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Speaker 1: to review today's practice The writers of Patriots dot Com, Well, guys,
Speaker 1: we did it. We made it through Patriots training camp
Speaker 1: here at Jillette Stadium, with the final joint practice with
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers wrapping up today on Wednesday, which will
Speaker 1: conclude open access here Achilette Stadium from Patriots training Camp.
Speaker 1: But we are here to recap what happened in the
Speaker 1: final day of joint practices. This is Mike doussou joined
Speaker 1: by Paul Parillo, Evan Lazar Patriots dot Com. We've been
Speaker 1: here for three weeks, guys. We watched plenty of football yesterday.
Speaker 1: The Patriots really seem to have a great day, especially
Speaker 1: defensively they carried to play today. Paul, it feels like
Speaker 1: things kind of maybe regressed a little bit more towards
Speaker 1: the mean. Better day for the Panthers made things a
Speaker 1: little bit harder for the page treats offense. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I don't think the Patriots were bad by any means today,
Speaker 1: but I thought it was a little bit more even.
Speaker 1: I thought there was some plays made on both sides.
Speaker 1: It started really with the one on ones before they
Speaker 1: even got into team. I thought the defensive backs on
Speaker 1: both sides were getting their hands on a lot of
Speaker 1: the passes. There was some ficiness again, unfortunately, some guys
Speaker 1: left practice early for the second day in a row.
Speaker 1: But I thought overall, Carolina was much much more competitive
Speaker 1: today than they were on Tuesday. Yeah, it looks you know,
Speaker 1: keep an eye on Christian Wilkerson. He took a kind
Speaker 1: of it looked like a blindside hit and during drills
Speaker 1: and did not return. I only saw him, unfortunately, on
Speaker 1: the ground, so we of course hoped that that he's
Speaker 1: all right. A couple more guys were tossed again today,
Speaker 1: but they were able to rectify the situation and get
Speaker 1: practice back on track without any further issues. Having one
Speaker 1: guy for me that stood out today if Nelson Agilore
Speaker 1: had a beautiful catch, three guys around him another strong
Speaker 1: day for him, Who in your book stood out today?
Speaker 1: I was gonna go Nelson at it beat me to it.
Speaker 1: I thought the first one was a nice ball from
Speaker 1: Mac and he's created some separation. In the second one,
Speaker 1: like you said, there's three guys in the area and
Speaker 1: he was able to come away with the football somehow.
Speaker 1: I think there's been a lot of speculation that Nelson
Speaker 1: Aglare might be a trade asset, somebody that they might
Speaker 1: move because Taykwon Thornton has excelled it so far in
Speaker 1: training camp, and I think that's really premature. I would
Speaker 1: be careful about moving on from Aglare. I don't think
Speaker 1: that the Patriots are in a position yet at wide
Speaker 1: receiver where they have enough NFL talent that shipping out
Speaker 1: an actual NFL receiver is in a spot. They're not
Speaker 1: in that spot of the right. So Nelson Aglare is
Speaker 1: clearly an NFL receiver you can go out in games
Speaker 1: and in practices and make plays in the passing game,
Speaker 1: and I would just be wary of moving on from that,
Speaker 1: especially with DeVante Parker's injury history, the fact that Tayklon
Speaker 1: Thornton is a rookie. I think Aglare is going to
Speaker 1: be in the mix, and I love the fact that
Speaker 1: they keep on throwing him slot fades and fade routes
Speaker 1: from more condensed alignment so that he's not just stuck
Speaker 1: on the boundary all the time. I think those are
Speaker 1: good throws for Mac and I think that they create
Speaker 1: a little bit more separation that way. No, Paul not,
Speaker 1: I wan't to talk a little bit of the run game.
Speaker 1: I mean, Patriots offense continues to you know, not quite
Speaker 1: look like it's all clicking on all centers in the
Speaker 1: run game, and today it looked like Carolina had a
Speaker 1: better day in the run game as well. Of course,
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey plays a role in that he's a dynamic
Speaker 1: NFL player, But overall, what you're feeling on the run game,
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball coming out of this, uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm just watching. There's some opportunity stuff still going on
Speaker 1: in the field as we're as we're taping the podcast here,
Speaker 1: and I do I do agree the running game is
Speaker 1: still a work in progress. I think that was the
Speaker 1: phrase I used yesterday when I wrote about it, and
Speaker 1: I think Damian Harris had talked about it in similar tones.
Speaker 1: After practice with very few exceptions, guys that they really
Speaker 1: haven't been very many holes. You know, you see, there
Speaker 1: are times when you know, maybe a little little toss,
Speaker 1: you know, looking for a crack on the edge where
Speaker 1: they might you know, they might have had. I thought
Speaker 1: they had a push on one top today to Damian Harris.
Speaker 1: That probably would have been a four or five yard game,
Speaker 1: you know, So good solid production there. But for the
Speaker 1: most part, I think that's still coming. And you did
Speaker 1: see for the first time I think in camp I
Speaker 1: thought you saw some signs that the Patriots were a
Speaker 1: little vulnerable on some of the running plays today that
Speaker 1: Carolina ran, both with Deonta Foreman and obviously with Christian McCaffrey. Well,
Speaker 1: these two teams aren't done yet. They will take the
Speaker 1: field here Gillette Stadium seven pm on Friday night for
Speaker 1: the Patriots second preseason game. Should be something to watch.
Speaker 1: Fastiness of these two and it does sound like the
Speaker 1: Patriots starters are gonna get some run in that game.
Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be a little bit more
Speaker 1: of the ones than what we saw. Certainly no ones
Speaker 1: really last in the openers, so I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: see some some mac Jones drives on Friday night. Well,
Speaker 1: it was a productive two days of a practice. Maybe
Speaker 1: a few more fights than we would have liked, but
Speaker 1: overall got a really good glimpse of what the Patriots
Speaker 1: have been working on and how it's starting to come together.
Speaker 1: Of course, that'll continue next week and to join practices
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas against the Race and then the final
Speaker 1: preseason game against the Raiders that Friday night as well.
Speaker 1: So that'll do it for this week's campcast. We will
Speaker 1: be back next week with a campcast for you from
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Let you know what happened out there, But
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