WEBVTT - Training Camp-Cast 7/30: Offense Continues to Struggle, Day 4 Takeaways

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<v Speaker 1>All right, day four of Patriots training camps officially in

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<v Speaker 1>the books. As the players are now doing their wind

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<v Speaker 1>sprints over on the hill. This is Mike Douso joined

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<v Speaker 1>by Paul Parlo Patriots dot Com. We're here with the

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<v Speaker 1>camp cast. Catch you guys up on everything that happened today.

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<v Speaker 1>And Paul, it seems a little bit of a continuation

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<v Speaker 1>of the last two days. It felt like to me

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<v Speaker 1>this was the toughest day for the offense. They had

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of plays here and there, but overall, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the defense owned the day. The offense just couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem to find much of a stride or produce many

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<v Speaker 1>big play is, notable plays, plays that got the crowd

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<v Speaker 1>pumped up in a few days. It was a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a struggle for them today. Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

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<v Speaker 1>I think again, the coverage was tight, you know, You're

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<v Speaker 1>starting to see a lot of the same kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>plays offensively, so you wonder if maybe the defense is

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<v Speaker 1>sort of, you know, subconsciously understanding what's going on and

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening. But I thought Malcolm Butler was pretty active today.

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<v Speaker 1>First time I've seen a lot of him in coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>He was with a group with Jalen Mills and Terrence

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<v Speaker 1>Mitchell as the three corners, and I just thought, again,

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<v Speaker 1>Mac Jones, Bailey z Appy the two quarterbacks with no

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Hoyer for the second straight day, they had a

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<v Speaker 1>hard time finding open targets and some of the throws

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<v Speaker 1>were late. There were a lot of scrambles, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of off platform kind of stuff, and I think you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>the defense really controlled things, so I wasn't totally devoid

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<v Speaker 1>of good plays. Though I think maybe the play of

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<v Speaker 1>the day though, might have been actually from Bailey z Appy,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, hitting Christian Wilkerson down the field. So we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about Brian Hoyer has been out the last couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days. It hasn't been great for the offense, but

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<v Speaker 1>it certainly has been an opportunity for Bailey Zappy to

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<v Speaker 1>come in here get a number of reps. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he certainly had his up and down moments today as

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<v Speaker 1>a rookie. You'd expect that, but did make a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of throws and seems like he's you know, getting his

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<v Speaker 1>feet wet right out of the gate here. Yeah, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of opportunity for him. Um, you know, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of reps now. You know again you see a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of what they saw, you know, in getting after him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know in the draft, there are periods where you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the ball comes he gets on the back foot, the

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<v Speaker 1>ball comes out with authority, decisiveness with his throws, and

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<v Speaker 1>his other periods that he's like, oh, there's a rookie.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a guy who doesn't have a lot of experience

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<v Speaker 1>in the league, so you expect a lot of that.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the overwhelming takeaway from me, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to write about this a little bit later on today

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<v Speaker 1>for Zappy is just the incredible opportunity that he's getting

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<v Speaker 1>with all of these reps. A little of a spoiler alert,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a couple there are a couple of nice

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<v Speaker 1>catches though, too, got to give some credit, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you Kobe Myers had a nice contested catch

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<v Speaker 1>in the end zone. Continuing great, continuing a strong couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days as he's kind of bounced back on the

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<v Speaker 1>scene here in the last couple of days. But I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk towards the end. We had a little sequence.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that you know, something's up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>We have it down in the red zone here in

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<v Speaker 1>eleven on elevens, mac Jones was able to find Hunter

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<v Speaker 1>Henry on one of their better tds in the day,

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle Dugger and coverage. He's been picked on a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Come back. The next play Dugger picks off Mac probably

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<v Speaker 1>would have been a pick six, although Justin Herron did

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<v Speaker 1>put a very he ran about eighty yards with him

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<v Speaker 1>down the sideline. Ben Watson Circuit two thousand and five.

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<v Speaker 1>There if it's a play, though, Mike, that we talked

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<v Speaker 1>to him. You and I talked about this yesterday that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think mac Jones has in his skill set

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<v Speaker 1>that I think he's getting some bad habits on the

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<v Speaker 1>practice field, and hopefully it's just one of these things

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<v Speaker 1>like why I could do it in the practice field

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<v Speaker 1>when he's scrambling around and he's looking to sort of

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<v Speaker 1>throw it back the other way. He does not have

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of arm strength, and this was as easy

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<v Speaker 1>a pick six as you're gonna get. You know, Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Dugger jests completely undercutting the route as he sees Max

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<v Speaker 1>trying to throw it a little bit across the grain.

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<v Speaker 1>That led to push ups for the offense. This time,

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<v Speaker 1>they had another play or two after that, and they

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<v Speaker 1>went to the bread and butter that had worked so

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<v Speaker 1>well the day that they were over ten that a

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<v Speaker 1>little quick sprint out bang out in the flat. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought Myers initially had a step on Marcus Jones, but Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>with a great job or recovering, was able to get

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<v Speaker 1>over there and break up the play. You know, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>might have been a little bit early with the contact.

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<v Speaker 1>Coud to tell from this far away, but just to

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<v Speaker 1>see the defense sort of remember that easy little sprint

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<v Speaker 1>out touchdown they allowed a couple of days ago. They

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<v Speaker 1>made sure it wasn't easy this time. Yeah, the offense

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<v Speaker 1>might have squeaked a couple of plays out at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the previous practices, but not today. The defense

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<v Speaker 1>finishes with a flourish. They look good. But of course, Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>the good news is this represents the end of the

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<v Speaker 1>non padded portion of training camp. So we're expecting on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be back here be full pads, so start to

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<v Speaker 1>be some hitting. Maybe you can extrapolate a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more from what's going on down in the practice fields.

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<v Speaker 1>But great crowd. If you have a chance, be sure

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<v Speaker 1>to get out here. Next week. They're scheduled to practice

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<v Speaker 1>Monday through Thursday, and then Friday night is scheduled to

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<v Speaker 1>be the in stadium season ticket holder and Foxborow resident practice,

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're able to get to that, always a

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<v Speaker 1>nice time inside Gillette Stadium as well. But otherwise, great

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<v Speaker 1>crowd today, and unfortunately they didn't quite get the offensive

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<v Speaker 1>fireworks they might have been hoping to see. As we're

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<v Speaker 1>watching Mac go off the field here to wrap up practice.

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<v Speaker 1>So as always, Paul and I will be back after

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<v Speaker 1>each session just to catch you guys up. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a chance to listen to us blab on and

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<v Speaker 1>on the whole live show, you can get five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>quick here and find out exactly what happened to the practice.

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<v Speaker 1>So we will be back on Monday with a full

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<v Speaker 1>recap of the full padded practice. For now, Mike do so,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Parto signing off, We'll catch you next time. Thank

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