What's the Purpose of a Play?

During the pre season it was reported that the patriots were running plays into bad looks just to sort of get a sense of what they could do and what they couldn't. Andi i find it interesting, number one, that that would be the reality, and number two, mat that that he would be talking about it. It's a really interesting comment to me, because normally those things do take place in pre season. But as you get into game weeks and you start game planning, there's usually a clear understanding of what mac jones is talking about,. There's a purpose to the play. I've never seen a team where so many people offensively have openly criticised the offensive scheme