WEBVTT - Training Camp Cast 8/5: Day 8 Recap, Competition on Offense, Injury Updates

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<v Speaker 1>to review today's practice the writers of Patriots dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>And on the eighth day, the pads came back on

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<v Speaker 1>and the skies opened up. Welcome back to Gillette Stadium,

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<v Speaker 1>Americ Sclovino joined by Paul Perillo on what was a

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<v Speaker 1>very very fall like day, Paul, with the chill in

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<v Speaker 1>the air, the overcast skys, the incessant rain throughout today's practice,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think the weather did play a part in

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<v Speaker 1>some of the performances we saw today. I do some

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good tempo. I thought at times, especially early, they

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<v Speaker 1>would do in a lot of work on the running game.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do think the rain affected both the quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 1>throwing the ball in the receivers catching yet. But probably

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<v Speaker 1>not a bad thing in terms of, you know, Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Belichick's mindset, you know, talking about the different conditions that

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<v Speaker 1>they can't control. He talked about before practice, and it

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<v Speaker 1>just offered another sort of set of circumstances for the

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<v Speaker 1>players to deal with mentally, and in particular for Mac Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>the rookie quarterback who played at Alabama, place where they

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<v Speaker 1>don't typically get, you know, inclement weather down in the

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<v Speaker 1>SEC and today I think was a little bit unusual.

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<v Speaker 1>And we saw him a couple of times make some

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<v Speaker 1>really great throws in bad weather, but also at times

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<v Speaker 1>it looked like maybe the ball like squirted away out

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<v Speaker 1>of his hand. He had some good moments today. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought overall he was pretty strong, but he did definitely

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<v Speaker 1>in my view, had some balls that got away mostly

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<v Speaker 1>high as you would expect. Also had a play early

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<v Speaker 1>on a little kind of a wheel route kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thing to Hunter Henry, Yeah, where it looks like the

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<v Speaker 1>throw came really short, like kind of scored out of

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<v Speaker 1>his hands. A little funny. I'm wondering if maybe he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't mean to throw it and it's just slipped out.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple higher passes to one day Kendrick Boyne that

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<v Speaker 1>went off his hands later in practice, a couple that

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<v Speaker 1>were complete but just didn't really look right. But at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, Eric, you see some of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that the coaches are probably excited about with him. Beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>over the shoulder throw to James White early on, just

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect drop in the bucket. You saw some signs

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<v Speaker 1>from from from Mac Jones today that I think the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why people are excited about him. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>get back to James White in a second, but let's

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<v Speaker 1>get to some housekeeping. In the attendance. We had a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people who weren't out there today. It was

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<v Speaker 1>very thin down roster. We had, by my count, seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>players and all who weren't including players who've been on

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<v Speaker 1>the lists since the start of camp. But in addition

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<v Speaker 1>to those guys and a couple of the veterans who

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<v Speaker 1>got hurt during camp, like Ted Carris Akeem Spence, we

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<v Speaker 1>added to that list, Nick Folk, everybody, Devin Ross and

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<v Speaker 1>Dannel Ross, the two russ Yeah twins out there who

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know we did. We didn't see them get

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<v Speaker 1>hurt yesterday as far as we could tell. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>see anything happen to either one of those guys. The

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<v Speaker 1>other two guys that you haven't mentioned, we kind of

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<v Speaker 1>think we might know what happened to them. Yeah. Cody

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<v Speaker 1>Davis also looked like he got a little bumping the

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<v Speaker 1>knee yesterday, maybe trying to cover Gunnar Olshefsky on that

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<v Speaker 1>deep ball that that Gunnard came down with was probably

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<v Speaker 1>the play of the day on Wednesday, Davis looked like

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<v Speaker 1>he got shaken up on that. And then Christian Barmore

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<v Speaker 1>goes back a couple of days when he had loot

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<v Speaker 1>ankle kind of thing looked at by the trainers. He

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<v Speaker 1>was out there yesterday, but none other than the illustrious

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<v Speaker 1>Fred Kirsch came up with a plausible scenario, actually came

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<v Speaker 1>up with a good point, actually made a good point.

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<v Speaker 1>He did on Wednesday it was, you know, no pads,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit slower tempo, almost walked through like maybe

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<v Speaker 1>that's why Barmore remained out there, and then today when

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<v Speaker 1>the pads went back on, he wasn't able to answer

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<v Speaker 1>the bell. Okay, I want to get back to James

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<v Speaker 1>White for a second, because this is a guy who

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<v Speaker 1>obviously had a very traumatic twenty twenty for reasons other

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<v Speaker 1>than the pandemic. We all know his story, and he

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<v Speaker 1>became a free agent, resigned. But I think he's had

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's been one of the most reliable players

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<v Speaker 1>out there, obviously a key player in the Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>a few years back at the winning touchdown. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>a reliable pass catcher. I thought he's had a tough

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<v Speaker 1>start to this camp. Yeah, I don't think he's looked

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<v Speaker 1>like himself. There have been some routes, some of those

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<v Speaker 1>shorter routes. Now, I don't know how much of this

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<v Speaker 1>has to do with the quarterbacks, because you know, Newton

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't really shown to be consistently accurate, and obviously mac

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<v Speaker 1>Jones is learning, so there are times when they're not

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<v Speaker 1>on the same page. Maybe those are all strictly on

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<v Speaker 1>the quarterbacks and not on James White, but a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of passes I think have gone off his hands. He

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<v Speaker 1>had a toss sweep to him today that he just slipped,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah and fell. I mean, it happens to everybody, but

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't always happen to him, but it never happens

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<v Speaker 1>to James White, and that's why it was noticeable. But

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with you a little bit. I'm characteristic a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit up and down to our camp for the veterans,

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<v Speaker 1>So hopefully he can clean that up. A week from tonight, Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a game, not a practice talking about a game,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a preseason game, obviously, but we saw at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of practice, say, a little bit more game

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<v Speaker 1>like conditions we had down in distance. We had the

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<v Speaker 1>referees out there again for what is this now, the

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<v Speaker 1>third or fourth day? Yeah, third straight day, and it

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<v Speaker 1>looked like we had a little bit of a more

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<v Speaker 1>of an up tempo, sort of a two minute hurry

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<v Speaker 1>up kind of scenario, maybe end of half kind of thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and that sort of livened up the tempo or practice

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, even with the pouring rain coming down. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was an opportunity. I thought it was interesting

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<v Speaker 1>that that Mac Jones got to go first at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of that practice. Then Cam came in afterwards, but

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<v Speaker 1>both quarterbacks, I thought, um, not really there was up

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<v Speaker 1>tempo like it was two minutes, but a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>running plays, a lot of short dump boster backs and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of running plays during seven on seven, almost

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<v Speaker 1>an extension of the of the spring the OTAs. But

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<v Speaker 1>again I thought, you know, both guys, you know, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of struggled a little bit with the conditions at times,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think Mac looked a little bit better to

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<v Speaker 1>me than Cam. Yeah, but overall, not as sloppy a

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<v Speaker 1>practice as you might think, given how strong the rain

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<v Speaker 1>was and how consistent it was throughout practice, So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a factor, but I think overall we saw

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<v Speaker 1>some some pretty decent things today, So that'll be a

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<v Speaker 1>rap for Day eight. Tomorrow, we are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in stadium getting ready for next week a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>with nighttime practice. Nighttime practice, and it's for season ticket

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<v Speaker 1>members and Foxborough area residence only, so if you were

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<v Speaker 1>from out of town and had designs on coming to

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<v Speaker 1>practice tomorrow, you probably will be out of luck. But

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<v Speaker 1>next week's supposed to be hot, summer like again. Paul's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be very happy about that. He can put

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<v Speaker 1>his short pants on again and we'll be there to

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<v Speaker 1>cover it all. So for Paul Perillo, our producer Matt Morrell,

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