FOXBOROUGH – The biggest crowd of the summer got an entertaining scrimmage on Friday as the team wrapped up the second week of training camp. Before practice, Mike Vrabel announced that there was a team-wide draft for the coaches, splitting squads up into Team Blue and Team White. Terrell Williams was the ‘head coach’ of Team Blue, while Tony Dews coached Team White. Here’s a drive-by-drive breakdown of how things…

FOXBOROUGH – After a helmet-less walkthrough on Wednesday, the Pats were back in pads on Day 11 of training camp Thursday. The muggy two-hour session was another intense, competitive back-and-forth as the ramp up begins towards a joint practice with the Colts on Tuesday before the preseason game Thursday. Here’s how things went down… -Will Campbell did not practice, despite being dressed. He did do some conditioning on the side,…

Image courtesy of Yahoo Sports  FOXBOROUGH – It was another perfect day for kicker Andy Borreagles on Tuesday. Now in year two, Borregales has already shown an ability to make kicks consistently and in some pressure spots. As a rookie, he had to beat out Parker Romo. This summer, Borregales is competing only with himself. The second-year man out of Miami was 5-5 during the ninth camp practice, booming a…

FOXBOROUGH – Rain forced the Patriots’ eighth training camp practice indoors on Monday morning. It may have been a blessing in disguise too. The tightness inside of the Winn Waste Innovations Field House – combined with no fans – made for the most intimate and competitive practice of the summer so far. Physical (but nothing crazy) and a ton of jaw-jacking between the offense and defense. Usually, we’d just sort…

FOXBOROUGH- As defensive coordinators prepare to face Josh McDaniels offense for a second season this time around, the threat of the Patriots going uptempo is always lingering in the back of their minds. While modern football often equates tempo with high-flying, no-huddle spread offenses that push the pace for four quarters, the Patriots have long viewed tempo through a far more surgical lens: as a strategic change of pace rather…

FOXBOROUGH – With a scheduled day off on Sunday, the Patriots were back in pads outside a sweltering Gillette Stadium on Saturday morning. The biggest crowd so far saw some good back-and-forth from both the offense and defense with plays being made on both sides. The fans also got their first glimpse of rookie EDGE Gabe Jacas who practiced in a limited role for the first time. A few guys…

FOXBOROUGH – Quintayvious Hutchins could not have been happier to see Jeremiah Franklin when he walked into the locker room of the New Balance Athletics Center next to Gillette Stadium last week. Hutchins – the Patriots’ 7th-round draft pick in April – was thrilled to see a former teammate in Franklin, who was added to the tight ends’ room last Friday. “When I see him walk in, it was just…