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Training Camp-Cast 7/30: Maye Shines with TD Toss, OL Attrition Forces Adjustment, Full Day 7 Recap · Patriots Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: A third straight day in pads and in the heat. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: the dog days of summer. Here, let's break it down.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Patriots training camp cast everybody, and we
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  Speaker 1: are back for practice number seven. Man, they're just reeling
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  Speaker 1: off right now. I feel like we're getting into a flow.
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  Speaker 1: Feels a little bit like groundhog Day. But another productive
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  Speaker 1: day on the field, and guys, I would just say
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  Speaker 1: my big thought from today was more of the same.
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  Speaker 1: I thought both sides showed some flashes. You had some
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  Speaker 1: moments where Drake may makeing some nice throws. You had
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  Speaker 1: some good pressure from the defense at times as well,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe most impressive to me was just actually Drake navigating.
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  Speaker 2: Some of that pressure and delivering some throws.
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  Speaker 3: So another good day, I would agree. I thought Drake
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  Speaker 3: was a little bit sharper today.
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  Speaker 2: Than it was yesterday. And again, you're right, it was
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  Speaker 2: back and forth.
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  Speaker 3: It wasn't you know, just you know, anything that was
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  Speaker 3: overly consistent, But you know, some big time throws. I
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  Speaker 3: thought the one obviously down the sideline, the Kyle Williams
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  Speaker 3: really stood out because I don't think Kyle Williams was
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  Speaker 3: really open. I think that's one of those that he
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  Speaker 3: threw them open, but a good play by the rookie
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  Speaker 3: to make the adjustment on the ball.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, some positive plays on both sides. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I thought Drake was really good today for the most part,
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  Speaker 4: and maybe some of the protection issues up front were
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  Speaker 4: really what led to some of the clunkiness for the
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  Speaker 4: offense towards the end of his string of plays, it
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  Speaker 4: felt like they didn't necessarily finish a lot of their
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  Speaker 4: string as well. But I thought he made some really
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  Speaker 4: good throws today. And the thing that continues to stand
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  Speaker 4: out to me with him is how his timing and
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  Speaker 4: rhythm within this offense feels like he's been in this
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  Speaker 4: offense before, and it doesn't look like a quarterback that's
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  Speaker 4: learning a brand new offense and is maybe still kind
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  Speaker 4: of seeing it slowly and it's developing slower for him.
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  Speaker 4: Feels like the ball is coming out on time and
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  Speaker 4: in rhythm more times than not. So just looking around
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  Speaker 4: the league at some of the other training camps where
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  Speaker 4: guys are changing coaching staffs and have new coordinators, I
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  Speaker 4: don't think that's always the case for young quarterbacks when
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  Speaker 4: they go from one offense to another, that it's kind
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  Speaker 4: of a seamless transition. But you mentioned the Kyle Williams
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  Speaker 4: Gobald that was a pretty thrill. That's a dime, that's
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  Speaker 4: a big time throw.
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  Speaker 3: He's got that one, as you like to say, he's
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  Speaker 3: got that one in his toolbox.
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  Speaker 2: It's not the first time we've seen it.
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  Speaker 1: But there are also a couple of plays, Paul where we're
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  Speaker 1: up above and that's a Patriots play that looked like
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  Speaker 1: a couple of times, not a lot of them, but
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  Speaker 1: there was one in particular where it was just a
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  Speaker 1: little you know, dig sat down on a first down
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  Speaker 1: and just boom hit him, ball came out right on time.
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  Speaker 2: Love how you laid that out, Evan.
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was one of Diggs's better days too,
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  Speaker 3: you know. I mean, not that it was like a
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  Speaker 3: lot of volume. I think he probably had, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a handful of catches like he does every other day.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought the way.
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  Speaker 3: The catches came about, you know, one he really snatched
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  Speaker 3: out of the air across the middle, sat in a
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  Speaker 3: zone on another one. Just think you're seeing why he's
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  Speaker 3: a little bit different than.
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  Speaker 2: The rest of the guys.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So I just want to highlight, you know, third
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  Speaker 1: day of Pads, we had kind of extensive list of absences,
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  Speaker 1: some guys that Mike Frabele said that we're given arrest
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  Speaker 1: to Harold Landry at the top of the list, giving
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for calevon Chase On who has really been a
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  Speaker 1: consistent performer, and today he had a series where man
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  Speaker 1: he blew bi Will Campbell I think two times and
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  Speaker 1: it was not really close. He's really provided that pass
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  Speaker 1: rush presence that I think they desperately needed. I felt
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  Speaker 1: like I talked all off season about him or about
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  Speaker 1: that need and now didn't necessarily expect him to be
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  Speaker 1: the player that he has been through camp.
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  Speaker 2: But he's been really impressive, and today I got to
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  Speaker 2: call him out. I thought he was excellent today.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Out of the guys that have been participating fully
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  Speaker 4: almost every day, I would say he's been the most
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  Speaker 4: noticeable defender on the field, maybe the best defender throughout
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  Speaker 4: camp at this point for the Patriots, just really rushing
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  Speaker 4: the passer extremely well. He's got that inside move down,
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  Speaker 4: which is obviously a thing that Campbell's working on. So
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  Speaker 4: it's a good matchup for Campbell to sort of work
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  Speaker 4: in particularly on that. Today they were starting to stunt
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  Speaker 4: a little bit more upfront do some games and things
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  Speaker 4: like that with the pass rush, and Jason was a
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  Speaker 4: big part of that as well. So he's just been disruptive.
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  Speaker 4: He's been noticeable every single day coming off the edge,
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  Speaker 4: and I know people are going to hear that and say, well,
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  Speaker 4: that means that Will Campbell doesn't look so good. I
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  Speaker 4: didn't think today was his best day, but I did
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  Speaker 4: think he got better as the day progressed. I said,
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  Speaker 4: started off pretty rocky for Campbell, but as practice wore
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  Speaker 4: on and we got into the team periods, he settled
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  Speaker 4: in a little bit. I know that that's going to
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  Speaker 4: be a big talking point, so I just want to
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  Speaker 4: make sure don't panic like it was okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Well let's stay on the offensive line of
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  Speaker 1: as Garrett Bradberry was out and we've been seeing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of rotation at the center position, but it seemed
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  Speaker 1: like this was an opportunity Paul for them to adjust
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  Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, we had Ben Brown in
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  Speaker 1: at center and rookie Jared Wilson playing all the reps
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  Speaker 1: at left.
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  Speaker 3: Guard right because they're thin now so they need to
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  Speaker 3: find some more centers. And they had Cole Strange with
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  Speaker 3: the second group at center, which opened up the spot
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  Speaker 3: for Wilson, who we've been talking about is clearly making
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  Speaker 3: a push with his athleticism. Cayden Wallace talked to us
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  Speaker 3: after practice, you know, and he he just says he's
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  Speaker 3: really good, and he used more colorful language than that too.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, for a second year guy to look
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  Speaker 3: at a first year guy like that, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: thought that was an impressive quote to draw that kind
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  Speaker 3: of an impression that quickly.
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  Speaker 2: So there's some mixing and matching city.
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  Speaker 3: So is another guy that left practice today, you know,
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  Speaker 3: sort of in the middle of the team period. So
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  Speaker 3: the attrition is hitting the offensive line a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, Morgan Moses is on a pitch count
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  Speaker 3: of some sort. Yes, Sir Durant did not practice today
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  Speaker 3: after getting banged up yesterday, saying with Brad Berry, so
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  Speaker 3: I think if you look at the three deep that
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  Speaker 3: they have right.
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  Speaker 2: Now, they don't have enough.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no tackle, no left tackle with the third group,
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  Speaker 3: so they're going to continue to mix and match. I
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  Speaker 3: think they had another center come in today. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's the youngest.
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  Speaker 2: Lindstrom from BC, the youngest one. Yeah, I mean Alex Yeah, yeah, yeah, Alec.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I do wonder. You know Darian Lowe still on
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  Speaker 4: the pup list, like he's supposed to be your backup
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  Speaker 4: left tackle and he hasn't been out there. But with
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  Speaker 4: Jared Wilson, I think it really stands out every single
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  Speaker 4: day just how polished he is already as a rookie.
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  Speaker 4: And I think the main thing is in past protection.
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  Speaker 4: I think he's got a great stout anchor to him,
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  Speaker 4: and he's got a great job of refitting his hands
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  Speaker 4: and recovering when guys do swat his hands away and
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  Speaker 4: swatted that initial punch aways. Just good feet, good balance,
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  Speaker 4: doesn't end up on the ground a ton. Those are
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  Speaker 4: the things that you want to see out of rookie
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  Speaker 4: offensive lineman.
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  Speaker 2: Out of the gate.
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  Speaker 4: You can stay on your feet, can you move people?
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  Speaker 4: Can you anchor? That's the NFL power is the league
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  Speaker 4: Like the college game, You're not going to see the
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  Speaker 4: power that you're going to see at this level. When
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  Speaker 4: Christian Barmore and Milton Williams and even the Kiris Hunger
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  Speaker 4: Jeremiah Farms are coming off the ball at you can
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  Speaker 4: you put your cleats in the ground and stop them.
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  Speaker 4: And that's different than the college game in terms of
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  Speaker 4: the level of power. So seeing all those things from
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  Speaker 4: Jared Wilson's really encouraging. I know that there's injuries and
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  Speaker 4: there's reasons maybe that he was playing left guard that
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  Speaker 4: go beyond this, but I just don't necessarily see right
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  Speaker 4: now a path where he's not starting somewhere on this
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  Speaker 4: line come week one. He would really have to tail
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  Speaker 4: off from here to have that not happen. So I
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  Speaker 4: would like to see it at left guard. Today it
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  Speaker 4: was at left guard, so maybe they are in alignment
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  Speaker 4: there and they have him at guard instead of center.
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  Speaker 4: But either way, I feel like really positive that it
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  Speaker 4: feels like they drafted two guys that can start on
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  Speaker 4: the line, And when you had the worst offensive line
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  Speaker 4: in football last year, to draft two starters on the
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  Speaker 4: offensive line, that's a big development for this team and
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  Speaker 4: for the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the kicker competition continues. After last two days, each
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  Speaker 1: guy got their own reps. Today we were back to alternating,
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  Speaker 1: and Paul thought it looked a little better, looked like
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  Speaker 1: all the kicks were made best.
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  Speaker 2: I think was the best day for the kickers.
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  Speaker 3: I know, you know, your boy Alex will talk about
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  Speaker 3: that and catch twenty two later. But I thought all
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  Speaker 3: eight kicks today I thought looked exactly like an NFL
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  Speaker 3: field goal should look.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, right, there's some positive. No, for sure, that was positive.
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  Speaker 1: You're not even really any question, I mean some of well, no,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw that too. I mean the balls looked
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  Speaker 1: right coming off his foot. There was no real question
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  Speaker 1: they all they all looked good from from all of
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  Speaker 1: our vantage points.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, what else do we have to breakdown? Anything else?
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  Speaker 1: One is I just wanted to highlight Joel was here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and I want to say about that nothing nice catch
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  Speaker 1: from Javon Baker. I mean, it's hard trying to highlight
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  Speaker 1: all these guys who you know, made a play here
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  Speaker 1: and there, But certainly this is the time where guys
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  Speaker 1: are starting.
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't say, you know, I'll add that Jalen Polk
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  Speaker 3: was one of the players that spoke after practice and
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  Speaker 3: sort of asked a lot of different ways you know
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  Speaker 3: how he's changed what he's learned, and he's pretty steadfast
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  Speaker 3: in that. No, this is about me. I just got
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  Speaker 3: I just have to play better like I. He doesn't
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  Speaker 3: really acknowledge last year, which I think you can take
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  Speaker 3: one of two ways. He just kept saying nothing's changed,
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  Speaker 3: nothing's different. He said that I don't know if you'll
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  Speaker 3: overrun that one. He said that about three or four
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  Speaker 3: different times in different ways. So I think you could
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  Speaker 3: take it as that's a positive sign. He's confident in
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  Speaker 3: his ability and he's ready to sort of turn the
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  Speaker 3: page move on. And it's about this year fresh start, reset,
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  Speaker 3: I think is one of the words he used.
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  Speaker 2: Or you could be negative. Some people are like that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like some others.
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  Speaker 3: He not here that he didn't learn from last year,
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  Speaker 3: right that he just thinks nothing happened last year and
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  Speaker 3: there's nothing to change. It's just all about getting, you know,
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  Speaker 3: getting started again. So I just thought it was interesting
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  Speaker 3: his perspective.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I just mentioned I was with Kidd and Wallace,
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  Speaker 4: who there's another player that is interesting moving inside. He's
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  Speaker 4: playing guard and he said he really likes it if
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  Speaker 4: Rabel pointed out his physicality before practice, and so it
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  Speaker 4: allows him to be a little bit more physical. You're
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  Speaker 4: not dancing on the outside at tackle anymore. But the
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  Speaker 4: guy I think that deserves mentioning a little bit is
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  Speaker 4: DJ James, just because he's been out there and he's
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  Speaker 4: been with the top group. Now Christian Zalez and Carlton
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  Speaker 4: Davis are not practicing, so there's an opportunity there. That
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  Speaker 4: doesn't necessarily mean he earned it right away, but I
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  Speaker 4: think looking at him and having him out there is
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  Speaker 4: interesting just for the back end of that cornerback depth
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  Speaker 4: chart between him and Alex Austin and Marcella's dial, it's
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  Speaker 4: going to be a competition there for those last few spots.
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  Speaker 4: So not a name that I expected to be in
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  Speaker 4: the mix there, and he is, so DJ James.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Well there you have it, folks. Three street jays
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  Speaker 2: of Pads.
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  Speaker 1: Patriots going to pull back tomorrow with a walkthrough and
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: then in stadium practice on Friday night. But don't worry,
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  Speaker 1: we'll be here both days breaking the breaking those practices down,
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  Speaker 1: telling you everything we see. So stick with us here
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  Speaker 1: on the Patriots Training campcast.
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