July 23, 2025 • 9 mins
Diggs starts it off. Rookie receiver impresses. Defense begins establishing a new identity. Watch as Mike Dussault and Evan Lazar break down everything that stood out on the first day of Patriots Training Camp. Find out who was missing, practice standouts, storylines of the day and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And just like that, Patriots twenty twenty five training camp
is underway. What happened in day one, We're here to
break it down for you. Deuce and Lazarre here to
break down day one of Patriots training campv it's.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good to be back on a first day of school.
Vibe a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Absolutely, it's good to be back.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Plenty of highlights. Of course, things started off.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
We had a bunch of puppies arrived today and Stephan
Diggs almost lost one, luckily not a precursor to what
was to come.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
It was an active day, more of a review day.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
I would say, listen from some of the players early on,
but I think the thing that stood out to me
was the very first play in eleven on eleven Stefan
digs on a crosser, was like, this is what we're
here for.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Little connection between him and Drake. Good way to start things.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's a great way to start things. And only two
team periods in the ninety minute practice, so it wasn't
a ton of like real football to Glee and I
don't want to come in here and have all these
big proclamations off of one practice, not in pads. But
it was great to see Stefan Diggs out there as
a full participant. It didn't seem like he was limited
at all or hindered at all by that knee injury.
(01:06):
And like you said, very first play of eleven on
eleven's a little shallow crosser over the middle of the
field in stride just to fon Diggs. Big roar from
the crowd. That's the connection everybody came here to see.
So it's great to already have those two hitting it off.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Staying with some individual plays, Kyle Williams a couple catches,
real nice can test to catch along the sideline against
Christian Gonzalez. Again, I think there were maybe about thirteen
or about sixteen total plays of eleven on eleven this
whole practice.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
But Kyle Williams rookie making two catches.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It's hard to ask for a better start for a
rookie receiver than to you know, get.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Involved absolutely and against Christian Gonzalez on the backside. Drake
May kind of broke it down after practice and said
he saw, you know, one on one out there and
just gave Kyle Williams a chance a little back shoulder
fade finished through some contact on Gonzo. It was pretty
tight in coverage, So that was one thing that you
talk about with speed receivers one hundred and ninety pounds,
like how is he going to play through contact? How
(02:00):
is he going to handle the physicality of the NFL?
And Kyle Williams right away and made a play right
through contacts that was good to see. And the other
catch that he made a little underneath dump off that
Drake may had to him. It looked like a nice
progression by Drake to get to the check down and
Kyle Williams turned it upfield and he had some room there,
you know, Robert Spulane was trying to catch up to him,
and you saw that juice and that ability after the
(02:22):
catch shine in that play as well. So I thought
that even in a live setting that that probably would
have been a big play for Kyle Williams too. So
two really standout plays from him.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
I have you been saying, you're really excited to see
how Drake, you know, meshes into Josh McDaniel's offense, what
it looks like, you know what were just some of
your takeaways today watching and it admittedly limited sample size.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
It was nice to see some of the quick rhythm
throws that we did see. One that really stood out
was to pop Douglas on the right sideline, just a
little slant flat, but he read it quickly. The ball
was out on time. You know, Josh McDaniels loves the
quick game. He wants to get the ball in first
and second down out of the quarterback's hands as quickly
as possible. And I thought that play right now there,
great read, really quick, trusted it, let it go to Douglas,
(03:04):
gave him a chance to maybe pick up some yards
after the catch too. So I saw that play and
I was like, all right, that's an odd time in
rhythm play. That's how it should look, which is what
you want to see.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So sticking on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Just one other little nugget we mentioned rookie Kyle Williams
making some catches. Notice rookie Jared Wilson getting some snaps
at center there under Drake Man. And you don't want
to read too much into it. We know the competition
on the interior line is going to happen all summer long.
But good sign for a rookie Jared Wilson who spent
all the spring kind of rehabbing wasn't really involved.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
We get out here day one, he's already getting some opportunities.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I love to see it because he didn't see
him in the spring, and you always worry about rookies
starting behind the eight ball a little bit when they
can't practice due to injuries or whatever their situation is.
So seeing Jared Wilson out there instantly here in training
camp play a little bit of guard, a little bit
of center, looked like Garrett Bradbury was kind of leading
off drills at center, and then Wilson would come in
and play a little bit of center and snap the
(03:57):
ball as well. So a really athletic player, we know that,
really high upside player as well. Bradbury kind of here
to be a bridge, you know, a one year stop
gap veteran. So if Jared Wilson can really start to
come on here the talent, it kind of elevates the
talent of that offensive line. There's a little bit more
upside there with him at center.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, Cole Strange getting plentying opportunities at left guard as well.
Let's flip it over to the defensive side of the ball,
which again really and by.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
That you waited this long for the defense, I know
what it killed you.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Well, there were no pads on, so I even I
could admit it's a little hard to evaluate the defense today.
Caught at least one sack from key On White coming
off the edge. Did the old you know, tap Drake
in the button, put the hands up like I got him.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Good play from key On White. Seemed like they were
getting some pressure.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
They were definitely getting some pressure. And if there's you
can look at it both ways with these training camp practices.
On the positive end, Milton Williams, Keon White saw Harold
Landry in there, Chase On in there a little bit.
That's the positive, right, is that the defense was getting pressure.
The other side of that, though, is obviously you're talking
about the Patriots offensive line and the issues that they've
had over the last couple of years blocking. But in general,
(05:02):
I thought there was a decent amount of pressure on
Drake May in this practice. And I don't really love
counting like practice sacks. You never actually know if they
would have gotten him on the ground. And it's hard
to see live without actually going back and reviewing it.
But let's call it. You know, a handful of pressures
certainly that were on the quarterback. Positive end is that
Milton Williams and Kean White and Landry and those guys
(05:22):
were doing their job. Negative vent is obviously getting that
offensive line going.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, Roberts spoiling very complimentary the defensive lineman, saying, we
just want to let those dogs eat.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
They get after it. The linebackers will take care of
the rest.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Anything else of that overall that stood out to you,
I would say just attendance. One notable Jalen Polk, who
had been rehabbing most of the offseason, limited with the
shoulder surgery. I believe he wasn't around, He wasn't dressed,
So that's you know, it seemed like the team was
healthy going in. But a little bit of a strike
there for a poor Jalen Polk, you know, wanted to
get going, bounced back from that rookie season.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, maybe a little bit unexpected just because he wasn't
on any of the lists, not on PUP or NFI.
But he didn't practice. Matt Collins still not really practicing.
I don't know what to call him right now. There's
like technicalities with is he off perview?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Is he not off pup?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
But the one guy on the positive end was Carlton Davis,
who started on NFI early on in camp. Yesterday, Raybel
told us he was on NFI but would come off quickly.
And he's already off, you know, day one, he was
already out there opposite Christian Gonzalez. So you have that
cornerback tandem that you want with Davis and Gonzalez. So
I don't think whatever it was with Carlton Davis, now
we can just kind of forget about that.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Well, day one is officially in the books. We are
off and rolling. We will have these training camp casts
for you guys after every practice, summon it up and
as we go along, there's gonna be plenty more to dissect,
especially next week when we get the pads on. So
stick with us. We'll take care of you all summer
with the Patriots Training Camp Cast.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hey, this is Deuce. Thanks for tuning into the show.
If you really want to help us, make sure.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
You like us wherever you get your podcasts like Apple
Podcasts or Spotify.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Also make sure you follow us.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
On the New England Patriots YouTube channel to see this
show and everything else that we do here at the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Thanks a lot
And just like that, Patriots twenty twenty five training camp
is underway. What happened in day one, We're here to
break it down for you. Deuce and Lazarre here to
break down day one of Patriots training campv it's.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good to be back on a first day of school.
Vibe a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Absolutely, it's good to be back.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Plenty of highlights. Of course, things started off.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
We had a bunch of puppies arrived today and Stephan
Diggs almost lost one, luckily not a precursor to what
was to come.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
It was an active day, more of a review day.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
I would say, listen from some of the players early on,
but I think the thing that stood out to me
was the very first play in eleven on eleven Stefan
digs on a crosser, was like, this is what we're
here for.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Little connection between him and Drake. Good way to start things.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's a great way to start things. And only two
team periods in the ninety minute practice, so it wasn't
a ton of like real football to Glee and I
don't want to come in here and have all these
big proclamations off of one practice, not in pads. But
it was great to see Stefan Diggs out there as
a full participant. It didn't seem like he was limited
at all or hindered at all by that knee injury.
(01:06):
And like you said, very first play of eleven on
eleven's a little shallow crosser over the middle of the
field in stride just to fon Diggs. Big roar from
the crowd. That's the connection everybody came here to see.
So it's great to already have those two hitting it off.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Staying with some individual plays, Kyle Williams a couple catches,
real nice can test to catch along the sideline against
Christian Gonzalez. Again, I think there were maybe about thirteen
or about sixteen total plays of eleven on eleven this
whole practice.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
But Kyle Williams rookie making two catches.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It's hard to ask for a better start for a
rookie receiver than to you know, get.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Involved absolutely and against Christian Gonzalez on the backside. Drake
May kind of broke it down after practice and said
he saw, you know, one on one out there and
just gave Kyle Williams a chance a little back shoulder
fade finished through some contact on Gonzo. It was pretty
tight in coverage, So that was one thing that you
talk about with speed receivers one hundred and ninety pounds,
like how is he going to play through contact? How
(02:00):
is he going to handle the physicality of the NFL?
And Kyle Williams right away and made a play right
through contacts that was good to see. And the other
catch that he made a little underneath dump off that
Drake may had to him. It looked like a nice
progression by Drake to get to the check down and
Kyle Williams turned it upfield and he had some room there,
you know, Robert Spulane was trying to catch up to him,
and you saw that juice and that ability after the
(02:22):
catch shine in that play as well. So I thought
that even in a live setting that that probably would
have been a big play for Kyle Williams too. So
two really standout plays from him.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
I have you been saying, you're really excited to see
how Drake, you know, meshes into Josh McDaniel's offense, what
it looks like, you know what were just some of
your takeaways today watching and it admittedly limited sample size.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
It was nice to see some of the quick rhythm
throws that we did see. One that really stood out
was to pop Douglas on the right sideline, just a
little slant flat, but he read it quickly. The ball
was out on time. You know, Josh McDaniels loves the
quick game. He wants to get the ball in first
and second down out of the quarterback's hands as quickly
as possible. And I thought that play right now there,
great read, really quick, trusted it, let it go to Douglas,
(03:04):
gave him a chance to maybe pick up some yards
after the catch too. So I saw that play and
I was like, all right, that's an odd time in
rhythm play. That's how it should look, which is what
you want to see.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So sticking on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Just one other little nugget we mentioned rookie Kyle Williams
making some catches. Notice rookie Jared Wilson getting some snaps
at center there under Drake Man. And you don't want
to read too much into it. We know the competition
on the interior line is going to happen all summer long.
But good sign for a rookie Jared Wilson who spent
all the spring kind of rehabbing wasn't really involved.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
We get out here day one, he's already getting some opportunities.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I love to see it because he didn't see
him in the spring, and you always worry about rookies
starting behind the eight ball a little bit when they
can't practice due to injuries or whatever their situation is.
So seeing Jared Wilson out there instantly here in training
camp play a little bit of guard, a little bit
of center, looked like Garrett Bradbury was kind of leading
off drills at center, and then Wilson would come in
and play a little bit of center and snap the
(03:57):
ball as well. So a really athletic player, we know that,
really high upside player as well. Bradbury kind of here
to be a bridge, you know, a one year stop
gap veteran. So if Jared Wilson can really start to
come on here the talent, it kind of elevates the
talent of that offensive line. There's a little bit more
upside there with him at center.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, Cole Strange getting plentying opportunities at left guard as well.
Let's flip it over to the defensive side of the ball,
which again really and by.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
That you waited this long for the defense, I know
what it killed you.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Well, there were no pads on, so I even I
could admit it's a little hard to evaluate the defense today.
Caught at least one sack from key On White coming
off the edge. Did the old you know, tap Drake
in the button, put the hands up like I got him.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Good play from key On White. Seemed like they were
getting some pressure.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
They were definitely getting some pressure. And if there's you
can look at it both ways with these training camp practices.
On the positive end, Milton Williams, Keon White saw Harold
Landry in there, Chase On in there a little bit.
That's the positive, right, is that the defense was getting pressure.
The other side of that, though, is obviously you're talking
about the Patriots offensive line and the issues that they've
had over the last couple of years blocking. But in general,
(05:02):
I thought there was a decent amount of pressure on
Drake May in this practice. And I don't really love
counting like practice sacks. You never actually know if they
would have gotten him on the ground. And it's hard
to see live without actually going back and reviewing it.
But let's call it. You know, a handful of pressures
certainly that were on the quarterback. Positive end is that
Milton Williams and Kean White and Landry and those guys
(05:22):
were doing their job. Negative vent is obviously getting that
offensive line going.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, Roberts spoiling very complimentary the defensive lineman, saying, we
just want to let those dogs eat.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
They get after it. The linebackers will take care of
the rest.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Anything else of that overall that stood out to you,
I would say just attendance. One notable Jalen Polk, who
had been rehabbing most of the offseason, limited with the
shoulder surgery. I believe he wasn't around, He wasn't dressed,
So that's you know, it seemed like the team was
healthy going in. But a little bit of a strike
there for a poor Jalen Polk, you know, wanted to
get going, bounced back from that rookie season.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, maybe a little bit unexpected just because he wasn't
on any of the lists, not on PUP or NFI.
But he didn't practice. Matt Collins still not really practicing.
I don't know what to call him right now. There's
like technicalities with is he off perview?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Is he not off pup?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
But the one guy on the positive end was Carlton Davis,
who started on NFI early on in camp. Yesterday, Raybel
told us he was on NFI but would come off quickly.
And he's already off, you know, day one, he was
already out there opposite Christian Gonzalez. So you have that
cornerback tandem that you want with Davis and Gonzalez. So
I don't think whatever it was with Carlton Davis, now
we can just kind of forget about that.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Well, day one is officially in the books. We are
off and rolling. We will have these training camp casts
for you guys after every practice, summon it up and
as we go along, there's gonna be plenty more to dissect,
especially next week when we get the pads on. So
stick with us. We'll take care of you all summer
with the Patriots Training Camp Cast.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hey, this is Deuce. Thanks for tuning into the show.
If you really want to help us, make sure.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
You like us wherever you get your podcasts like Apple
Podcasts or Spotify.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Also make sure you follow us.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
On the New England Patriots YouTube channel to see this
show and everything else that we do here at the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Thanks a lot
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