FOXBORO -- LeGarrette Blount had two different stints with the Patriots -- 2013 and 2014 before he left for Pittsburgh in 2015, but then returned in the middle of that year after being released and then stuck around last year.
He was one of the most popular players in the locker room, but it's not going to be the case this week.
"Straight enemy mode," Blount told reporters Thursday when it came to his relationship with his former teammates. "Ain't no friends. No homies. None of that. We know what we're going to do, they know what they're going to do, we've got the same goal in mind. It ain't no hard feelings, it just is what it is."
Added Blount: "I don't play for the Patriots anymore. I don't watch the Patriots, I don't care about the Patriots. I focus on what we need to do to put us in the best position to win this game. I had a great time there last year, but last year is last year."
Blount is in a group text with his former teammates, but he's not participating in it this week.
"We ain't got nothing to talk about. Ain't nothing for us to talk about. Ain't nothing for us to discuss," he said. "They play for that team, I play for my team."