00:00Welcome in to today's Patriots training camp practice report brought to you by Safety Insurance.
00:04Alex Barth, Scott Zolak, after the Patriots wrapped up their fifth training camp practice, first in full pads.
00:09The heat came forward. It's only getting hotter this week.
00:11It's so fucking hot today.
00:12So don't start folding yet. It's only going to get hotter.
00:16Shit, I remember those days of camp, we're down at Bryant, and the two-a-days, we had real two-a-days,
00:20and they had the thick champion t-shirts on, they were just soaked, and the pads got soaked.
00:24And the worst thing was, you know, they didn't dry them out.
00:27The bullshit problem was, we had the second practice, and we had to go out and put the heavy, stinky, smelly pads on,
00:33and the helmet, it was just awful.
00:35But, hey, they get taken care of a lot better now. Camp Cushy.
00:38No more two-a-days here.
00:40They did have a two-hour practice. This was probably their longest practice of the summer today.
00:44We'll start with Will Campbell. I think that's where everybody wants us to start, right?
00:48Had a rough start. Keon White put him on skates in a one-on-one, walked him right back.
00:53That was his only one-on-one, but then they come into 11s, and it was mostly run game today.
00:57The few passes they did was play action off of that run stuff.
01:01Will Campbell looked really good, really, really good in the run game.
01:05Did also show up in pass pro on that play action.
01:08He stood up Keon White once. He stood up Caleb on chase on once, who we'll get to.
01:11Folded Milton Williams in twice, setting the edge on that left side when they were trying to run outside of him.
01:17The one-on-one happened, but overall, I would say a good first day for Will Campbell.
01:21And if it's going to be a jump year for Keon White, I got high hopes for him.
01:24He should have some days against Will Campbell where he looks good and wins those one-on-ones.
01:29He gets paid, too. He's a good player, too.
01:31That's going to get Will Campbell ready to play, is what that's going to do.
01:34I saw a couple of them from up here, and he was good in the run game coming off the ball.
01:38That's sort of his forte, man.
01:39You look at the squatting records he had down at LSU, squatting over 600 pounds doing that.
01:44That's leg power, man.
01:45That's not about arm strength or arm length.
01:48And as long as he has good feet, good positioning, his arms are going to be fine.
01:51What did you think of the offensive line as a whole today?
01:53It looked okay. Not a lot of jump in the gun.
01:56There weren't a lot of penalties.
01:57I thought they looked pretty crisp for day number one.
02:00There were holes for the backs to actually run through.
02:02He didn't have holes a year ago.
02:04Well, it's funny.
02:05The last couple of years, the first day of pads, the takeaway is what are they going to do, right?
02:10We've done this last two or three years.
02:12And today was, I mean, I would say the offense slightly won the day.
02:16It was a healthy back and forth.
02:17First team offense won.
02:18Second team was the defense, and we can get to that.
02:20But the offense won that left side, dominated Will Campbell.
02:23Jared Wilson, when he was over there, had some good blocks.
02:25He did have another botched snap with Drake May.
02:28So that's worth noting, because as they try to figure out where they're going to put him at center and left guard,
02:33some of that is who do you want to take out of the lineup?
02:35Is it Garrett Bradbury?
02:36Is it Cole Strange?
02:37But also, if he can't get the ball back to the quarterback, he can't play center.
02:40If he can't snap the ball, he can't play center.
02:43That'll eliminate Red.
02:44They won't put up with that.
02:45They'll move on quickly if this continues.
02:47He needs to have some clean, clean periods with that, or else he'll never play center again here.
02:51But it's something to keep an eye on.
02:53The running backs.
02:54You saw more Travion Harrison today.
02:55That speed is real.
02:58That speed is real.
02:59And how can that, you know, this is an offense that's lacked speed the last couple years.
03:03They've had Pop Douglas.
03:04That's kind of it.
03:05You add Kyle Williams, who's still been quiet, but he's out there.
03:07You add Travion Henderson.
03:09How can that speed impact things offensively?
03:11Well, I think it's getting these guys out in space, right?
03:12And that's where Josh is going to have to use that as a game of chess to say, I want to get him on a backer.
03:17I want to get him on a strong safety, meaning Henderson.
03:19Because the one-on-ones down here, strong safety is going to cover him.
03:21He's shaking, moving left and right.
03:23And just create no-look routes where he bangs it one way and he basically breaks the ankles of the coverage guy.
03:29That's James White type stuff.
03:30That's how White used to run his routes.
03:32Those little option routes, those shake and bake routes.
03:34So it's going to be up to Josh to get him in space.
03:37You know, Ramondre is more of your downhill runner.
03:39He's between the tackles.
03:40He's having a good camp so far.
03:42But they're going to have a good one-two punch here.
03:44I like the fact they're going to have the ability to switch it to a third down back when they need to.
03:48The other notable thing from the offense today, Jalen Polk back.
03:52Jalen Polk was on the field, looked like a full participant.
03:55Last one on the field.
03:56Last one to get out on the field.
03:58He was out there, caught a touchdown.
03:59He got in a little scrap with Craig Woodson, just kind of blocking, was playing to the whistle.
04:04I don't know.
04:04I felt, look, he's still got a ways to go.
04:06But I felt like I saw the urgency you'd want to see from a guy in that situation.
04:09He's probably starting to feel the heat too, right?
04:11He's hearing it.
04:12You know, people are talking about it.
04:13Can't make the club in a tub.
04:15And he can't afford to miss days.
04:17If you already miss three, team moves on.
04:19Right.
04:21Roster spots move on.
04:23Kayshawn Booty keeps coming out here, making plays, practice after practice.
04:26He had a nice catch in a one-on-ones.
04:27A couple touchdowns, beat Gonzalez in a one-on-one, yeah, down underneath.
04:30So the more Booty catches the ball and is more available, like, that's bad for Polk.
04:35You worried at all about Gonzalez?
04:37Always worried about, you know, hammies because those hammies don't go away.
04:41You know, the problem is, do you rush it back?
04:43And if it's not a full tear or if it's something slight, I think it's something slight because he walked over.
04:47Yeah, he walked off.
04:48He lived, but he walked.
04:49If he tore his hammy, like, you're carting the guy off.
04:51Right.
04:51You know?
04:52So I take it as a slight thing.
04:54And practice was halfway over.
04:55Yeah.
04:55So no use having him go out there and stand.
04:57He did the right thing.
04:58And he took him to the locker room.
04:59Yeah, let him ice up.
05:00If he needs it, that's a guy that if he misses a day or two, you're not worried about.
05:04Right?
05:04That's a guy that his game is his game.
05:06Yeah, he might miss a day more than a day or two.
05:08Right.
05:08But I would rather they not rush him back out at this point.
05:11You know, I don't need to see him in the summer.
05:13Same until joint next week.
05:15Yeah.
05:15Yeah, absolutely.
05:17Also, so we talked about the offensive line.
05:18Like, how do you separate in this setting?
05:21Well, did the offensive line have a good day or did the defensive line have a bad day?
05:24Because I mentioned before, when they're running off that left side and a lot of what Will Campbell and Jared Wilson did was against Milton Williams,
05:31who's a guy who wasn't bad against the run in Philly, just didn't really play the run in Philly.
05:36He's a rotational player, never played more than 48% of the snaps in a season, only was used as a pass rusher.
05:41He's going to play more here.
05:42He got paid more.
05:43He's going to play more here.
05:44He's going to play the run.
05:45Like, how much do you look at today of great, Will Campbell looked good, he looks like he belongs,
05:50versus, well, here's this guy, Milton Williams, we're testing him in a new role, and it didn't look great early.
05:56One thing, they're going to know that inside, right?
05:57Because they're going to know if the plays were scripted or not.
05:59And when you see the practice schedule and you're servicing the offense, they have the plays listed for you,
06:05so you can pretty much remember the plays in your head defensively if you want to jump the gun
06:08or if you want to help them make it look good.
06:10So we don't know that.
06:11They're the only ones that know that.
06:12But I think you're really going to tell more tomorrow when you're going to put the ball downfield a little bit,
06:17have some blitz periods.
06:18That's why I want to watch Will Campbell.
06:20That's why I want to watch communication up front.
06:22Regardless who's at center, cross the board.
06:24You've got to find five guys that have continuity and roll with those guys.
06:27Talked to Hunter Henry today.
06:28He's really good.
06:30That's a pro that understands it.
06:32He gets it.
06:32He's excited about the offense.
06:34And Josh, same thing with Pop.
06:35We had Pop Douglas and Hunter Henry for our two interviews.
06:38Thought those guys were great today.
06:39No, you made a good point about Campbell with, like, when they get in the true pass sets, right?
06:43When you're blocking a pocket and it's not play action, it's not roll out.
06:46Frayble talked about it.
06:47Inside out.
06:47Inside out.
06:48That's going to be the next key for him.
06:49By the way, I will take one or two questions for Zoe in the YouTube channel if people want.
06:53But while people put questions in, anybody else stand out to you defensively?
06:56I thought rookie Joshua Farmer had a nice run stop.
06:59He's number 30 defensive back.
07:00He's starting to get more reps.
07:01DJ James, second-year corner.
07:02DJ James.
07:02And I've been slapping his head saying, keep making plays, number 30.
07:05Keep making plays.
07:06Knocked the ball down again today in coverage.
07:08So something to keep an eye on.
07:09He might play a lot in his preseason game.
07:11Well, there's going to be an opportunity there.
07:12Because if Gonzalez is going to miss time, Carlton Davis has been in and out.
07:15He was out again today.
07:16Alex Austin's clearly that next guy up on the boundary.
07:19But after him, we saw more of Marcella's style today.
07:22DJ James got some run.
07:23And I'd like to see Isaiah Bolden get some work there.
07:26That's a guy that they've had for a couple years.
07:27Yeah.
07:27He's gotten a ton of looks there.
07:28It's not good if he's not repping, right.
07:30He can also return kicks.
07:31So it's like, let's see, can he do the depth thing and return kicks in that?
07:34It's fucking hot, Barth.
07:35You've got to get to these questions, man.
07:36All right, real quick.
07:37What did you think of the run game between the tackles?
07:39I thought it was good.
07:40I thought it was really good.
07:41Because these guys were up to the backers.
07:43And what I like is it's like the old Ivan Fierce theory of, hey, we run the ball.
07:47We score every time.
07:48And so the second these guys are getting touched, they're not stopping.
07:51They're running through contact, running through arms, getting to the goal line.
07:54And the whole offense falls them down.
07:55I like that.
07:55Get guys in shape.
07:56How early should people be here tomorrow to make sure they get a seat on the bleachers?
08:00Bleachers?
08:01I'd say 930.
08:03930's good.
08:03I feel like the hill was filling up before the bleachers today.
08:06I went down and I did the thing with Sarge today before practice.
08:09How is Sarge?
08:10Sarge is good.
08:11He's good.
08:11He's filling it, huh?
08:12What's up?
08:13He's filling it.
08:14I hear the big announcements.
08:15Oh, no.
08:15He was in his bag today.
08:16Oh, boy.
08:17He was in his bag.
08:18So as you guys are tuning in, thank you very much.
08:21Does he have that area down there, Sarge's Corner, or whatever the hell that is that was?
08:24What do you mean?
08:25He sits down, talks to a player.
08:26There's a sectioned off area.
08:27I don't think so.
08:28I thought you meant, like, remember how there was Brady's Corner in the stadium?
08:31Yeah.
08:31Are there fans at training camp that have a Sarge's Corner?
08:32There's a little sign.
08:33Jim, there used to be a sign for Sarge's yard.
08:38I don't remember that.
08:39I didn't see it.
08:40That's a dumb thing anyway.
08:42Anyway, we'll have another one of these recaps tomorrow.
08:44If you missed any of the previous ones, Sports Hub YouTube page or Patriots Hub podcast,
08:48wherever you get your podcasts.
08:50Again, how'd you do with Lazar on Saturday?
08:52You guys got a lot of hits on that, huh?
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08:54It blew up.
08:55Blew up?
08:55It always does.
08:56We had a good one.
08:56Good one to talk about.
08:57A lot to talk about.
08:58Well, these have been blowing up, too.
08:59These have been doing good numbers.
09:00Good.
09:00Yeah, because you're promoting them on the show, and people love to hear us.
09:03I fucking swear.
09:04There you go.
09:04That adds it up as well.
09:05Fucking right.
09:06Tune in.
09:06Tell a friend to fucking turn in.
09:07We'll be back tomorrow.
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09:10Myself, Matt Zollof.
09:11We'll have coverage of practice today.
09:12Any updates on Christian Gonzalez?
09:14Until the next one, for Scott Zollich, I'm Alex Barth.
09:16Thanks for tuning in.
09:16We'll talk to you tomorrow.
