Thursday, August 8 | @ Detroit Lions | 7:30 PM |
Saturday, August 17 | @ Tennessee Titans | 7:00 PM |
Thursday, August 22 | Carolina Panthers | 7:30 PM |
Thursday, August 29 | New York Giants | 7:30 PM |
https://www.espn.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4817790/opening-of-patriots-camp-will-have-rodney-harrison-based-themeAnd it would be a few more if not for the team hitting the road for multiple days of joint practices with the Lions, and then the Titans. The opening stretch looks like this
Don't they generally list guys on PUP until they can pass some kind of fitness run or something?not the best PUP list to start.
Correct on both Sony and Cajuste. Cajuste reportedly had surgery as well.Most of the PUP guys get off in the first 2 weeks of training camp once they pass the conditioning test. Cajuste was said to be dealing with a torn quad when he was drafted and was expected to be sidelined 3-4 months from that point. Sony Michel missed minicamp practices as well; IIRC he had some sort of procedure on his knee during the offseason, but this one probably bears the most watching.
In the "barely seen" category, Braxton Berrios will be interesting as well.Really interested in the 2019 camp. Between Harry, JoeJuan, Winovich, Harris, and Wynn, you have a lot of potential impact guys who we haven't seen. And then you have the barely-seen guys like Duke Dawson, Bentley, etc. And I'm sure there will be a surprise or two, as always.
Maybe (hopefully?) BB will get to ask Edelman if he’s ever heard of Wally Pipp? Although I bet Edelman would take it a bit more seriously than welker.In the "barely seen" category, Braxton Berrios will be interesting as well.
I couldn't agree more -- this has me pretty fired up for camp/preseason (more than usual). It just feels like this is a transition period for this team, but that it could go very well and be the start of another pseudo-run with so much potential from young guys. Color me excited.Really interested in the 2019 camp. Between Harry, JoeJuan, Winovich, Harris, and Wynn, you have a lot of potential impact guys who we haven't seen. And then you have the barely-seen guys like Duke Dawson, Bentley, etc. And I'm sure there will be a surprise or two, as always.
I keep wondering if Super Bowl LII was the start of the transition (back?) to the Pats being a team that wins mainly with defense and the running game. It's 2003/2004 all over again!I couldn't agree more -- this has me pretty fired up for camp/preseason (more than usual). It just feels like this is a transition period for this team, but that it could go very well and be the start of another pseudo-run with so much potential from young guys. Color me excited.
The Patriots worked out four wide receivers today, per source: Nick Williams (Titans), Justin Hunter (Steelers), Papi White (Jaguars) and Travin Dural (Saints).
Oh, BB loved Hurns. It looks like a pure cap space move by Dallas:
Not specifically related but I might be more excited than ever for football season in general and obviously watching this team take the field. We're done worrying about playing for the legacy stuff, the team looks stacked, and on a personal level the closing date for the house we are trying to buy is mid-September and I'm bursting at the seams thinking about finally just being done with it all and sitting down every Sunday to watch football in my own family room after months of constant stress. I'm jacked up.I am irrationally excited to see Damien Harris play. Given Michel's health, won't shock me to see Harris become the #1 guy when the season starts.
You really think your wife will just let you watch football with all those unfinished house projects piling up? Oh Jed...Not specifically related but I might be more excited than ever for football season in general and obviously watching this team take the field. We're done worrying about playing for the legacy stuff, the team looks stacked, and on a personal level the closing date for the house we are trying to buy is mid-September and I'm bursting at the seams thinking about finally just being done with it all and sitting down every Sunday to watch football in my own family room after months of constant stress. I'm jacked up.
Not specifically related but I might be more excited than ever for football season in general and obviously watching this team take the field. We're done worrying about playing for the legacy stuff, the team looks stacked, and on a personal level the closing date for the house we are trying to buy is mid-September and I'm bursting at the seams thinking about finally just being done with it all and sitting down every Sunday to watch football in my own family room after months of constant stress. I'm jacked up.
Nor will she let him watch football in his own family room. To the basement!!You really think your wife will just let you watch football with all those unfinished house projects piling up? Oh Jed...
You really think your wife will just let you watch football with all those unfinished house projects piling up? Oh Jed...
LOL "I'll be, ummm, working on the office all day."Nor will she let him watch football in his own family room. To the basement!!
Since at least 2014 I feel like I go through the same progression every year:
Going into training camp: Hmm, there are some holes here and there but this team has the chance to be REALLY good.
Preseason: Damn, they had some unfortunate injuries and BB made some weird cuts/roster decisions. Hope those don't come back to bite them.
Weeks 1-5/8ish: Shit, they look average at best. Their holes are really being exposed, and the injuries to [insert player(s)] aren't helping either.
Weeks 5/8ish to playoffs: Wow, they are really starting to round into form. They got a few players back from injury and [insert random UDFA] came out of nowhere to help them.
Playoffs: Can't believe I ever doubted them. This team has the stuff to win it all if they catch a few lucky breaks.
Lather, rinse, repeat. (That's all a long way of saying - I'm squarely in the "looking at the rosters as they stand now, this team has the chance to (once again) be really good" if they can stay relatively healthy and come up with some new schemes on offense to mesh with their differently-situated offensive personnel.)
Yep, just ask Rich CamarilloAndre Tippett seemed to use his 4th degree Black Belt to great success.
This is very good. We should enjoy it because this run for the past 18 years has been fantabulous.
Thanks for the 3 snaps last season. Congratulations on your ring!
Almost always an O-Lineman.There's the 'surprise camp retirement' of the summer....
Hopefully the only one.
New SoSH---we can't see anything but the link and OH MY GOD IT'S BRADY TAKING THE FIELD!!And so it begins...
https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1154381035699933185
So before Packers decided to release Daniels, the Pats were one of 3 teams they talked to.The Packers and Patriots reportedly engaged in trade talks involving Mike Daniels. Could the free agent D-tackle wind up in New England? http://nesn.com/?p=962602
Max Kellerman and Rob Parker just exchanged handies--Jon Jones intercepted Brady's first pass of the practice.
I liked the fact that he was walking along with Bentley. I have to believe that there are other QBs would would have stage-managed that to walk out with a captain, a coach or on their own.And so it begins...
https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1154381035699933185
Nuts, I should've brought another pair of boxers with me today...I could get used to Brady throwing the ball to the corner pile-on and Harry high-pointing it for the TD.
https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1154416847581827077
Ahem...Etling is working with the WRs.
https://twitter.com/DougKyed/status/1154387747483922433
Bedard also noted that it is striking how much fitter Hightower looks, with it being notable on-field in how much better he looks covering TEs.Some notes from various beat writers at practice.
--No Michael Bennett or David Andrews out there.
--Etling is working at WR.
--Isaiah Wynn not yet getting in for team reps. Thuney played most of practice at LT.
--N'Keal Harry a big factor in red zone passing drills. Made some really good plays.
--Jerod Mayo calling the defensive plays.
--Brady had side sessions with Harry and Ben Watson.
--UDFA WR Jakobi Myers flashed today with a nice catch when playing with Brady.
--Chung coming off his surgery was in a red non-contact jersey. But him being out there already is good.
--Jon Jones intercepted Brady's first pass of the practice.
--Henry McKenna says Watson looked very good.
--The first unit LBs were KVN, Hightower, and Collins.
I'm rooting for Etling, I really like the kid, but he's not fast enough to be a straight up WR. I hope they are trying to figure out if he has a role as an X type player because i could see him being very good as a dual threat type.
Yup. That’s like 15 years of BB defense experience. And then you have Bentley as well.I managed to entirely forgot that Jamie Collins was back. I theoretically love that trio.
I've always wanted a Jim Jensen hereI'm rooting for Etling, I really like the kid, but he's not fast enough to be a straight up WR. I hope they are trying to figure out if he has a role as an X type player because i could see him being very good as a dual threat type.
If only there was another converted QB on the roster to teach him the ropes of how to step up on the biggest stage.Yeah, maybe they can use him to run "The Philly Special" on the Iggles in the Super Bowl rematch.