The Patriots opened the pre-season with a dominant 31-3 win over the Detroit Lions. Rookie quarterback Jarrett Stidham and rookie wide receiver Jakobi Meyers shined in the win.

Here are five takeaways from tonight’s game.

1. Jakobi Meyers introduces himself to Patriots fans: Rookie undrafted free agent Jakobi Meyers has had a terrific camp thus far and continued turning heads with a strong debut performance last night. The rookie caught 6 passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns. Meyers is a big target who runs good routes, has strong hands and a wide catch radius. Meyers forty time kept him from being drafted but as we saw last night, he plays faster than he times.

2. Stidham impresses in debut: Rookie quarterback Jarrett Stidham looked nervous in his first series but once he settled down and got comfortable playing under center, he looked in control.

Stidham showed terrific poise in the pocket and when things broke, he didn’t panic. He extended plays by extending the pocket. Stidham showed good touch on his deep ball and consistently located open receivers all night. The however receivers didn’t help him out on a couple of those throws.

3. Depth is evident: The Patriots roster is deep. Belichick and his coaching staff are going to have some tough decisions to make when it comes time to making cuts. Especially when it comes to veterans.

4. Tight end still a question mark: None of the tight ends impressed last night and to make matters worse, potential starting tight end Matt LaCosse got hurt. Tight end is still a concern and it is not out of the realm of possibility that Belichick addresses the position at some point before the end of camp.

5. Patriots keep it basic: The Patriots didn’t show much on either side of the ball last night. Offensively, it was mostly 21, 22 and 11 personnel. Do not be surprised if those are the Patriots primary three personnel groupings again this season. Bill Belichick is a trends guy but he also likes to buck trends. Everyone else is running spread, tempo offenses and the Patriots are playing with a fullback and pounding the ball. It’s classic Belichick.