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Letter From Camp 3 | Barstool Sports: Boston

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Letter From Camp 3 | Barstool Sports: Boston

Interesting nuggets from Jerry Thornton…

On the defensive side of the ball, it’s pretty much been Camp Stability. Unlike the last few years where they went through starters like “Game of Thrones” goes through side characters, the top 11 and the sub packages have been set for weeks. Chandler Jones put an arm bar on the right end spot in the first week. It took Dont’a Hightower about a half hour to lock up the Sam linebacker. Steve Gregory is the free safety, Ras-I Dowling the nickel. They ran a lot of situational stuff and on short yardage, Jones kicks inside and Hightower moves up to the line in that Jack spot he sometimes played for Nick Saban. It might just be due to the fact they haven’t had much chance to install the whole scheme and things will get more complicated as we go. But for now it’s nice to have 11-14 familiar faces instead of a cast of thousands.

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It says here that these scraps do not necessarily represent a deeper problem within the team – at the same time, the feistiness is worth noting for several reasons, not the least of which is that the Patriots have rarely had training camp fights since Belichick took over in 2000. But a combination of factors have led to an increased level of agitation over the last three weeks: Frustration: For all the talk we’ve heard about New England’s world-class offense, the defense has pretty much run the show over the first three weeks. As anyone who has been at camp can tell you, there’s a healthy amount of trash talking that goes on between the offense and defense during the 11-on-11 drills at a training camp practice. And the defense loves getting better of a unit that is full of high profile individuals, and isn’t shy about letting the offense know when they’ve one-upped them. A little talking, there’s no problem. You get beaten a handful of times – accompanied by more jawing – then, the frustration levels are going to increase.

patriots – Fight Club: What’s behind the increased feistiness at Patriots camp? – WEEI | Christopher Price

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