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Camp will likely open Saturday July 27th. The schedule for when fans can attend is usually updated shortly before that, and always seems to be changing.

Last report was that Abraham still wants to play 60% of the snaps, which is unlikely for the Pats. They’d want to use him in a designated pass rusher role, and likely more in the 40-50% range, which, at this point in Abraham’s career is probably smarter, but the guy played for the Jets so who knows what he’s thinking.

Personally, I’d love to see them roll with the defensive ends they have on the roster, and use Buchanan/Bequette/Cunningham in some combination in that role. It’s a little riskier because none are the proven pass rusher that Abraham is, but in the long term it might pay off even more.

Bequette stood out in OTAs to Mike Reiss for what it’s worth.

Couple things here, obviously it’s the offseason and there isn’t much else to debate, and second, behind Brady he’s the most popular Patriot out there and given his larger-than-life personality, it’s certainly going to be something people are going discuss ad nauseum. (We’ll keep it limited here of course)…

I think in some ways us Pats fans are spoiled because we almost view the regular season as meaningless at this point, but I do think with the offense undergoing a major turnover we have to realize that we could be in for a race this year.

Miami is going to be better. Mike Pettine should have the Bills defense ready to play Brady the way they need to. And I know everyone like to pile on the Jets but our games with them under Rex are ALWAYS close early in the season.

So yes, of course having Gronk for the stretch run is key, but if he’s PUP’d he’ll miss two division games, and if he’s out until early November he’ll miss four division games. The post-bye portion of the schedule is tough, including the Broncos, Texans and Ravens, so the Pats should still hold their own fate in their hands, but they cannot afford to get into a hole in September and October.

They’ll need Gronk back asap.