

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