New England Patriots Training Camp: Observations from Day 5 of Practice

August 1, 2012   ·   Dan Hope   ·   Jump to comments

Having attended the first two days of New England Patriots training camp practice on Thursday and Friday, I returned to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Tuesday afternoon to pick up more observations of the team as camp progresses.
Tuesday’s practice was the first full-contact practice I have attended this season, which created many new opportunities to evaluate players. Surprisingly, even though full-contact drills are much more important evaluation tools for running backs, offensive linemen and defensive front seven players, many of my observations still came with wide receivers and defensive backs, as there were some very good one-on-one passing drills to watch on Tuesday.
 
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