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Speaker 1: Practice is over, but the writers of Patriots dot com
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Speaker 1: review today's practice? The writers of Patriots dot com. Twelve days,
Speaker 1: twelve days of practice we've already had. Can you believe it?
Speaker 1: Paul Parillo, we are twelve days into Patriots training camp.
Speaker 1: I was at all twelve so yes, yeah, me too.
Speaker 1: I'm Eric Scalovino. That was Paul Perillo. We are here
Speaker 1: at to Let Stadium, just wrapped up the twelfth practice session,
Speaker 1: and you know, we went a little bit long yesterday.
Speaker 1: Paul again in full pads today exactly Bill is. I've
Speaker 1: heard that from Bill before, and today he made it
Speaker 1: true where he cut practice a little bit short. And
Speaker 1: this being our last public viewing before Thursday's preseason opener
Speaker 1: with the Washington football team, it was very much a
Speaker 1: game simulated walk through type field kind of like last
Speaker 1: Friday's in stadium practice was. And we saw quite a
Speaker 1: bit of quarterback number five Brian Hoyer today. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: took me a little bit by surprise. Yeah, And it
Speaker 1: was another practice, you know, similar to the in stadium
Speaker 1: one last week, with a tempo was really low and
Speaker 1: you know, the intensity wasn't really there, you know, as
Speaker 1: you said in Shells, after a couple of heavy days
Speaker 1: of contact. But I did think it was a little
Speaker 1: different to see more Hoyer. I wonder if maybe, yeah,
Speaker 1: the plan maybe Thursday night is to get mac Jones
Speaker 1: and Cam Newton some reps, and if Hoyer doesn't factor
Speaker 1: into those game reps, maybe you get them some on
Speaker 1: the practice field, even though they were under less than
Speaker 1: ideal circumstances. I don't know, that's just a total guest
Speaker 1: on my part, but you know, we'll see how that unfolds.
Speaker 1: But you know, at the very end of practice, there
Speaker 1: were a couple of two minute drills and mac Jones
Speaker 1: came in for one and I thought he looked normal.
Speaker 1: He was, you know, he was sharp like he has
Speaker 1: been the last couple of days. And then Hoyer came
Speaker 1: in and did throw one pick to Harvey LONGI but
Speaker 1: otherwise that you know, went off without a hitch as well.
Speaker 1: So I do think in the back of my mind,
Speaker 1: I'm wondering if maybe that means Hoyer won't be getting
Speaker 1: as much work as the week sort of progresses here.
Speaker 1: That's kind of what I was thinking too. But we've
Speaker 1: seen a weird rotation of quarterbacks throwing in our years
Speaker 1: here in preseason, so anything could happen. Wouldn't be surprising
Speaker 1: if one quarterback goes wire to wire, whoever that is,
Speaker 1: or we could see a number of them. So that's
Speaker 1: just something we'll have to keep in mind on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: Are you starting to get concerned at all about some
Speaker 1: of these players who we haven't been seeing much of
Speaker 1: at all on the field? And I'm thinking, you know,
Speaker 1: the last few days now Nelson Agilore not being able
Speaker 1: to go out there after he seemed like he had
Speaker 1: a nice start to camp. It seemed to him merge
Speaker 1: as a leading candidate to be a top receiver here,
Speaker 1: and now he's he's missed a few days. Is that
Speaker 1: or him or anybody else that? Yeah, I think Agilore
Speaker 1: is one to sort of keep an eye on. He
Speaker 1: missed practice on Sunday, He was out there on Monday
Speaker 1: and now Tuesday, but basically took part in the positional
Speaker 1: drills and wasn't part of anything that they did and
Speaker 1: I thought today, especially with such a low intensity practice,
Speaker 1: for him not to have stayed out there. He sort
Speaker 1: of leaves and you know, when it's the regular practice fields,
Speaker 1: he retreats to the lower rehab field. I'm not really
Speaker 1: sure exactly where he went today, but he wasn't with
Speaker 1: the rest of the offense when the offense was working
Speaker 1: during the majority of the hour and a half or
Speaker 1: so that they were out there. So that's one we
Speaker 1: talked a little bit during our Patriots on Filter show
Speaker 1: about Hunter Henry Right. Reports say that, you know, he
Speaker 1: was undergoing an MRI. It's not believed to be a
Speaker 1: serious injury. But at the same time, yeah, Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: called it day to day. Others including Mike Reese and
Speaker 1: Adam Schefter and some other reports are calling it he
Speaker 1: could be out a couple of weeks. To me, at
Speaker 1: this time of year, it's not ideal to be out
Speaker 1: that long. I know, it's better than being out that
Speaker 1: long during the season, interesting say three games, right, But
Speaker 1: at the same time, this is valuable time for him
Speaker 1: to be, you know, getting acclimated with the offense and
Speaker 1: more importantly, getting acclimated with the quarterbacks because both Cam
Speaker 1: Newton and mac Jones are going to need hunter Henry
Speaker 1: Ye and it'd be nice to see them continue to
Speaker 1: develop that report. You know, before practice started, I was
Speaker 1: talking with our colleague Mike de So, and we were
Speaker 1: just kind of remarking about how thin it seems the
Speaker 1: safety position is in terms of depth, Like, they got
Speaker 1: plenty of defensive backs on the roster, but most of
Speaker 1: them are playing corner. And we were trying to look
Speaker 1: at where the safety depth is and didn't see a
Speaker 1: whole lot of it. And today there was a new
Speaker 1: safety out there wearing number nineteen, and reports there were
Speaker 1: that it was an old friend and Malik Gant, who
Speaker 1: would spend some time here in the program. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: there's no question. When we were doing our initial fifty
Speaker 1: three man roster last Friday, you and I and induce
Speaker 1: you know, it was Devin mccordy, it was Adrian Phillips,
Speaker 1: and it was Kyle Dugger and we're like, what else? Then?
Speaker 1: You know, who else? Is sort of a luck? That's
Speaker 1: three safeties now. And I know they have some guys
Speaker 1: that are traditional safeties by trade who play mostly on
Speaker 1: special teams, Guys like Cody Davis, probably some others that
Speaker 1: would factor into that mix that bring back a guy
Speaker 1: like Malik Gant has some familiarity. He's been with the
Speaker 1: team in the summer the last two years. I think
Speaker 1: he had an injury in the first year, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: so last year he didn't make it, you know. So
Speaker 1: it's a guy at least as familiar with the defensive
Speaker 1: system and how things are run here, so maybe he
Speaker 1: can offer some depth. Yep. And at the end of practice,
Speaker 1: as usually, get the little hurry up simulating the end
Speaker 1: of the game scenario and you send the field goal
Speaker 1: unit out and a Nick Folk can tinues to nurse
Speaker 1: whatever is ailing him. He was out there again just
Speaker 1: to sort of observe and be a shoulder to cry on,
Speaker 1: I guess for the rookie Quinn Nordine, but Noordina, nothing
Speaker 1: to cry about. It looked like he again, just like
Speaker 1: last week in the in stadium practice, was handling the
Speaker 1: kicking chores pretty well and nailing his kicks. So he's
Speaker 1: I think I think he's um making a run here
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks into campus and taking advantage while
Speaker 1: while Folk is on the mend. Yeah, you know, and
Speaker 1: I think his strong leg is a parrot and you
Speaker 1: talk about this all the time, because kicking's your thing, Eric,
Speaker 1: and you know a lot more about it than us.
Speaker 1: But the ball just comes off his foot a little
Speaker 1: bit differently than most others. And I think if he
Speaker 1: can get whatever the problems that he had in college,
Speaker 1: because he's basically a SI consistent, Yeah, it's basically a
Speaker 1: seventy percent success guy in college, that's not good enough.
Speaker 1: So if he can get over whatever mental hurdles he had,
Speaker 1: clearly he has the physical ability, and lately with folk
Speaker 1: out he has made a lot more than he's missed.
Speaker 1: So maybe he's the point now where you know, he's
Speaker 1: starting to establish some consistency for himself. Well, we've got
Speaker 1: a lot of position groups to look at, and finally
Speaker 1: we're going to get another team out on the field
Speaker 1: to sort of gauge where the Patriots are in terms
Speaker 1: of their competition at these various positions on Thursday night
Speaker 1: when we welcome the Washington football team. So until then,
Speaker 1: for Paul Perello and our producer Matt Morrell, I'm Eric Skalavino.
Speaker 1: We will talk to you again the next time we
Speaker 1: have practice. By the way, we should mention, we'll be
Speaker 1: in the city of brother we Love in Philadelphia next
Speaker 1: week doing reports from the joint practice sessions with the
Speaker 1: Eagles down there at their Novercare Complex in downtown Philly,
Speaker 1: and we'll be broadcasting live from there, so look out
Speaker 1: for that. And in the meantime, like I said, we've
Speaker 1: got the game Thursday night. So for Paul and Matt,
Speaker 1: I'm Eric. We will see you soon. Thank you for
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