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Training Camp-Cast 8/5: Walkthrough Tuesday, Joint Practice Preview, Positions to Watch, Full Day 11 Recap · Patriots Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday, the Patriots dialed back to a walk through place,
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  Speaker 1: but we're gonna break down the upcoming joint practice with
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  Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders. Let's do it. Welcome to the Patriots
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  Speaker 1: Training Camp cast, everybody. I'm Mike do So, joined by
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  Speaker 1: Paul Perilo and Evan Lazar and guys. Today the eleventh
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  Speaker 1: practice of training Camp. Dial Back to walk through seem
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  Speaker 1: like they're really getting prepared for the Washington Commanders who
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  Speaker 1: are gonna come in here tomorrow for a nice set
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  Speaker 1: of joint practice. Is always fun to watch, But Paul,
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  Speaker 1: I think maybe the biggest thing that stood out to me,
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  Speaker 1: aside from some of the attendant stuff, is just getting
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  Speaker 1: ready for Jad and Daniels in that offense.
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  Speaker 2: And listening to Jabrill Peppers talk about it a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: it's a good test for them. It's a guy that
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  Speaker 2: was obviously pretty dynamic as a rookie last year. Peppers
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  Speaker 2: talked about wanting to make sure that the discipline, the
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  Speaker 2: eyes were in the right place. They want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure they maintain their containment on the outside. So I
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  Speaker 2: do think it'll be a nice little test for the defense.
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  Speaker 2: They will see a handful of mobile guys and you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously Daniels is as electric as any of them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, anything stand out to you today, Well, it would.
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  Speaker 3: Just be interesting to see if some of the carryover
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  Speaker 3: the reps that we saw in today's practice with you know,
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  Speaker 3: Marcus Bryant still mixing in, Javon Baker mixing in a
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  Speaker 3: little bit, and do those guys start to get opportunities
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  Speaker 3: with Drake May and with the top offense. We'll see
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  Speaker 3: you because daylight tomorrow is a day that Javon Baker
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  Speaker 3: could make the team theoretically if he has a great
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  Speaker 3: day against the Commanders. And you know, Latimore and Sanders
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  Speaker 3: still in a good cornerback room in Washington. So I'm
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  Speaker 3: just interested to see if that was like kind of
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  Speaker 3: setting the table for giving those guys some of those
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  Speaker 3: opportunities tomorrow to maybe make a push that we've already
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  Speaker 3: seen a little bit here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to set the table a little bit
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  Speaker 1: for joint practices. But first let's just talk a little
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  Speaker 1: about the attendance two guys who left practice yesterday, Marcellus
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  Speaker 1: Dial as well as Jaquelin Roy. We're not out there today.
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  Speaker 1: We did see Carlton Davis, who continues his pattern of
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  Speaker 1: showing up for walkthroughs light participant. Wouldn't anticipate to see
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  Speaker 1: him either tomorrow or Friday nights still, but overall, it
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  Speaker 1: seems like some of the depth on the offensive line
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  Speaker 1: that's where I'm most interested. Guys. You know, Citisow has
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  Speaker 1: been out for a little while, Caden Wallace has been
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  Speaker 1: out for a little while. They've had to sign it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they brought in Alec Lindstrom at center as well.
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  Speaker 1: How much is Will Campbell gonna play? I'm not expecting
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  Speaker 1: to see a lot of Morgan Moses, but when I
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  Speaker 1: look at these tackle positions, we've seen, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: have more of Marcus Bryant in recent days. Tray Jacobs
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  Speaker 1: has continued to work in with that unit. Those are
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  Speaker 1: two guys I'm just going to start with on the outside.
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  Speaker 1: Bryant and Jacobs has two tackles who opportunity for a
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  Speaker 1: swing tackle position, but also very valuable depth. And you
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  Speaker 1: can tell through training camp the Patriots have kind of
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  Speaker 1: been building towards having that depth by getting them reps
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  Speaker 1: early on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the right tackle spot is interesting because
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  Speaker 2: of exactly what you said. Morgan Moses has been out
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  Speaker 2: there every day but I think lately we've seen less
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  Speaker 2: and less of him in the actual team reps today
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  Speaker 2: when they were doing the walkthrough stuff, there was a
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  Speaker 2: lot of rotation between Jacobs and and Bryant the rookie,
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  Speaker 2: who I love the phrase that Evan has tools the rookie,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because he does have all the measurables. I
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  Speaker 2: think you'll see a lot of those two guys on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I think there might be an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for a swing tackle if one of these guys can
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  Speaker 2: can show that they can play both sides. We haven't
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  Speaker 2: really gotten to see Baderian Low. I would expect him
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  Speaker 2: to be into that competition as well, So good opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for those guys. You know, two young guys, Jacobson and Bryant.
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  Speaker 1: Have you talked a little bit about wide receiver position.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to hammer down on that a little
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  Speaker 1: bit because it seems kind of obvious who the top
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  Speaker 1: five guys are maybe right now at this point, but
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  Speaker 1: when you get into the second year guys, the rookies,
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  Speaker 1: that's where it seems like the opportunities are going to
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  Speaker 1: be not only Wednesday joint practices, but in the Friday
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  Speaker 1: night Yeah, a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Of teams nowadays carrying six receivers on their fifty three
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  Speaker 3: man roster, and so who has the inside track right now?
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  Speaker 3: I feel like it's Javon Baker based off of what
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  Speaker 3: we've seen in the last couple of days. But does
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  Speaker 3: that hold. Does e Fton Chisholm come into this conversation,
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  Speaker 3: just Jalen Polk come into the conversation. We know kenner
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  Speaker 3: Burn's probably not going to be out there with the
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  Speaker 3: injury he's dealing with, So that's the name that we're
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  Speaker 3: not necessarily going to see. But between that group that
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  Speaker 3: I just named right there, they all feel like they're
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  Speaker 3: probably competing for one spot, and it's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: guys to compete for one spot. So what direction do
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  Speaker 3: they want to go in? I think will probably come
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  Speaker 3: down to skill set, you know. Do they want to
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  Speaker 3: have a bigger body X receiver like a Jaymon Baker,
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  Speaker 3: Do they want to go with the prototypical slot like
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  Speaker 3: Efton Chisholm, And which direction does that end up going in?
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  Speaker 3: We'll see. But I'm just fascinated to see who catches
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  Speaker 3: passes from Drake, Like that's always the big thing in
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  Speaker 3: these practices. If you are catching passes with Drake May,
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  Speaker 3: and you're running routes with Diggs and Kyle Williams and
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  Speaker 3: Pop Douglas and Booty. They probably have a plan for
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  Speaker 3: you to be around. So we'll find out.
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  Speaker 1: Tomorrow, ye, Paul, I don't know if we're going to
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  Speaker 1: see Terry McLaurin. It's definitely not in the game, probably Friday,
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  Speaker 1: probably not on Wednesday either, But I want to highlight
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  Speaker 1: maybe in a Patriot, we don't know about that, but
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  Speaker 1: I want to highlight the cornerback position, which Christian Gonzalez
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  Speaker 1: has now been out for a week, not expecting to
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  Speaker 1: see Carlton Davis. A lot of opportunity, opportunity at that
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  Speaker 1: position right from the get go. You're gonna start with,
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  Speaker 1: you know, DJ James, who had a good day yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Austin has kind of been their their stalwart out there.
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  Speaker 1: But it's gonna mean opportunities for guys like Kobe Minor,
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  Speaker 1: you know, go right down the list, including that injury yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Marcellus Dialay, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think that has a you know, potential impact. I
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  Speaker 2: think he was taking some reps in the slot, you know,
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  Speaker 2: behind Marcus Jones, So you know, I think that that
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  Speaker 2: job is probably still open. They probably want somebody that
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  Speaker 2: they feel good about playing inside other than Marcus Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe Isaiah Bolden gets, you know, some more opportunities to
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  Speaker 2: do some of that stuff. We've seen him sort of
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  Speaker 2: move around a little bit in the secondary, seen him
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  Speaker 2: in the back end even at times. But yeah, DJ
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  Speaker 2: James would seem to be a guy. He was getting
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  Speaker 2: some of the reps today in the walkthrough, you know,
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  Speaker 2: behind those other three guys that you already mentioned. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Kobe Minor is the guy I noticed really for the
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  Speaker 2: first time on Monday, sort of been around the ball
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, celebrating some pass defenses. So maybe he's
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  Speaker 2: starting to get his feet wet a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of the late round draft picks this in this class.
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  Speaker 2: So opportunities definitely, for sure, some of those younger secondary corners,
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  Speaker 2: there might be one job. And right, DJ James certainly
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  Speaker 2: gotten a lot of reps you know, in those spots,
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  Speaker 2: But I don't think it's a done deal by any means.
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  Speaker 3: That's a fun conversation because I think in Washington they're
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  Speaker 3: talking about the receiver position behind Terry McLaurin and are
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  Speaker 3: worried that they don't have a lot of depth at receiver.
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  Speaker 3: So now with the Patriots corners, we're talking about their
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  Speaker 3: depth corners because of the injuries the Gonzales and Davis.
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  Speaker 3: So it's a fun little matchup there of two groups
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  Speaker 3: that are going to be really competing to earn roles
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  Speaker 3: and to earn roster spots on both sides of the balls.
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  Speaker 3: So we've heard a lot about you know, Deebo Samuel
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  Speaker 3: in the shape that he's in right now and whether
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  Speaker 3: or not he says anything left, but behind that it's
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  Speaker 3: it's not a lot right there in Washington of household
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  Speaker 3: names besides Deebo McLaurin. So I'm interested to see what
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  Speaker 3: that group looks like.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, last point I want to talk about is just
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  Speaker 1: Drake May the quarterback for me. I'm looking at the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of practices. We've started to implement some situational
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  Speaker 1: football end of minute too in its situation, we saw
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  Speaker 1: them walking through that today. Anticipation is based on the
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  Speaker 1: joint practices we've seen in the past that they'll have
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the game, at the end of practice,
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  Speaker 1: probably a you know, one possession kind of thing. Got
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  Speaker 1: to have at the moment, and you know, guys, for me,
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  Speaker 1: for Drake, he's looked really good early on in a
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  Speaker 1: lot of these practices. He looks comfortable in seven on seven,
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  Speaker 1: But I've found that as we've gotten into the more
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  Speaker 1: competitive periods, he hasn't quite been able to stick that
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  Speaker 1: dagger in that you know, we're really looking for. Going
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  Speaker 1: back to the interception that we ended off the in
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  Speaker 1: stadium practice, and I know we're questionable on that touchdown
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  Speaker 1: yesterday that they ended the game, but still it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of as evanport, I think, kind of a heave,
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  Speaker 1: kind of a lucky you know, it wasn't maybe they
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  Speaker 1: finished with a touchdown, but still I want to see
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  Speaker 1: Drake May in this joint practice, be on the ball
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  Speaker 1: and be really tight in these The number.
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  Speaker 2: One thing that I would be paying attention to. It's
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  Speaker 2: a combination of what both of you guys have talked about,
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  Speaker 2: you talking specifically about May and Evan bringing up the
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  Speaker 2: receivers that are actually catching passes from May some of
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  Speaker 2: those secondary targets, so those of them would be probably
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  Speaker 2: first and foremost. I want to see some consistent on offense.
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  Speaker 2: The pass protection I don't think has been really good
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  Speaker 2: throughout the summer. I'd like to see that be better.
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  Speaker 2: We all remember what happened last year against Philly, So
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  Speaker 2: I want to see a dramatic improvement in that department.
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  Speaker 2: And I like to see which of these receivers that
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  Speaker 2: Evan talked about already starts to emerge. So let's say
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  Speaker 2: I get an opportunity, there's four of us for one job.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take the step forward and I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to emerge as the leading candidate, and absolutely Drake May.
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  Speaker 2: It starts with Drake May in his consistency.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I feel like in these
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  Speaker 3: practices we see some really high end flashes from Drake May,
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  Speaker 3: dropping throws in the bucket and making some real highlight
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  Speaker 3: real passes. But at the same time, the consistency of
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  Speaker 3: being able to string plays together to drive the ball
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  Speaker 3: down the field hasn't necessarily been there. And that's unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: for better or worse. That's kind of like his m
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  Speaker 3: right now as a whole, even going back to North Carolina,
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  Speaker 3: where you have four or five plays a game that
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  Speaker 3: make your jaw drop, but can he consistently put it
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  Speaker 3: together late in games especially, will be the question, but
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  Speaker 3: mentioned the offensive line. We got to talk about it
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  Speaker 3: a little bit. On the left side, you know, Will
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  Speaker 3: Campbell and Jared Wilson against this commander's defensive line. Von
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  Speaker 3: Miller's over there now, Javon Kinlaw, Deron Paine, Doran's armstrong
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  Speaker 3: old friend Detrich Wise. You know, they do have some
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  Speaker 3: rushers up front that can get after the quarterback Newton
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  Speaker 3: second round pick last year, another guy, So it's more
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  Speaker 3: I would say there's strength in Washington's the interior defensive line,
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  Speaker 3: not necessarily the edge positions, which is why they brought
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  Speaker 3: in von Miller. But still you want to see, especially
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  Speaker 3: those two rookies Wilson and Will Campbell hold up in
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  Speaker 3: this practice tomorrow and face some different matchups, different body types.
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  Speaker 3: You don't necessarily have the tells, and you know them
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  Speaker 3: as well as your own teammates. So let's see how
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  Speaker 3: it looks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, a lot to watch tomorrow during joint practices.
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  Speaker 1: If you're able to make it down here to Foxborough,
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  Speaker 1: it's a great take. If not, we'll be live on
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: the air with Patriots Unfiltered as practice starts off to
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  Speaker 1: set the scene for you, and then of course we'll
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  Speaker 1: be back after practice with a full Patriots Training Camp cast,
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  Speaker 1: recapping everything that went down at joint practices. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: you then,