FOXBOROUGH — The pads are on again and the sun is out. Real football is back.
Note: Due to media policies our in-practice observations are limited, but we’ll have a thorough breakdown following the session.
Here we go.....
- WRs Danny Amendola and Malcolm Mitchell are still in the rehab group. WR Cody Hollister (upper body injury) continues to be out.
- Rob Gronkowski dominated his "seal-the-edge" reps.
- Deatrich Wise put James O'Shaughnessy on the ground.
- Kyle Van Noy mixed into those drills. Might be Rob Ninkovich fallout.
- Tom Brady spent a lot of time giving center pointers to Ted Karras and James Ferentz before practice. Even showed them how to do a few things. Ferentz has shifted from left guard to center today.
- Matthew Slater, who has been dealing with something, did some rehab work.
- Ferentz was knocked on his rear during a running drill.
- Jacoby Brissett and Rex Burkhard had to run a lap for poor handoff.
- Cam Fleming bounced back nicely today, going 2-0.
- Dominating wins: Joe Thuney, Ted Karras, Tony Garcia, Deatrich Wise, Malcolm Browns, Trey Flowers.
- Offense wins: 13-9-7.
- Van Noy continues to get work with the edge players.
- Jonathan Jones was the nickel again.
- Duron Harmon was not on the field much. Jordan Richards saw an uptick in playing time.
- A lot of run-game work today.
- Karras picked off Ealy on a TD run by Dion Lewis.
- Elandon Roberts and Patrick Chung combined to take down Brandon Bolden for a tackle for a loss at the goal line.
- Drops today: Matthew Slater, Sam Cotton and Mike Gillislee.