Patriots: Stone’s sights & sounds from Patriots training camp – Day 11

August 9, 2021

FOXBOROUGH – For the first time this camp, the Pats had their second straight day of padded practice. With just one more practice on Tuesday (3:30 inside Gillette, open to the public), the focus is slowly shifting to the first preseason game on Thursday night. Let’s recap what went down on Monday… -For once it was Jalen Mills hitting the field first, it was receivers coach Troy Brown who sprinted…

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Patriots: Belichick may have secured the steal of the NFL Draft in Christian Barmore

August 9, 2021

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Follow me on twitter @zcarey13 The New England Patriots had one of the most opportunistic sequences to start their 2021 NFL Draft that I have seen in a while. In the first round, sitting at pick 15, Mac Jones fell to New England who scooped him up quickly after staying put during Justin Fields‘ slide. Mac had one of the best college…

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Boston College: Eagles thrilled to be back as camp opens

August 6, 2021

All was right with the world for a few hours on Friday morning. Boston College officially opened up with their first practice and then Coach Hafley and a few players met with the media in person for the first time since March 10, 2020. No worrying about whether or not there would be a season, no questions about daily testing, just football. There was a true first-day-of-school vibe around Fish…

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Patriots: Big day for Jones, do we finally have a real competition?

August 5, 2021

Thursday was the day Patriots fans who want to see a different quarterback this year had been waiting for. Throughout the first week of training camp, Cam Newton had done enough to look like he should remain the starter, but a lot to do with that was the fact that Mac Jones simply wasn’t doing anything to stand out. Both guys have had their ups and downs the first week,…

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Patriots: McDaniels talks offense, QB’s for first time in training camp

August 4, 2021

There’s only one other guy on offense that everyone wants to hear from this training camp other than Mac Jones or Cam Newton and it’s not a player. Josh McDaniels is the guy closest to the “competition” and we finally heard from him on Wednesday afternoon following practice. McDaniels said right now is still just a learning phase, so there hasn’t been true evaluation yet. “Right now, everybody’s in a…

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Patriots: Stone’s sights & sounds from Patriots training camp – Day 6

August 3, 2021

FOXBOROUGH – Tuesday was the first day in pads for the Pats, what did we learn? That and everything else I noticed from Day 6 of camp… -For the first time, it was not Adrian Colbert taking the field first on Tuesday but Jalen Mills alongside coaches Jerrod Mayo and Steve Belichick -Robert Kraft arrived via helicopter prior to the start of practice. -You knew it was “real” football today…

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Patriots: Players’ thoughts from training camp – Day 5

August 2, 2021

We heard from a schmorhesborg of Pats players from rookies to vets to some new guys on Monday morning after practice. Three guys in particular were extremely engaging and entertaining: new cornerback Jalen Mills, new receiver Kendrick Bourne and new linebacker Raekwon McMillian. Check out some of the money quotes from each of them… RAEKWON McMILLIAN (on Coach Belichick praising his intelligence Monday morning) “It means a lot man. I’m…

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Patriots: Thoughts from coach Belichick prior to Day 5 of training camp

August 2, 2021

There was no mini bombshell’s to start the week on Monday, but Bill Belichick did touch on a few interesting topics prior to the fifth practice. Coach Belichick spoke prior tot taking questions and noted that the end of the week should start to look like real football finally with the first preseason game against Washington set for August 12. “Heading into kind of the next phase here as practices…

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Patriots: Belichick says Newton is the starter four days into camp

July 31, 2021

FOXBOROUGH – Didn’t see that one coming. Bill Belichick met with the media via Zoom early on Saturday morning prior to the last practice of the week and dropped a mini bombshell, saying Cam Newton is the starting quarterback. Now, he’s said that for a while now, but we’ve also heard that everyone needs to earn their spot as well, so when it came out of his mouth before some…

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