Another hot padded practice, offense strikes late and injury absences hit secondary are our main storylines from Day 6 of Training Camp. Mike Dussault, Paul Perillo and Evan Lazar bring you a full practice recap including plays and players of the day, who was missing and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Patriots are back in pads and it was another scorcher.
We'll break it all down for you.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Let's go Welcome everybody to the Patriots Training Camp cast.
We just got off the field from the Patriots six
training camp practice and guys Harold Landry said afterwards he
felt like the defense had a good day, and I
(00:24):
think I would agree with him.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
How about you, Paul, I would totally agree. Thought it
was a step forward. And I think when you take
into consideration that you're starting cornerbacks Christian Gonzalez and Carlton
Davis aren't a part of a day where it was
almost predominantly passing game in the red zone, and I
thought the defense got the better of things considering that
you're missing your best player on defense. I think it
(00:45):
was absolutely a step forward for the defense.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
It's one of those practices where, again, if you bottle
up like three or four drakeros and put it on
a highlight reel, you're going to say, Wow, Drake Mayland
created practice.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
But overall, I.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Agree with you that there wasn't a whole lot of
passes completed outside of those really nice throws coupled a
Stefawn Diggs one of Kyle Williams in the bucket. That
was a beauty, But overall a tight red zone, so
you're not gonna complete a ton of passes down there
most of the time. But I'd agree with you too
that the defense controlled today.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yeah, the difficulty ramped up.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Of course, yesterday we were first and second down in
the red zone. Today they added in third down. A
lot of work down there, I mean a lot of
reps for those guys. To me, though, Paul, it wasn't
necessarily the pass rush or the pressure. I mean, there's
certainly were moments where the pass rush got in on
Drake May.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But I think he was just a little off today.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
One of those practices where it felt like, even in
seven on sevens early on, he was missing some guys and.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Just not a great day from Drake May.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
He's been great, I would say, through the start of camp,
but was today was a day where it felt like
maybe it.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Wasn't his best.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I would totally agree with you, I thought, especially in
the seven on sevens, I thought he was erratic.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I thought he missed some guys.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I think he had Hunter Henry and team, you know,
heading toward the corner back line.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
The end zone.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I think he just overthrew it, And like Kevin said,
there are also some plays where you know, I thought
he like layered a beautiful throw. The other side line
of booty couldn't have been any more perfect. So it
wasn't like it was all bad offensively. And because of
those personnel, you know, absences that we talked about, you
had a chance to see some different numbers and names today.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
DJ James was one of them.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
You know, I don't know exactly where he fits into
the equation, but we talked a lot about Alex Austen
and you know, Isaiah Bold and Marcellus Dial. I thought
took a step forward yesterday. DJ James was very competitive
in coverage todays and undrafted rookie I don't really know
a whole lot about I think he's an undrafted rookie.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Well, gonna keep my eye on him.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah. Yeah, not a lot of wide open passing windows.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I mean, everything was contested as you would expect it
to be in the red zone. But even still, again,
Harold Landry felt pretty good about how the defense played.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah, I would like to see more DJ James as
a name that has crept up in one on ones
and things like that with some pass breakups, but today
some couple more in team drills and eleven out eleven's
against the you know, frontline receivers for the Patriots. But
on the positive note for the offense, outside of some
of the highlight throws for Drake May, I just think
we have to mention the rookie offensive linemen are just
(03:05):
really starting to stack some terrific days together. I thought
Campbell again was solid today, but Jared Wilson really was tremendous,
especially in one on ones, shut down Milton Williams and
Christian Barmore to go three to zero and his three
reps and one on ones, and I just am coming
to the conclusion with Wilson he's one of your best
five in terms of blocking.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Now at center.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
There's been some issues with the snaps with both Wilson
and Garrett Bradbury, and that battery of quarterback center is
a big mental load on a rookie. But in general,
I just can't come away from these practices with any
other conclusion of Jared Wilson's one of your best blockers
on the offensive line already, so finding a spot for him,
whether it's at left Carter center I think is a
(03:48):
must at this point.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
So I would just I want to correct myself, DJ James,
first year player out of Auburn, not a rookie, not
an undrafted rookie. I would agree with the overall assessment
in some of these situation, you know, specifically at center
might be working themselves. Garrett Bradbury got nicked up a
little bit late in this practice.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
He got stepped on, he came out, did not do
the conditioning run.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So we'll see if that costs him any practice time
moving forward.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
But the exchange is something to watch. I thought it
was Bradbury today.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Yeah, but that has been an issue virtually every practice
has been at least one snap that ends up on
the ground.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
You got to clean that up.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
And it's from under center, too, which is obviously harder
for a lot of younger centers. I should mention, like
Jared Wilson, Georgia goes under center a little bit more
than your traditional college program these days. But still I
probably could count maybe twenty times that I saw Jared
Wilson snapped the ball from under center last year at Georgia.
So most college teams are gun teams predominantly so that's
(04:44):
a little bit of an adjustment to a pro style
offense to be as under center as the Patriots are
going to be.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
So it's something to watch for.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Might be easier for him to play guard as a
rookie because center is a little bit more taxing. But again,
I just thought he looked terrific today.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, so a couple housekeeping things. Austin Hooper returned. He
had started the year on pup. Good to see him
out there.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Got tops so in full team.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
But the headline of courses, Carlton Davis has been out.
We've only really seen him on a walk through this
first week now. Christian Gonzalez was out as well. I
think report Jordan Schultz reporting that hamstring issue a couple
of weeks. It's about what we thought. But still it
gives an opportunity. You guys talked about some of the
younger guys and we'll see tomorrow. I think we're gonna
stick around similar kind of practice plan. Is the offense
(05:28):
able to punch back a little bit, and I think
that's what we're setting up for this training camp. It's
been back and forth. I think a lot of these
last two practices, especially feels like the offense made some place,
feels like the defense made some plays today, felt like
the defense made the majority of the plays.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Now it sets up tomorrow, can the offense bounce back?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
I think that even some of the plays the offense
did make today were pretty well defended and they had
a high level of difficulty to them.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Time for the offense to respond.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yeah, what else you're looking for, Evan as we get
ready here.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
For Yeah, I would just mention, you know, Melton Williams
and Christian Barmore have been mainstays there in the middle,
but today I thought that sometimes they got handled a
little bit, And I just wonder, especially with Milton Williams
and Morgan Moses as well. I just flipping it over
to the offense and defense, the two free agent signings
that I'm interested to watch a little bit more and
(06:16):
see if maybe they just kind of get a rhythm
at some point going in training camp. Morgan Moses I
believe might have left practice.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Halfway through surely today.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
So like, I'm feeling great about the rookie offensive lineman,
you know, Bradberry and Moses, the two veterans that they
brought in to upgrade this offensive line. Maybe moving a
little bit in the other direction. So I'd like to
see those two guys bounce.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Back, all right, well to beat Another practice tomorrow and pads.
We'll look forward to that, see if the offense is
able to bounce back as we get going here, wrapping
up the main part of the training camp. We'll get
into preseason and joint practices next week. Stick with us
throughout camp, though. We'll have these training camp casts after
every practice.
The Patriots are back in pads and it was another scorcher.
We'll break it all down for you.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Let's go Welcome everybody to the Patriots Training Camp cast.
We just got off the field from the Patriots six
training camp practice and guys Harold Landry said afterwards he
felt like the defense had a good day, and I
(00:24):
think I would agree with him.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
How about you, Paul, I would totally agree. Thought it
was a step forward. And I think when you take
into consideration that you're starting cornerbacks Christian Gonzalez and Carlton
Davis aren't a part of a day where it was
almost predominantly passing game in the red zone, and I
thought the defense got the better of things considering that
you're missing your best player on defense. I think it
(00:45):
was absolutely a step forward for the defense.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
It's one of those practices where, again, if you bottle
up like three or four drakeros and put it on
a highlight reel, you're going to say, Wow, Drake Mayland
created practice.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
But overall, I.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Agree with you that there wasn't a whole lot of
passes completed outside of those really nice throws coupled a
Stefawn Diggs one of Kyle Williams in the bucket. That
was a beauty, But overall a tight red zone, so
you're not gonna complete a ton of passes down there
most of the time. But I'd agree with you too
that the defense controlled today.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yeah, the difficulty ramped up.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Of course, yesterday we were first and second down in
the red zone. Today they added in third down. A
lot of work down there, I mean a lot of
reps for those guys. To me, though, Paul, it wasn't
necessarily the pass rush or the pressure. I mean, there's
certainly were moments where the pass rush got in on
Drake May.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But I think he was just a little off today.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
One of those practices where it felt like, even in
seven on sevens early on, he was missing some guys and.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Just not a great day from Drake May.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
He's been great, I would say, through the start of camp,
but was today was a day where it felt like
maybe it.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Wasn't his best.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I would totally agree with you, I thought, especially in
the seven on sevens, I thought he was erratic.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I thought he missed some guys.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I think he had Hunter Henry and team, you know,
heading toward the corner back line.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
The end zone.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I think he just overthrew it, And like Kevin said,
there are also some plays where you know, I thought
he like layered a beautiful throw. The other side line
of booty couldn't have been any more perfect. So it
wasn't like it was all bad offensively. And because of
those personnel, you know, absences that we talked about, you
had a chance to see some different numbers and names today.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
DJ James was one of them.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
You know, I don't know exactly where he fits into
the equation, but we talked a lot about Alex Austen
and you know, Isaiah Bold and Marcellus Dial. I thought
took a step forward yesterday. DJ James was very competitive
in coverage todays and undrafted rookie I don't really know
a whole lot about I think he's an undrafted rookie.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Well, gonna keep my eye on him.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah. Yeah, not a lot of wide open passing windows.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I mean, everything was contested as you would expect it
to be in the red zone. But even still, again,
Harold Landry felt pretty good about how the defense played.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah, I would like to see more DJ James as
a name that has crept up in one on ones
and things like that with some pass breakups, but today
some couple more in team drills and eleven out eleven's
against the you know, frontline receivers for the Patriots. But
on the positive note for the offense, outside of some
of the highlight throws for Drake May, I just think
we have to mention the rookie offensive linemen are just
(03:05):
really starting to stack some terrific days together. I thought
Campbell again was solid today, but Jared Wilson really was tremendous,
especially in one on ones, shut down Milton Williams and
Christian Barmore to go three to zero and his three
reps and one on ones, and I just am coming
to the conclusion with Wilson he's one of your best
five in terms of blocking.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Now at center.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
There's been some issues with the snaps with both Wilson
and Garrett Bradbury, and that battery of quarterback center is
a big mental load on a rookie. But in general,
I just can't come away from these practices with any
other conclusion of Jared Wilson's one of your best blockers
on the offensive line already, so finding a spot for him,
whether it's at left Carter center I think is a
(03:48):
must at this point.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
So I would just I want to correct myself, DJ James,
first year player out of Auburn, not a rookie, not
an undrafted rookie. I would agree with the overall assessment
in some of these situation, you know, specifically at center
might be working themselves. Garrett Bradbury got nicked up a
little bit late in this practice.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
He got stepped on, he came out, did not do
the conditioning run.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So we'll see if that costs him any practice time
moving forward.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
But the exchange is something to watch. I thought it
was Bradbury today.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Yeah, but that has been an issue virtually every practice
has been at least one snap that ends up on
the ground.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
You got to clean that up.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
And it's from under center, too, which is obviously harder
for a lot of younger centers. I should mention, like
Jared Wilson, Georgia goes under center a little bit more
than your traditional college program these days. But still I
probably could count maybe twenty times that I saw Jared
Wilson snapped the ball from under center last year at Georgia.
So most college teams are gun teams predominantly so that's
(04:44):
a little bit of an adjustment to a pro style
offense to be as under center as the Patriots are
going to be.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
So it's something to watch for.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Might be easier for him to play guard as a
rookie because center is a little bit more taxing. But again,
I just thought he looked terrific today.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, so a couple housekeeping things. Austin Hooper returned. He
had started the year on pup. Good to see him
out there.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Got tops so in full team.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
But the headline of courses, Carlton Davis has been out.
We've only really seen him on a walk through this
first week now. Christian Gonzalez was out as well. I
think report Jordan Schultz reporting that hamstring issue a couple
of weeks. It's about what we thought. But still it
gives an opportunity. You guys talked about some of the
younger guys and we'll see tomorrow. I think we're gonna
stick around similar kind of practice plan. Is the offense
(05:28):
able to punch back a little bit, and I think
that's what we're setting up for this training camp. It's
been back and forth. I think a lot of these
last two practices, especially feels like the offense made some place,
feels like the defense made some plays today, felt like
the defense made the majority of the plays.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Now it sets up tomorrow, can the offense bounce back?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
I think that even some of the plays the offense
did make today were pretty well defended and they had
a high level of difficulty to them.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Time for the offense to respond.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yeah, what else you're looking for, Evan as we get
ready here.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
For Yeah, I would just mention, you know, Melton Williams
and Christian Barmore have been mainstays there in the middle,
but today I thought that sometimes they got handled a
little bit, And I just wonder, especially with Milton Williams
and Morgan Moses as well. I just flipping it over
to the offense and defense, the two free agent signings
that I'm interested to watch a little bit more and
(06:16):
see if maybe they just kind of get a rhythm
at some point going in training camp. Morgan Moses I
believe might have left practice.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Halfway through surely today.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
So like, I'm feeling great about the rookie offensive lineman,
you know, Bradberry and Moses, the two veterans that they
brought in to upgrade this offensive line. Maybe moving a
little bit in the other direction. So I'd like to
see those two guys bounce.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Back, all right, well to beat Another practice tomorrow and pads.
We'll look forward to that, see if the offense is
able to bounce back as we get going here, wrapping
up the main part of the training camp. We'll get
into preseason and joint practices next week. Stick with us
throughout camp, though. We'll have these training camp casts after
every practice.
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