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Speaker 1: All right, August first, and the pads came on today
Speaker 1: on Monday. This is might do so, joined by Paul Pirillo,
Speaker 1: Evan Lazar Patriots dot com. We're here to get you
Speaker 1: caught up on everything that happened today at Patriots practice.
Speaker 1: And guys, the pads came on. We saw some physicality
Speaker 1: amp up um, but a little bit films was felt
Speaker 1: to me a little bit like the pace was back.
Speaker 1: Start with you, Paul, you know what stood out to
Speaker 1: you today? Just generally, Yeah, I agree. It was a
Speaker 1: little bit of a slow you know, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: ramp up again after they had a day off on Sunday.
Speaker 1: But there was I thought some some physicality with the receivers,
Speaker 1: in the in the defensive backs that you hadn't seen
Speaker 1: at all because of you know, for obvious reasons, without
Speaker 1: the pads on. I thought the one matchup in particular
Speaker 1: that kept coming up to me was Malcolm Butler and
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker. I thought those two guys when at each
Speaker 1: other pretty good. I thought Parker made some big plays
Speaker 1: over him, but rather than get down on him, I
Speaker 1: thought Butler responded with a couple of nice plays. Later
Speaker 1: on one when they got down in the red zone,
Speaker 1: it looked like he came away with a nice breakup
Speaker 1: down there. So it was a little back and forth
Speaker 1: with those guys. I know, Evan, you watched a little
Speaker 1: bit more of the of the big guys up front
Speaker 1: as you guys you probably don't know yet. I really
Speaker 1: don't have any interest in that, so I'm going to
Speaker 1: leave that all to you. Evan. You were locked in
Speaker 1: on the defensive offensive line. They're doing some kind of
Speaker 1: combo blocking drills, some one on ones. What stood out
Speaker 1: to you down there in those matchups today? Yeah, first
Speaker 1: day it pads. You gotta watch the big guys, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what we're all like, you say, so,
Speaker 1: kind of seeing the trenches. I think the number one
Speaker 1: thing that stood out to me today was Christian Barmore
Speaker 1: basically beating every single person that lined up across from him. Consistently,
Speaker 1: and obviously this is coming off his rookie season. It
Speaker 1: just continues to be the same story with him, where
Speaker 1: he is an absolute disrupt or, whether it's against the run,
Speaker 1: against the past. A couple of welcome to the NFL
Speaker 1: moments for a few Patriots rookies and one on ones
Speaker 1: against Christian Barmer, Cole Strange, Cody Russy learned the hard
Speaker 1: way what it's like to go up against number ninety.
Speaker 1: And if you look at the whole picture here for
Speaker 1: the Patriots defense, I would say Barmore is the one
Speaker 1: guy that if he can elevate his game to a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, all Pro type of player, it changes how
Speaker 1: they're going to be dynamic, playmaking wise for the entire defense.
Speaker 1: So also to it, a few guys come off pup today,
Speaker 1: which a good sign. Jonathan Jones was supposed to call
Speaker 1: him Julie's Peppers, not quite Jabrill Peppers, and finally Miles Bryant.
Speaker 1: So three guys coming off seemed like they were kind
Speaker 1: of getting involved a little bit. Always good to get
Speaker 1: those guys off. Still, James White, I think, is the
Speaker 1: only one remaining on the pup list. NFI list remains
Speaker 1: Jason Hines and Andrew Stubert A couple. I mean, Paul,
Speaker 1: you mentioned the big play. I thought that was the
Speaker 1: play of the day, the deep pass to Parker. Parker
Speaker 1: shook loose and got and got free. Overall, though, doesn't
Speaker 1: really feel like I think we're all hoping for a
Speaker 1: huge bounce back day today. Seems like the offense kind
Speaker 1: of working through some things still and quite have the
Speaker 1: didn't feel like it they alli sudden hit a new
Speaker 1: gear today. Yeah, a couple things, I would say. The
Speaker 1: first one from that big play that you were talking about,
Speaker 1: the play of the day. It's the first time I
Speaker 1: saw DeVante Parker really get open in this camp. And
Speaker 1: then that was something that that opened my eyes, like okay,
Speaker 1: here we go. No, you know, I get that he
Speaker 1: has the you know, the strong hands and the ability
Speaker 1: to make contested catches. We know that he has that,
Speaker 1: but now that's something that was a little bit different today.
Speaker 1: He got a step down the sideline and beat Butler
Speaker 1: pretty good on that deep ball. So that was good,
Speaker 1: and I agree with you. I thought there was some
Speaker 1: periods of offensive success, but not anything sustained. Again, I
Speaker 1: think it's still a work in progress. Nice to see
Speaker 1: them more in the middle of the field, so you
Speaker 1: could sprinkle in some of that downfield stuff not all
Speaker 1: condensed into the red zone. I sensed a little bit
Speaker 1: more frustration from Mac. You made the point during practice
Speaker 1: when we were watching Mike and we make a lot
Speaker 1: of those witty comments back and forth to each other
Speaker 1: about how you didn't see as much of the tennis
Speaker 1: guy from Mac at this time around. You know, there
Speaker 1: was some reports he was pretty pretty upset with him.
Speaker 1: Weren't just reports. We saw it when him walking off
Speaker 1: the field on Saturday after throwing that pick to Kyle Dugger.
Speaker 1: Didn't really see a lot of that visible frustration. Today.
Speaker 1: You could see him a little bit with the head
Speaker 1: down at times, but bouncing back, continuing to fight. Parker
Speaker 1: talked about that ability to sort of turn the page
Speaker 1: immediately being important After the Mac and Row, it just
Speaker 1: it feels a little more mature. I'm sure he's frustrated,
Speaker 1: but he's just not being demonsibly showing it. And I think,
Speaker 1: you know, guys kind of feed off that energy, so
Speaker 1: I think that's a at least a good sign. It
Speaker 1: hasn't been great. Terrence Mitchell coming up with a nice
Speaker 1: interception Evan for you what else you know? Just overall
Speaker 1: stood out in terms of the team periods. Well, I
Speaker 1: thought to talk about Mac a little bit. When they
Speaker 1: spread it out and they went shotgun, he hit Parker
Speaker 1: down the sideline for forty fifty yard go ball there
Speaker 1: when they were doing the stuff from under center. A
Speaker 1: lot of the stuff that they're doing is I think
Speaker 1: a little bit new for him, honestly, and that might
Speaker 1: be some of the tweaks that they're making to the
Speaker 1: scheme paying dividends there where he went over after he
Speaker 1: threw the pick, Terrence Mitchell went over to Matt Patricia.
Speaker 1: They had a conversation about what he saw, what Patricia saw,
Speaker 1: and some of the concepts, especially from under center, seem
Speaker 1: a little bit like a work in progress mentally for
Speaker 1: Mac Jones right now. Whereas when they spread it out
Speaker 1: and you see Alabama Mac right spread the field three
Speaker 1: wide receiver and kind of let him go, he looked
Speaker 1: comfortable pretty much again the entire practice, especially on that
Speaker 1: throw to Parker, which I thought was probably his best
Speaker 1: throw training camp so far, especially in eleven on elevens
Speaker 1: for sure. And I will just real quick one last
Speaker 1: thing I thought Bailey Zappi threw the ball really well today.
Speaker 1: You know, he's been a little inconsistent with his accuracy,
Speaker 1: but today I thought he had longer stretches of positive play.
Speaker 1: Dropped one in and it was just a one on
Speaker 1: one drill. It wasn't even a seven on seven, but
Speaker 1: perfect throw to Taekwon Thorwton down the sideline, over the
Speaker 1: outside shoulder on a deep ball. It was pretty good
Speaker 1: coverage in still able to fit it in there. I
Speaker 1: thought he was more consistently accurate today than at any
Speaker 1: point in camp. Unfortunately I wrote about him on Saturday
Speaker 1: soufesn't really matter, of course, That's always how it works
Speaker 1: out right, It's all about me, you know. That One
Speaker 1: final thing to mention too. You know we're just coming
Speaker 1: out to practice. We were Bailey, Sorry, Bailey, Jake Bailey
Speaker 1: to stick with the Bailey's signing contract extension for a
Speaker 1: few years. So that'll help the Patriots cap space overall
Speaker 1: a little bit. We will be back tomorrow. Pads staying on.
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia did mention before practice that the intensity was
Speaker 1: ratchet up as much. You think the pads are coming
Speaker 1: on and they're just gonna go for it. I think
Speaker 1: that there is a little bit of easing into it.
Speaker 1: I'm sure tomorrow we'll get even more intense, and of
Speaker 1: course we will be back to brief you guys on
Speaker 1: exactly what went down. So that will do it for
Speaker 1: us for today and we'll see you tomorrow after the
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