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Training Camp-Cast 7/31: Dialed Down Intensity, WR Makes His Debut, First Week Takeaways, Full Day 8 Recap · Patriots Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: After three straight days and pads, the Patriots were back
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  Speaker 1: to a walkthrough on Thursday. Still some takeaways, Let's break
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  Speaker 1: it down. Welcome everybody to the Patriots training camp cast.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, after three days of heat and pads today
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  Speaker 1: a little cooler walk through pace. Still a lot of
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  Speaker 1: work though team periods. You can see, Paul, they're kind
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  Speaker 1: of set in the stage as they continue to build,
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  Speaker 1: getting ready for the team drills, calling plays, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the field, all that stuff. Seems like
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  Speaker 1: that's where they're headed, getting the putting, putting it all together.
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  Speaker 2: And finishing it all up with a little two minute
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  Speaker 2: drill at the very end. But to me, the big
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  Speaker 2: takeaway is Mac Collins, you know, coming off pup and
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  Speaker 2: being directly involved right from the start. Obviously a walkthrough,
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  Speaker 2: so there's not really much of a ramp up period
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  Speaker 2: for contact and whatnot. No pads, certainly no intensity. But
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  Speaker 2: he was out there the first group, you know, out
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  Speaker 2: at the X. You know you like that mic right,
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  Speaker 2: I like the X right. So he was getting plenty
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  Speaker 2: of reps. But yeah, good to see him back.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, interesting player. I've mentioned a couple of times we
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  Speaker 1: were out in Vegas when Josh was out there. We
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  Speaker 1: watched him joint practices with him and he was very involved,
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  Speaker 1: even with DeVante Adams and Hunter Renfro, So it seems
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  Speaker 1: like Josh has a plan for him. I was a
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  Speaker 1: little surprised too to see him hop right in. Otherwise
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  Speaker 1: hard to really get a read on some of the returns.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Carlton Davis was back out there. We haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen him since last walkthrough, so yeah, he's still working back,
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  Speaker 1: but he did.
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  Speaker 2: Get reps in there. He was with Alex Austin a
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  Speaker 2: lot and some of the stuff that they did, so
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  Speaker 2: maybe he's a little bit closer to returning as well.
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  Speaker 1: I'd say one notable one though was Garrett Bradberry, who
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  Speaker 1: missed yesterday and continues to test the center depth a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. Ben Brown taking the top reps overall. But
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  Speaker 1: otherwise you want to read too much into some of
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  Speaker 1: these guys that we weren't out there. Some new tight
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  Speaker 1: ends that they signed yesterday as well, so almost a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a reset day, and I would say
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  Speaker 1: for us, Paul, a little bit of a reset day.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you guys got what you wanted. It wasn't you know?
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  Speaker 2: Ninety five degrees and Sonny. You know, God forbid, it'd
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  Speaker 2: be summer in the summertime. You know, we got it
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  Speaker 2: down into the sixties and you know, with a with
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  Speaker 2: a heavy breeze and you know, kind of uncomfortable. But
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  Speaker 2: that's okay.
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  Speaker 1: You guys got it the way. You know, it was
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  Speaker 1: nice not to be sweating through my nice to get
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  Speaker 1: in here. And I feel like I have heatstroke. But Paul,
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  Speaker 1: let's take this chance though, as it is a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a slower day, just to look back at
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  Speaker 1: those three day three days of pads and you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe just a couple of players to you that that
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  Speaker 1: have maybe stood out that you weren't expecting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's something that you know, knowing it was
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  Speaker 2: a walkthrough, I sort of gave that some thought. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I think two receivers would would jump to the top
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  Speaker 2: of my list of Mario Douglas and Kaisha on booty.
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  Speaker 2: And it's kind of ironic because we just talked about
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  Speaker 2: Holland's returning. He immediately jumped into the booty slot, So
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  Speaker 2: I wonder if that's going to be something to keep
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  Speaker 2: an eye on. I will say those two receivers would
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  Speaker 2: would would top my list as guys that I thought
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  Speaker 2: would been active. They've been a part of the first
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  Speaker 2: group with the team in all the team periods, every day,
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  Speaker 2: every period. So Booty I think would be more note
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  Speaker 2: of those two, because I think most people felt like
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  Speaker 2: Douglas would have an inside track on that slot position.
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  Speaker 2: Interesting with matc Collins as well though, and Douglas said
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  Speaker 2: this earlier in camp. Josh McDaniels shown him tape of
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different guys, you know, playing this lot
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  Speaker 2: different body types. Matt Collins is one of the guys
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  Speaker 2: he showed in the slot. He'd moved to the slot
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  Speaker 2: at times today in the walkthrough too, So I don't
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  Speaker 2: think you'd just say exclusively it's Mac Collins on the outside.
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  Speaker 2: I think Josh McDaniels probably wants to move him around
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  Speaker 2: a little bit too. But those are two guys that
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  Speaker 2: stood out to me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Hollins has some length to which just makes him
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  Speaker 1: stand out a little bit in that group. I know
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  Speaker 1: you've been high on Caleb on Chase on as well.
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  Speaker 1: We've mentioned him a little bit on PUP as well
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  Speaker 1: as these camp casts. But going into the season, I
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  Speaker 1: was concerned, how are these new edge guys going to
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  Speaker 1: come in and fit in. Are they going to be
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  Speaker 1: able to get some pressure? And so far Chason's been
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  Speaker 1: really dynamic, got a lot of pressure. One other thing
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  Speaker 1: I'll mention too, not even a player, but listening to
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  Speaker 1: the Milton Williams yesterday talk about this new scheme a
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  Speaker 1: lot different, I think than what we've seen from Bill
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  Speaker 1: Belichick and those defenses of the past where there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of breaedom react. It seems like now the theme
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  Speaker 1: of this defense is going to be attacking. Just not
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sit there, try to figure out what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing, seaball, get ball. I like that, especially for
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  Speaker 1: guys like Williams Christian Barmo.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of ironic because I like it too, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm right with you. I always like to sort of
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  Speaker 2: try to disrupt timing and not as much react. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, on the flip side, I'm like Bill Belichick
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  Speaker 2: is widely regarded as one of the defensive masterminds of
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  Speaker 2: his time, and he's obviously had a lot of success
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  Speaker 2: playing defense the way that you described. But I'm with you,
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  Speaker 2: I'd rather go after the quarterback. I'd rather, you know,
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  Speaker 2: be aggressive and if you get beat, you make the offense,
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  Speaker 2: execute quickly at a high level as opposed to you know, methodically,
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  Speaker 2: you know, paper cutting, you you know, on the way
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  Speaker 2: down the field. So I'm excited to see what it
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  Speaker 2: entails with Mike Rabel and Terrell Williams in this new
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  Speaker 2: attacking kind of style. But all of the players, not
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  Speaker 2: just Milton Williams, all of the players have talked about it,
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  Speaker 2: and I am excited to see it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Harold Land think he's he's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: key piece there on the edge. He was back today,
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  Speaker 1: got a veteran day of rest yesterday, Paul As we
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  Speaker 1: look a little bit forward here. The team's going to
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  Speaker 1: have the weekend off, but not before they're an in
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  Speaker 1: stadium practice. A lot of speculation going on because we've
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  Speaker 1: heard Mike Frabel said it's going to be a scrimmage
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  Speaker 1: quote unquote, a little scrimmage with a stress on the
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  Speaker 1: little We've seen this practice in the past where it's
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  Speaker 1: really about getting the whole, like game day function down,
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  Speaker 1: like here's where the tunnel we come out, this is
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  Speaker 1: where we stand for the coin toss, this is where
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  Speaker 1: we go at halftime. Also working for the coaches calling
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  Speaker 1: plays in I said to Evan. When we were watching
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  Speaker 1: practice today, I think Friday night's going to be maybe
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  Speaker 1: this what we saw today, but increase the voltage by
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  Speaker 1: about fifty percent, and then that's what I'm expecting tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't expect to see, you know, a rock em
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  Speaker 2: soccer match, you know, a full scale scrimmage, but I
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  Speaker 2: would expect to see the team's on the sidelines and
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  Speaker 2: only eleven players on each side of the ball on
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  Speaker 2: the field. Are as opposed to milling around like you
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  Speaker 2: get during a regular practice, you know, pads, I would think,
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  Speaker 2: But I'm not expecting to see tackling to the ground
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  Speaker 2: or anything like that. You know, maybe a higher intensity
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  Speaker 2: than we've seen in the in stadium practices in the
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  Speaker 2: recent past, but you know, I wouldn't think by much.
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  Speaker 1: As we looked the next week, Paul, what are you
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  Speaker 1: kind of looking for? We've seen now. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: like seven practices in the bag. We'll have another one
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night. We'll have joint practice next week against the
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  Speaker 1: Commanders on Wednesday. But I think the Patriots are going
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  Speaker 1: to have another physical practice on Monday, walk through Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: and then they'll get into it with the Commanders. Without
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  Speaker 1: getting to nitty gritty, I mean, I'm putting on spot,
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  Speaker 1: But what are you kind of feeling as we get
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  Speaker 1: into next week? What are you most curious about?
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  Speaker 2: Want to see? Yeah, I want to see these guys
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  Speaker 2: starting to repeat the performances, you know some of the
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  Speaker 2: you know, Alex Austin's another guy that I've been somewhat
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  Speaker 2: impressed with through the first week. Can he, you know,
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  Speaker 2: make it a second week? And you know, Bill Belichick
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  Speaker 2: used to say all the time, it's it's much about
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  Speaker 2: being able to practice consistently and being out there all
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  Speaker 2: the time. And the attendance has been pretty good. We're
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  Speaker 2: starting to get somewhere and tear right, who can get
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  Speaker 2: back out in the practice field, who can stay on
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  Speaker 2: the practice field. Those are the kinds of things I'll
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  Speaker 2: be looking for on a Monday in particular, because you're right,
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  Speaker 2: Tuesday will probably be a walk through and then before
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  Speaker 2: you know it, Washington will be here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well that's going to do it for this PP
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  Speaker 1: and Theduce edition of the Patriots Training Camp cast. But
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  Speaker 1: we will be back tomorrow on Friday night, be a
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  Speaker 1: late one. I think practices due to end about seven thirty,
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  Speaker 1: So if you're looking for this next edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Patriots Training Camp Cast. Be on the lookout late Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll be right back at it next week.