WEBVTT - Training Camp-Cast 8/1: Day 7 Recap, Offense Works on Redzone, Matthew Judon Returns 0:00:01.880 --> 0:00:04.640 This is the Patriots Training Camp Cast. 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:10.959 The Patriots Training Camp Cast is your source for all 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:12.680 the news from Patriots Training Camp. 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:14.640 Well, I do still watch the news. 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:17.600 Practice is over, but the writers of Patriots dot com 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:18.320 have you covered? 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:20.520 What did I miss yesterday? Now here to review. 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.040 Today's practice the writers of Patriots dot com. All right, 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:26.880 welcome into another edition of the Patriots Training Camp Cast. 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:28.880 And we just came off the field here a little 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.200 while ago. Guys, it was a red hot day and 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:32.839 we were in the red zone. How do you like that? 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:34.879 Pretty good go ahead. 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:36.880 Mike, I was giving Fred. 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.760 Let's say I take that as a call from so 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.120 the field a little bit condensed today, a longer session, 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:44.680 a little bit so off the top though, some housekeeping stuff. 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:48.320 Matthew Judahm back out there participating, Paul. Maybe not like 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.000 you know, first one up in all the drills. He 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:51.920 wasn't throwing T shirts out to anybody, but he was 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.240 back out there, so maybe that's a positive sign things 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:55.120 are headed the right direction. 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.960 No, I absolutely took it that way. He was kind 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.279 of like jumping into the the drills a little bit 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.120 more than he was those first four days. We didn't 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:06.319 see the interaction with the fans that we had seen 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.520 early on in camp. But yeah, when they went seven 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.160 on seven, eleven on eleven, he was out there, no 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.600 full pads. So we'll see what happens on Friday when 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:17.720 they're expected to be in full pads. But a good 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:22.280 good sign that whatever, you know, whatever differences they had 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.640 on Monday, they talked about it. Gered Mayo talked before practice, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.880 said they had a conversation and he was back out there. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.520 It's mere another guy back at practice center. David Andrews 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.000 out for a couple of days. Some personal reasons he 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.080 shared with everybody why he was out. So good to 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:36.280 get the captain back out there. 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.080 Yeah, it was good to see him back out there. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:39.600 And I don't know if that had anything to do 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.479 with the offense flowing better, but I thought just having 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.440 your captain back out there, his presence being back out there, 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.160 to me, it felt a noticeable shift in the offense 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:50.320 and a good step in the right direction. 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:51.920 Yeah, so stay on that line, Paul, And that's of 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.960 course what you know, everybody wants to really know Drake 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.240 may and Jacoby Brissett. And you know, I thought today 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.360 that it was another you know, solid day. It wasn't 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:00.960 you know. Of course, we're in the red zone, so 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.080 things are about to get harder and tough. We've been 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.240 used to that with Bill Belichick's practices, where we were 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.800 in the red zone constantly, so there were tighter windows, 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.839 but you know, some places to be made, both by 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:11.200 Jacoby and Drake May. 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.959 Yeah, it was more of a low red zone day too. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.320 On Tuesday they were a bit closer to the twenty 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.080 so makes it even more difficult for the passing game 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.920 when it gets that condensed. Talked a little bit to 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.440 Christian Gonzales and Jonathan Jones after practice about it. They 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.680 thought the communication could improve. They both felt like there 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.760 was some missteps there. I thought Tayekwon Thornton, you know, 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.600 had a decent day, you know, finding his finding some 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.960 gaps in some of those communication errors. And I do 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.640 think both quarterbacks, and I know everybody wants to talk 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.680 about May, both quarterbacks, I thought, had some moments. It 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.200 wasn't great. There were some misfires too, but I thought 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:49.959 it was a better day for Drake May today. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.320 I like how Paul brings up Taekwon Thornton because I 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.200 know for me personally, I have ragged on him a 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.799 lot on Patriots unfiltered of saying like, for me, that's 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.560 a guy who I don't think is gonna make this 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.919 fifty three men roster, but I think he's stacked together 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.639 some really good days. He had two catches today over 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.440 Christian Gonzales and one on ones. And to me, if 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:08.679 he keeps playing like that, he could get one of 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:10.240 those roster spots in the wide receiver room. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:11.560 Yeah, I mean, you bring it up to me. And 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.200 that's just one of the points I made after these 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.240 first group of practices over the first week, is that 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.400 a lot of these wide receivers are, you know, making 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.240 occasional plays Paul, But you know, it's it's just somebody 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.480 hasn't really emerged as just like the guy consistently getting open, 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.360 consistently catching. It's you know, sometimes you're making the catch. 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.000 Sometimes we're seeing some drops. You mentioned, you know, Jalen 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.560 Polk who's been very involved but had a kind of 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.079 a double catch today on an which was a nice 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.440 crossing round forty nice throll by Drake May. But you know, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.480 it just seems like that wide receiver room, it still 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.560 seems like there's questions and pop Douglas getting more involved though, 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:41.320 which is a good sign. 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.760 Yeah. His first eleven on elevens of camp today, so 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.160 that's a good sign that he's getting healthier. Yeah. I 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:49.640 think you've seen days where Rager was good and days 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.520 where you know Douglas is starting to get involved now 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:55.640 and you see the you know Polk, you've seen Baker. 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.920 I think Thornton has had as many of those days 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.040 as any of them. I don't think anybody has been 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.440 consistently the best receiver running camp, but I think you're 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:08.000 starting to see, as Tamara said, Thornton stacked some days 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.520 here and there and he's come on now. I think 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.400 he had a good camp last year. I think he 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.080 had a good camp as a rookie. Unfortunately both times 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:19.160 he was injured before the summer had ended. So we'll 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.039 see if he can show not just the consistency in 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.480 his performance, but the durability to stay out there. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.440 Yeah. I will say one person who's been silent in 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:29.000 that room, in my opinion, is Juju, And for me, 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.479 it's like you really can't afford it with splitting reps 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.360 with twelve guys to be silent, to be dropping catches 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.320 like he did. Drake May had one right in his hands. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.640 It was beautiful throat drops it and I feel like 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.280 we saw too much of that last season and he's 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:42.680 done a lot of that in camp so far. Yeah. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.240 No, I mean tracking the reps, just not getting a 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.920 lot of opportunities, even with guys like Rager and Booty 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.080 both getting out there and them getting some chances. One 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.240 more slight change that we've kind of seen. The offensive 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.080 line have been pretty consistent, but suddenly today Vederian Lowe 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.120 stepping in at left tackle seemed like he did okay, 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.880 but that kick Kayden Wallace down to left tackle with 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.360 Drake may So Tamarak kind of to your point, maybe 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:05.800 Kayden Wallace stepping in a left tackle kind of maybe 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.520 helped stabilize things a little bit there on that second 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.720 line where Antonio Moffi was still playing center. I mean, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.800 David Andes got in a little bit, but it just 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.360 seemed like, you know, things were a little bit better 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.560 today for Drake may in that second offense with you know, 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.080 Kate Wallace stepping in a left tackle. 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:20.440 I agree. I feel like we're winding down the days 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.760 of seeing all the shuffling in and out on the 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.160 offensive line. I feel like now that David Andrews is back, 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.120 because I know we had Nick LeVert in there for 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.320 back to back practices. As David Andrews is out. Now 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.840 that we have him back, hopefully have him back in tomorrow, 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.160 we're going to really start seeing the offensive line and 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:34.640 shape out. 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.919 Yeah. That's I mean, a hugely important thing, and I 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:38.320 mean I think all of us feel a little bit 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.919 encouraged just the progress they're making and hard to know 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:42.520 for sure. We'll you know, start to get a better 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.279 sense of it once we get into the preseason. Last 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.080 thing kind of circle around. Devon Godshaw announced yesterday sign 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.679 and a contract extension with the team. Paul he spoke today, 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.719 you know, happy to get the deal done to also 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:57.240 just announced before we shot this that they signed Mike Purcell, 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.719 another big defensive line in an interior space seed type. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.680 A little bit surprising to me. I just thought, you know, 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:04.560 if we're going to sign another defensive lineman now the 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.720 Godshaw's all set, it might be a little bit more 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.760 in the mode of Christian Barmore, but kind of you know, look, 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.280 it's we talked about this on Patriots Unfiltered. It's kind 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.000 of a move the Patriots just had to make after 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:17.240 Barbore got hurt. Godshaw's a valuable piece on first and 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.359 second down, and really this was probably what the end 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:19.880 result was on. 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.240 Yeah, I get some depth in the run stuffing department, 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.200 so we'll see if Purcell has has something to offer. 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:29.760 But yeah, I think the Godschaw situation, he seemed really relieved, 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.120 you know when he when he spoke about it after practice. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.360 I think it's stuff that players don't generally want to 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.800 worry about, well, you know, once camp starts. So I 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:40.880 think it if I think he said that, you know, 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.200 his wife had sort of said, you know, just worry 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.360 about what you what you can be grateful for, don't 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.760 worry about what you don't have. So I think that's 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.800 kind of the way the mindset that he had. And 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.240 I give him credit because when he wasn't happy, unlike Judah, 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.200 he was out there in the eleven on eleven's on 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.560 Monday and Tuesday and then lo and behold it gets done. 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.800 I really like the attitude that he's had throughout camp. 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.400 Obviously one and more money seeing other teammates get deals done, 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.919 but he held out, showed up, worked hard, and he 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:09.160 didn't make a big fuss about it. 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.280 So yeah, well another practice in the books. We're getting 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.640 back into pads. We think tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, big big practices, Paul, 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:16.720 These are important ones. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.800 I make or break, might say Mike. 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.960 But continuing to hope that the team can stack some 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:24.880 of these days together because you know, they've had some 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.280 positive developments and hopefully they can continue to build because 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.640 let's face it, we got a preseason game coming up 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:32.800 next Thursday, so be sure to stay with us all 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.840 weekend Friday Saturday, we'll have these Patriots training camp casts 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:37.760 to get you caught up on everything that's going on 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:39.840 right back out there and training in camp this year. 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.840 Thanks guys, Thank you for downloading this podcast. 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.360 Subscribe on Apple, google Play, and everywhere else you listen. 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:48.880 Like the show, please rate and review us. 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.680 Listener comments and ratings help keep us high in the 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.000 podcast rankings so new listeners can find us. 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