Patriots finish last practice of season with perfect attendance in final tuneup for Eagles

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Patriots have released their final injury report of the season on Friday afternoon, and there was no one on it.

The four players who were listed as limited on Wednesday — cornerback Malcolm Butler (illness), tight end Rob Gronkowski (concussion), defensive back Brandon King (knee) and defensive lineman Deatrich Wise (concussion) — all moved to full participants on Thursday. And on Friday, they were all removed from the report completely in the final practice session of the year.

According to a pool reporter, it was the lightest of the three practices this week for the Patriots, who held their workouts at the Vikings' Winter Park facility in nearby Eden Prairie. Per the report, Wednesday was the team’s lone fully padded practice. Thursday was a bit lighter and Friday was the final review, with helmets and shells.

"Just kind of reviewing moving the field and we did all of our special-teams situations, so we just got everything one last time,” coach Bill Belichick said. "Last tuneup. This is it.

“(We've) kind of (tried) to stay on a normal schedule. So normally what we would do is Friday is this, and then guys do whatever their individual thing is,” he said.

“They might do massage or get some extra rest or maybe a certain film (study) routine that they're in. Tomorrow is going to be kind of a normal Saturday for us.”

Quarterback Tom Brady practiced only with the black KT tape on his right hand, as he has all week. Meanwhile, prior to Friday’s workout, specialists Stephen Gostkowski, Joe Cardona and Ryan Allen traveled to U.S. Bank Stadium for a kicking session before rejoining practice with their teammates. The Patriots ran through their full array of special-teams drills during the afternoon workout, but relied on the JUGS for kicks.

Belichick had nothing but good things to say about the multifaceted Eagles.

"They're pretty good at everything -- good in the kicking game, good on defense, good on offense, make you defend a lot of things,” Belichick said. “Just the volume of it all. It's not like one thing you have to stop because there's 10 things you have to stop. So everybody is going to have to do a good job. You can't just rely on one guy or one thing."

The team will travel to U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday morning for a team photo and a gathering with family and friends.

Belichick said he was pleased with his team’s focus and practices as Super Bowl LII approaches.

"I think they've been focused, no question,” he said. “There are things that are different about this game, but we've managed those and we've tried to focus on what we need to do and I think the attention level has been good.

"It's hard to win in this league. It's very competitive. I think we'll be ready to go and we'll go out there and do the best we can."

When it comes to Philly, the five players listed for the Eagles were all full participants, a group that includes running back Jay Ajayi (ankle) and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox (calf). One interesting note — defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan (illness), who missed practice completely on Wednesday, was one of Philly’s full participants on Friday.