Earlier I found out that today would be the last media attended practice allowed during camp, so for one final time this season, here are today’s Tweets of Note.
The Patriots moved the practice into Gillette Stadium today for what we anticipated to be a full-speed scrimmage session. Unfortunately, it was a glorified walkthrough in shorts and shells.
A planning and contingency session, something new for the organization to work around after having no pre-season games.
Some positives here, firstly, LG Joe Thuney was in attendance after a scare in yesterday’s session. Although he had a wrapped hand, it’s a sign that he’ll be able to play through the injury moving forward.
Secondly, DT Beau Allen made his first appearance of this year’s training camp, now, it wasn’t a fully tilted practice in pads, but great to have Allen back in the mix after signing with the team during free agency, a big addition to the DT group.
New players missing were DE Chase Winovich, LB Cassh Maluia, and WR Will Hastings, who was later released after practice.
RB Lamar Miller remains on the PUP/active list.
Planning for anything and everything, Belichick even instructed QB Brian Hoyer to fake an injury so the team could go about dealing with the issue in a live game situation.
Coaches went about rehearsing substitutions, using windows tablets, and even changing headsets in the instance that they’d have some tech issues during a game.
For stats fanatics, some of the standouts lay in the defensive section. Now, take the stats with a pinch of salt as you can’t compare them like for like with actual game numbers, but a great indicator for how involved some of the new guys have been.
This will be something to get used to, for anyone hoping for games without any synthetic crowd noise, that won’t be happening. Unlike the NBA/NHL, the NFL won’t want anything to do with natural-sounding games, more than likely so they can protect play calling for teams, etc.
In reality, the NFL will probably set a standard for all teams to have the same level of noise during games, but as today’s session was around being prepared, the Pats will have this covered whatever the sound is like come Week 1 against Miami.
Well that wraps up Tweets of Note for this years Training Camp! Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to keep an eye out for all of our upcoming content as we head towards the regular season!