WEBVTT - Training Camp Cast 8/2: Day 7 Recap, Intensity Picks Up, Offense Progressing 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:10.160 This is the Patriots Training Camp Cast. The Patriots Training 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:12.360 Camp Cast is your source for all the news from 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:13.560 Patriots training Camp. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:15.480 Well, I do still watch the news. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:18.440 Practice is over, but the writers of Patriots dot com 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:19.160 have you covered? 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:20.160 What did I miss yesterday? 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:23.320 Now here to review today's practice? The writers of Patriots 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:24.680 dot com. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.040 That's right, Paul Perlo, Mike do so with you. At 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:33.440 the conclusion of day seven and the second time, Mike 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:37.200 that we've seen the team in full pads, I thought 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.599 this practice was maybe not quite as physical and intense 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:43.879 with all the running that the first one with pads was, 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.280 But the energy I thought over the last half of 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.720 this workout was probably about as high as I've seen it. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.120 A lot of jaw jacking going on between the offense 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.959 and defense, a lot of competitiveness. There was actually some tackling. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:00:59.960 I I'm not sure it was supposed to be by design, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:04.240 but I thought the last hour or so today was 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:05.399 was pretty fun stuff to watch. 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:06.319 It was. I enjoyed it. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.240 We had one on ones, you know, offensive defensive line 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.600 going against each other. We had defensive backs and linebackers 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.560 covering wide receivers, running backs, tight end, so a lot 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.120 to see and I got to be honest, it's the 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:19.560 first day I've felt encouraged about the offense. I thought 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.400 they're starting to strength some plays together. Certainly the last 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.600 I guess, the second and last sequence before they actually 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.559 went on the goal line in red zone Eleven's was 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:29.920 a nice sequence they had. The first play was you know, 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.400 contested catch to Parker over Gonzales. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.360 I know some debate was he pushing off what they 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:36.360 called it or not? You know, it's a bread and 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:37.880 butter play for them at this point. I'm not really 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.360 that would they have called it or not? 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.840 Yeah, absolutely in question. I've seen many times that does 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:42.440 not get called. 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.160 Yeah, and we know that they got that in the bag. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:45.240 But still they completed it. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.400 Tough play for Christian Gonzalez, you know, Juju Smith Schuster 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:49.920 then in the back of the end zone probably you know, 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.320 just one of the best red zone plays that we've 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:52.840 seen so far. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:54.920 So a nice touchdown for them. They were all really excited. 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:56.960 Juju talked about it after practice that you know, the 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.720 defense have been getting them, they finally got them. So 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:01.400 just to you know, I know a lot of people 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.560 were kind of hyping things up on offense yesterday. I 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.040 didn't really feel that way, but today I feel like, 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.240 you know, there's some progress in their starting to strength 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:09.560 in places. 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.320 Yeah, I would agree with you. I thought that that 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:15.200 string was was probably the highlight, and then even after 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:19.080 that in terms of enthusiasm, more defense, pushing back on 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.440 the On the final goal line plays, they could not 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.560 really run it in. They got in I think on 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.600 the last of four attempts that looked like Pierre Strong 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.840 sort of squirted his way through low. But even that 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:32.760 was a struggle. And these plays were from the one 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.519 so they the defense did a good job of bowing 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.160 up there when they needed to, so some good stuff. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.360 Like to me, what really stood out to me was 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:45.560 the energy in the enthusiasm that was generated that started. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:50.200 I thought with the one on ones. During one on ones, 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.080 the ball really, I mean, you should complete virtually every pass, 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.600 and that was the case. The wide receivers, with the 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.840 entire field to work with and no pass rush to 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.000 prevent them from getting open. Uh, did a great job 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.560 of getting open and they were happy about it. And 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.280 I don't think that the defensive backs were happy with 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.679 the results, you know, with the the the ensuing celebrations 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.280 that were going on, so that I think sort of 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.920 started it and then that left the I thought the 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.440 intensity at that level the rest of the way, which 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:19.800 is really nice to see. I thought there was some 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:25.359 good Jews today, just real quick again, no time Montgomery, 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.720 you know that's five in a row now, terres Hall 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.239 for the third time. Still not seeing any cold strange 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:33.880 you know in any of these reps. And a lot 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.440 of guys heading down to the lower fields for some 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.440 rehab work, you know, Trent Brown still not really doing anything, 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.480 Judeon really still doing a lot of that stuff. Taekwon 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:46.720 Thornton today spent a good amount of time on the 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.520 lower field. So some of the Remondra didn't get any 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:54.440 carries again with the pads on, so some some good 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:56.040 news bad news there. I would say that with the 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.360 intensity in the in the overall energy level I thought 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.400 was great in the last half, but I'd like to 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.240 see some of these guys maybe get get healed up 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:05.600 and get back in the mix. 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:05.840 Yeah. 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:07.320 There was one one one in particular, one on one 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.240 where I think DeVante Parker put like six moves on 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.280 a guy and it was about seven seconds into. 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.160 The revent and then they completed it. They were like 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.360 all right, but Pop Douglas. 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.040 They had the nineteen ninety four Dallas Cowboys offensive line. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.760 That play would have gone off without a hitch. But 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:21.200 other than that, I'm not sure. 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.520 YEA nice downfield catch by Pop Douglas though, you know, 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.160 so they had some places trade got a point out tree. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.200 Nixon too had nice play with Zappie too downfield. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.120 Nice nice throw by Yeah, and I thought, you know, 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.479 for the first time really even going back to the spring, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.600 Jack Jones was doing a lot of chasing today, but 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.360 a lot of biting. We've seen that a little bit, 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:42.200 the over aggressiveness. I thought Nixon easily got past them 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.440 on that deep ball that you're talking about, Mike, and 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.000 there was another one in the end zone that he 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.800 kind of got left behind. A lot of Marcus Jones 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.200 today too in the in the secondary with Christian Gonzales, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.680 which I thought was interesting. Some different looks and we're 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.080 getting some mixing and matching as Evan Lazart comes in. 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.120 So before we just talk about it anymore, this minutia, do 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.760 you agree with Mike and I would kind of. We 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.640 were enthused about the enthusiasm at the practice today. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.320 Yeah, Look, I wanted to come in here because yesterday 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.719 I ride on the offense for two straight hours on Unfiltered. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:13.880 And you wanted to come make sure. 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.360 I'm not I don't have too big of an ego 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.040 to think that they listened to me rag on them 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.720 and that's what fueled their best practice of training camp 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.480 so far. But maybe I'll take credit for it anyways. 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.719 But the biggest thing is is that yesterday I try 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:30.839 to give it to people straight, and yesterday I felt 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:35.440 like a little bit overblown. How great there are a 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.120 good offensive. 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:39.840 Day this I couldn't believe the reactions that we got 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:41.760 after we were done with our radio right. 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.480 And now today the reason why I didn't want to 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.479 go there yesterday is because I was like, let's wait 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.440 and see if they can actually put together a really 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.680 good day on offense. And today I thought that they 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.560 put together a really good day on offense. And it 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.839 wasn't just as I'm not tired to take away from him, 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:00.960 because he was good, Mac and the and the starters 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:04.559 were good all three rounds. We were kind of lighting 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.120 up the defense at one point, and that is I 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.800 think what you really haven't seen from this team in 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.440 I want to say, almost years at this point is 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.840 a day in trading camp where you can say a 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:21.560 clear decisive victory for the offense over the defense, if 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.960 you're into that sort of thing. And I thought what 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.719 really stood out to me out of all of it 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:30.279 with Mac is you started to see a lot of 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.240 the plays that Bill O'Brien, a lot of his core 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.840 concepts in the passing game, just hitting exactly how he 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.320 draws him up when he puts him on the whiteboard, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.000 throws to kasiki to juju. Those are the types of 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.240 plays over the middle of the field that that's the 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.840 Bill O'Brien offense. That's that's when the ball is out 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.640 on time, how they create separation with different alignments and 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.600 you know, stack with stack alignments, bunches, things like that. 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:57.760 Those are the types of things that he really bases 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.680 his entire shotgun passing offense off of. And I thought 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.559 today they were clicking, they were hitting it on time, 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.880 they were getting open. There was guys that were legitimately 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:08.400 getting open. 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.000 I thought they were causing some confusion today, which may 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:13.560 be as important as anything because we know that you know, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.240 they don't have that stud that's just gonna go out 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:18.960 and win every one on one matchup. I thought that 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.320 touchdown to Juju. Clearly there was a lot of pre 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.640 snap confusion in the secondary. Mills and Jonathan Jones were 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.200 going back and forth, they were moving. Jones was late 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.680 sort of adjusting to what Mills was telling him to do. 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:31.840 Something to keep an eye on. By the way, we've 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.960 talked a lot about this sort of on an abstract level, 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.440 what happens without Devin mccordy back there. You know, they're 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:40.040 telling us there's a lot of different guys that can 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.200 do that. So just something to keep an eye on. 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.520 I'm not going to pretend to tell you who was 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.840 wrong and why on that plate, but I just saw 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.080 a lot of talking pre snap and then a guy 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.880 break open for a nice touchdown, beautiful toe tap in 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:53.440 the back of the end zone. One of the best 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.200 players of the entire camp. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.080 Out of everything that I think Bill O'Brien does that 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.400 i've seen now that we've got to actually watch a 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:04.360 Bill O'Brien offense in practice. His stress that he puts 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.320 on coverage rules, like in those types of situations with 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.840 the way that receivers release off the line of scrimmage, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.680 you're covering a slot receiver, so you most of the 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.960 time expect him to break inside and then all of 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.560 a sudden he's breaking outside, but then he's breaking back inside. 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:21.160 And these types of things really confuse switches at the 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.880 line of scrimmage or you know, different types of ways 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:29.360 that defenses guard stacks, you know, two receiver sides, bunch formations, 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.200 things like that, and it makes it so easy for 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.520 the quarterback to see the receiver winning early in the 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.079 down because he knows, Okay, this guy's got body positioning 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.840 on the defender, He's going to break one way and 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.000 the defender is going to be you know, out leveraged, 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:45.400 and I'm just going to be able to make this 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.600 throw quickly. And those types of plays, Juju said at 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.400 the end of at his press conference, I asked him 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.600 about the touchdown and he was like kind of over 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.320 the moon about it, Like he was like, oh, he 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.439 finally We've been working on that, and we've been working 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.800 on it on the side field during special teams periods. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.360 We've been talking about how can we get the defense 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.160 on this, and Mac made the check and we finally 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.120 pulled one over on the defense, and I think that 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.120 they were they were pretty elated about that. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.320 Yeah, and I think the group overall, and that was 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.160 my big takeaway today was I think that they felt 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.000 they felt good about themselves, and it probably was the 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.360 first time they could say that after a full week 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:26.720 of practices, we're going to be back at it here. 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:28.880 There's no no rest for the weary right now. It's 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:32.080 still every day. So we're gonna have practice again tomorrow, 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:37.040 same time. Nine five tip. As they say for turning 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.160 camp practices, we don't call it a kickoff because there's 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:43.559 no actual kickoff. So any any last uh. 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.000 Strange not no close strange today, you know, just worth 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:47.760 bringing up that. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.560 But otherwise, I think they were good. 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.760 And you know, Tyric Pitts, their new addition to wide receiver, 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:53.600 was out there, made a catch. 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.679 I see kind a nice crosser from Tracey mcswili. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.880 Yeah, so right in the mix there, and uh and otherwise, 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:00.440 I just I'm gonna we never talk about it, but. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.280 I'm gonna give Brandon Schoolers shout out. I just I 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:03.840 think it deserves to be highlighted. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:05.840 They've had two one side kicks they've tried to swing 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.200 on him this this practice, you know, preseason schedule. He's 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.599 picked up both of them. It's just watching him in practice. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.000 He's like a good player, you know. 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.120 I know that must regret asking. Yeah, I'm sorry, but 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:16.559 I do. 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.679 Think I want to highlight Brandon Schooler there for a second. 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.160 Did you guys do any line D line one on one? 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.120 Well, I didn't, You know, I wanted to talk to 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.480 you about that because that's not where you guys were 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:31.600 that definitively, so you could maybe talk about that. Uh, 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.240 we'll talk about it off there. I mean, I don't 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.280 want to drag the podcast too far, but I will 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.800 say end of practice, the goal line stuff, there was 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.440 some mixing and matching in the offensive line. Bill Murray 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.320 was out at times, they had Cody Russy. I think 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:49.040 Mafi Tonio Maffi was in where he has been, but 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.040 they sort of mixing and matching left guard, right guard. 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.920 Some changes really for the first time because it's been Mariy, 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.839 you know, I wonder if maybe he's nursing whatever was 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.000 bothering him at the end of that practice the other day, 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.240 or if it's time if these rookies, you know, Russy's 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.000 a second year guy, Mafy, maybe these guys took a 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.360 week and now they're ready to sort of sort of 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:09.120 assert themselves. 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:13.280 Yeah, those goal line run periods. That with this offensive line, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.720 with how many guys are injured, that is a huge mismatch. 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:20.239 The Patriots defensive starting defensive line against all these backups 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.679 and rookies and things like that. The missing three starter, 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.360 that's a mismatch. But you mentioned the one on ones 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.880 just quickly. Kean White had by far the best one 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:33.280 on one pass rush rep during that period. Go outside inside, 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.560 move on Connor McDermott, and I don't think McDermott got 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.439 a hand on him, I mean just went right around him. 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:43.160 That was That was one of the better reps of 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.400 the period. And to the point about Bill Murray, he 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.120 got beat both times that he went in one on one. 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.360 So I do think that it's time Mafi is he's 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.240 just a cinder block, like he's just a stout identity raft. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:56.760 That was the one that really stood out to us. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.440 Out of those three guys, he he most looked the part. 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.160 So we'll watch that. I think it's time to start 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.240 really taking notice of who's playing in those spots with 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.320 those young guys and seeing if they're ready to move in. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.640 So we'll be back tomorrow and we'll give you all 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:11.280 the latest at Patriots training camp.