Summer camping in New England

Marrone was the head coach in 2013-14, before joining Jacksonville as an assistant.

“I did say that to a couple guys that were with me in Buffalo. I said, ‘Can you believe that we're going up there to practice?’ ” Marrone said. “But again, I'm thankful to coach Belichick for giving us this opportunity because at the end of the day, we're just trying to get our football team better. This is definitely going to help us.”

Marrone was satisfied with the performance of quarterback Blake Bortles — the former UCF star who is entering his fourth season after Jacksonville selected him with the third overall pick in 2014 — but knows there is work to do.

“I thought calm, cool, different defense and things of that nature,” Marrone said. “I think we have to see where we are from that standpoint of being able to get open in a pressman and things of that nature.”

“Then, just ball location. I thought for the most part, he seemed to have control. He got stepped on at the goal line. That can't happen; that is not his fault. We have to be able to come off the ball better.”

But he downplayed what Bortles or any of his players might get from watching quarterback Tom Brady, a future Hall of Famer and the engineer of the Patriots' improbable come-from-behind overtime win over Atlanta in Super Bowl LI, his fifth Super Bowl title.

“You know what? I'm so focused on what we're trying to do, I don't really focus on the other team,” Marrone said. “I'm not here to evaluate their team, their players. I'm here to make sure that our players are getting better.”