FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots are more than a week into camp, and with preseason action now less than a week away, some positional battles we anticipated prior to the start of the summer are really heating up. Here’s how the seven best are shaping up at this point on the calendar.
Corey Bojorquez. (Adam Richins/Boston Sports Journal)
Punter
The field:
Corey Bojorquez,
Ryan Allen
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Bojorquez on Allen:
Left Tackle
The field:
Trent Brown
LaAdrian Waddle
Isaiah Wynn.
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Brian Schwenke
Belichick on Brown:
Backup quarterback
The field:
Brian Hoyer
Danny Etling.
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Belichick on Etling:
Eric Rowe (Adam Richins/Boston Sports Journal)
Second corner
The field:
Jason McCourty
Eric Rowe
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Stephon Gilmore
Belichick on Rowe and his potential role on the roster:
role
Slot/nickel corner
The field:
Jonathan Jones
Cyrus Jones,
Duke Dawson
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Dawson on the position he’s in:
Punt returner
The field:
Julian Edelman
Patrick Chung
Riley McCarron
Braxton Berrios
The pre-camp favorite:
Danny Amendola
Who’s winning?
Cordarrelle Patterson
Berrios on his work as a punt returner:
Mike Gillislee. (Adam Richins/Boston Sports Journal)
Between-the-tackles back
The field:
Mike Gillislee
Rex Burkhead
Jeremy Hill.
The pre-camp favorite:
Who’s winning?
Gillislee on his journey over the last year: