FOXBOROUGH – Another perfect day for the fans weather wise on Sunday morning and another great crowd that saw quite a show…from the defense.

Drake Maye will probably lose sleep tonight and be in the building by like, 4:30 a.m. Monday after a lackluster performance, even by day two, ramp-up practice standards.

A few guys did stand out on offense and Andy Borregales looked good in the first ‘live’ action we’ve seen for him since the Super Bowl.

Here’s a quick ‘four down’ camp rundown from Foxborough…

Defense, defense, defense

Right from the first series of the day, the defense looked like it had more juice than the offense, returning the favor from the day before. An incompletion on a crosser, a run stuff, a would-be Carlton Davis III sack screaming in off a blitz (technically a completion to Pop) and a Christian Gonzalez PBU over the middle all followed. After a short TreVeyon Henderson run, Craig Woodson picked off Maye on a tip-drill play when a throw ricocheted off of AJ Brown’s hands.

From there, Maye had trouble with his accuracy throughout the day. Milton Williams got his hands on a ball at the line of scrimmage at one point too. Maye later missed Hunter Henry high with Kevin Byard in coverage. Tommy DeVito had a nice early comeback completion to Kyle Williams and had a late dart to Mack Hollins, but there just wasn’t much offense to speak of.

The physicality was also very noticeable too. While there’s no contact yet, Christian Elliss would have hit TreVeyon Henderson to Walpole at one point on a short pass. Later, Henderson would have ended up in Medfield thanks to a would-be hit from linebacker Jesse Luketa.

Jam and Boutte

On the flip side, Kayshon Boutte had another big catch on Sunday and through two days has been the second-best receiver behind AJ Brown. And that’s with Maye and Brown not connecting in 11-on-11 until the 13th overall period on Day 2. I’m convinced they’re not going to trade him and Josh McDaniels can get extremely creative with him still in the room.

Jam Miller was also impressive too. Whenever he got the ball he showed a quick burst and some shiftiness. As I said in Saturday’s write up, he reminds me a little bit of Dion Lewis, but bigger. They could certainly use a steady third down guy or a reliable source of offense out of the backfield in the passing game other than the Big Two of Henderson and Stevenson.

Borregales perfect 

In the first live action we saw from Borregales since February, he was money, just like he was last year. Borregales went 6-for-6 on kicks – from both hashmarks and straight on – from between 35 and 50-yards.

I was skeptical of a kid from Miami being able to handle kicking here late in the season, but he seems to be a very reliable guy for this team, hopefully for quite a while. He’ll forever have a game-winning kick in Denver in the snow for an AFC title to his name.

More encouraging signs participation-wise 

While he’ll certainly be managed, Morgan Moses seems good to go and Alijah Vera-Tucker was back in his usual spot once again. Obviously, when the pads come on things are going to get much tougher and we’ll see how those guys handle multiple days in a row, The only way Drake Maye doesn’t take the next step is if that unit can’t protect him or stay on the field together. Right now, it’s encouraging in the stay on the field together department.

While there was nothing too strenuous for the second straight day, Christian Gonzalez was out there in ‘full’ again too. After what Robert Kraft said on Saturday regarding the offer the team has made, as long as both sides continue to negotiate in good faith, then we should continue to see him on the field.

The PUP guys, Reggie Gilliam and Jeremiah Webb were the only guys missing. Presumably, we should be seeing Gabe Jacas on the field any day now after signing his deal on Saturday.

Looking ahead

It’s day three for the team on Monday, which is a scheduled walkthrough. The pads come on later this week (possibly Tuesday?). Tough to see how the offense bounces back competitively in a walkthrough setting, so Tuesday’s practice should theoretically be the most intense one so far.