Mike Dussault

Brady has called his rookie receivers to do film work with him on Tuesdays, which is the players’ off day. Brady can’t compel the rookies to come in. They must do it on their own, and they have, which explains why Brady has spoken so highly of the effort Kenbrell Thompkins, Josh Boyce and Aaron Dobson have put forth. “He wants us to be great, and I’d thank him for pushing us this hard,” Dobson said. “It’s a challenge, but he’s doing it for us to be great, and I respect him for that. That’s what we have to do.” Dobson said the Tuesday film sessions focus on getting everyone to see what Brady does when he looks at an opposing defense, allowing the Patriots to better adjust on the fly. To accomplish that, Brady breaks out anything, from film of OTAs and/or minicamp to old tape of Welker and Deion Branch. “We don’t see the same thing that he sees through his eyes,” Thompkins said, “and to actually have him here and telling us what he wants, that helps us a lot. When you get adjusted to that pace and seeing exactly what he wants, and then you do it the way he wants, you’re, ‘OK, now I see what you’re seeing.’ ”