Everyone agrees veteran leadership in the locker room is a good thing. The disagreement is when posters act like these guys from Foxboro can fart Patriots Way pixie dust in the locker room. Burkhead started 9 games in four years with the Patriots. Since leaving the Patriots in 2017, Amendola has not played on a winning team.
I just think this narrative about every former Patriots (not named Brady) can provide your team with veteran leadership is overstated. It's interesting that the ex Patriots (Amendola, Cannon, Burkhead) are all on the worst performing unit on the team. Now that they have been outscored 119-17 in four road games, maybe that veteran leadership will kick in any minute now.