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Speaker 1: Practice is over, but the writers of Patriots dot com
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Speaker 1: review today's practice? The writers of Patriots dot com, Well,
Speaker 1: it was a hot one out there today. Dialed back
Speaker 1: a little bit. No pads here today on what is it?
Speaker 1: What we're losing track of days? We're Wednesday, day seven.
Speaker 1: It's starting to get into the dog days of training camp,
Speaker 1: losing track of time. But this is Mike do so join.
Speaker 1: We got some special guests today, of course, Paul Perillo,
Speaker 1: Evan Lazar and a special guest today. Offensive lineman's been
Speaker 1: working around here. He hasn't turned your volume up there
Speaker 1: you go. Um, Christian Taylor's joining us. Somebody who works here.
Speaker 1: But he's got some experience in the offensive line, going
Speaker 1: to Georgia Southern as well as Bennett College. So Christian,
Speaker 1: thank you for joining us. We put him on watching
Speaker 1: the offensive and defensive line, so we want to get
Speaker 1: some input in terms of, you know, what he's seeing
Speaker 1: with his keen football eye. But first let's talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about this practice, guys. It was maybe not
Speaker 1: the most eventful one. Bill Belichick said, we're gonna dial back,
Speaker 1: fix some things today. Seems like it might be set
Speaker 1: in the stage for tomorrow. My favorite part of that was,
Speaker 1: you know, we have to fix some things, would specifically everything,
Speaker 1: and I would say that the way they went about
Speaker 1: the practice it sort of showed that a little bit.
Speaker 1: I did think it was a you know, a slower tempo,
Speaker 1: and I thought there was more instruction going on than
Speaker 1: we typically see in a training camp practice. I thought,
Speaker 1: you know, again, I wouldn't call it a walk through.
Speaker 1: I think it was a little bit faster paced than
Speaker 1: a walk through. But there were some moments at least
Speaker 1: where there was some plays. I thought that went off
Speaker 1: a little bit smoother than we've seen more consistently in
Speaker 1: the recent past. But again some disjointed periods for the offense.
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought Kendrick Bourne picked up a few catches.
Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't anything earth shattering, but it was
Speaker 1: nice to maybe see him get involved a little bit. Evan,
Speaker 1: what else stuck out to you today? I think the
Speaker 1: main emphasis for today was a smoother operation overall, offensively.
Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to get caught up, not
Speaker 1: that they ever really do, and the results of completions
Speaker 1: or big plays down the field or anything that actually
Speaker 1: was a product of what they did out there today.
Speaker 1: But overall, I agree with Paul that a little bit
Speaker 1: smoother offensively. Seemed like they were trying to get to
Speaker 1: their landmarks and their passing concepts and trying to basically
Speaker 1: work out some of those kinks. It was a lot
Speaker 1: of mental stuff and correcting mistakes. But the one thing
Speaker 1: I'll say that last red zone period ramped up a
Speaker 1: little bit the competition and once again Matthew Judean off
Speaker 1: the left side, Mac Wilson on an interior blitz. More
Speaker 1: pressure on mac Jones to end that red zone period.
Speaker 1: Two straight drop backs to end the practice for Mac
Speaker 1: one throwaway one would be sacked for mac Wilson. So
Speaker 1: still a lot to work out up front that we
Speaker 1: saw yesterday and the day before in pads. Well, mac Wilson,
Speaker 1: sure that's the place, stood up to me. He blew it.
Speaker 1: So Christian, let's go to you. We saw a couple
Speaker 1: of days of pads. You've got to look at some
Speaker 1: of the offensive line and we know they're going through
Speaker 1: some transition. But you know, just for you as a
Speaker 1: college offensive lineman, what stood out to you some of
Speaker 1: the guys, what what you know catches your eye as
Speaker 1: you're watching some of these one on ones from the
Speaker 1: last couple of days. Well, one thing that I saw
Speaker 1: that did catch my attention was Justin Harren playing right
Speaker 1: tackle as a backup. I think he is a solid
Speaker 1: backup at right tackle. He had some great blocks today,
Speaker 1: able to cut guys off, really really athletic. But I
Speaker 1: think they're still working on, you know, jelling. Really, I
Speaker 1: think they need some time to work together. It looks
Speaker 1: like cold Strange may possibly still be trying to learn
Speaker 1: the playbook. He's asking a lot of questions when he's
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. So I think they're just
Speaker 1: working on you know, coercion, working together, understanding each other
Speaker 1: when they're in the scenario. But I think, you know,
Speaker 1: by the end of camp, they'll be all right. Now.
Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta bring up Trent Brown because I mean,
Speaker 1: you're people can't see it. This is a podcast, but
Speaker 1: Christians a giant guy. I mean, he looks like he
Speaker 1: could strap them up right now, go out there and
Speaker 1: look right in place with the rest of the offensive line.
Speaker 1: But you know, just for you big guy. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know offensive tackles are generally all big, but you know,
Speaker 1: just Trump Brown. What is your impression to him as
Speaker 1: as an offensive tackle in the NFL and just the
Speaker 1: pure size that he has. Yeah, well, you love the
Speaker 1: size that Trent Brown has. He's massive, long, athletic. He's
Speaker 1: moving over to left tackle again. That's you know, somewhere
Speaker 1: where those quick guys are going to be defensive end.
Speaker 1: You're talking, you know, Miles Garrett, people like that. I
Speaker 1: really liked him at right tackle. Um, I think his
Speaker 1: feet were fit for right tackle. Need to watch him
Speaker 1: a little bit more at left tackle. I don't know,
Speaker 1: you know how I feel with him over there. I
Speaker 1: think he's struggled in a few aspects. You know, some
Speaker 1: of those reach blocks are on the outside zone that
Speaker 1: you know we talked about earlier. Struggled to get over
Speaker 1: there a little bit. So, you know, maybe work on
Speaker 1: his feet a little bit. But I do like what
Speaker 1: I see from him in camp. Pass protections awesome. He's
Speaker 1: got such size you can't get around the guy. Once
Speaker 1: he's got his hands on you. I mean he's really
Speaker 1: locked in. So well, one more for you. I mean
Speaker 1: you mentioned that the zone, you know, the outside zone,
Speaker 1: and that's been a running rap that they've done a
Speaker 1: number of times. I mean it continued today. I thought
Speaker 1: a little bit more inside. But what can you just
Speaker 1: tell us a little bit of insight in terms of
Speaker 1: the outside zone kind of scheme, you know, going back
Speaker 1: to the Broncos in the day, but you know, just
Speaker 1: from the offensive lines perspective, because I think yesterday Evan
Speaker 1: had you know, some good points that it's it has
Speaker 1: to all work in conjunction and timing, and that takes
Speaker 1: time to wrap into practice and to get on the
Speaker 1: same page. But you know, just from your experience and
Speaker 1: what you've seen, what stands out to you about those
Speaker 1: outside zone kind of runs and that scheme that they
Speaker 1: seem to be really heavily using. Well, outside zone is
Speaker 1: an amazing play. It's simple, it's basic. But when it
Speaker 1: gets down to the blocking scheme of it, I mean
Speaker 1: those guys have to be able to read the defensive line.
Speaker 1: You know, if I have a three technique and he
Speaker 1: shoots inside, I have to understand that when I'm at
Speaker 1: right guard, I need to be able to work through
Speaker 1: that guy so I can get to the back of
Speaker 1: that I'm working too. And so you know, it's a
Speaker 1: scheme that requires you to have really really athletic offensive linemen,
Speaker 1: really quick offensive linemen. I don't necessarily know if we
Speaker 1: have the quick offensive line like that, but they're so
Speaker 1: skilled they understand what they're doing and where they're out
Speaker 1: on the field. That outside zone can come together really,
Speaker 1: really nicely, especially if you get the wide receivers on
Speaker 1: the outside who can maintain their block so you can
Speaker 1: get to the outside there. I mean, that's what it's for.
Speaker 1: You want to you want to get leverage on those guys. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: we've talked about that on the show quite a bit
Speaker 1: about the outside zone scheme, trent On. WHENU you know,
Speaker 1: some of these bigger guys that maybe are built more
Speaker 1: for men or gap blocking, and now they are transitioning
Speaker 1: to this outside zone scheme, and I'm with you. I'm
Speaker 1: interested to see how those bigger guys handle it, because
Speaker 1: you know, Cole Strange is drafted, is a great combine athlete,
Speaker 1: ran a lot of outside zone at Chattanooga. That that's
Speaker 1: his bread and butter. That's why he's here is because
Speaker 1: of how athletic he is. But some of these other
Speaker 1: holdovers from what was really a downhill power type of
Speaker 1: scheme before. It's going to be interesting to see if
Speaker 1: those guys transition into it and who might be an
Speaker 1: odd man out there because of that, And it's probably
Speaker 1: more of a Patriots unfiltered topic. But the most athletic
Speaker 1: lineman they probably we had with Shack Mason, who played
Speaker 1: in a triple option and decided that he was too expensive. Right,
Speaker 1: and now you have Michael Owen use some questions about,
Speaker 1: you know, how his athleticism will hold up if this
Speaker 1: is in fact the wholesale change in. Of course there's
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick was asked about it this morning and said,
Speaker 1: you know, we are going to be installing that other
Speaker 1: stuff we've just been doing this first. We'll see how
Speaker 1: true that is. But I think tomorrow is setting up
Speaker 1: to be a big day. Today a little bit here
Speaker 1: nor there, a couple I think turns Mitchell got his
Speaker 1: hands on and I think at least one interception, so
Speaker 1: he did stand out again. But otherwise, you know, not
Speaker 1: a totally eventful day. But I think tomorrow is the
Speaker 1: big one. So we will be back Tomorrow, Thursday, Friday
Speaker 1: night in stadium practice, Probably not that much going on,
Speaker 1: so I think if you're thinking tomorrow's the day, and
Speaker 1: if you're bad about that Miami opener and the heat
Speaker 1: down there, it's supposed to be just as hot here,
Speaker 1: so I think it'll be a good preparation for that
Speaker 1: game in the opening week. So that'll do it for
Speaker 1: us for today on Wednesday. We'll catch you tomorrow on
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