Daily news and links for Tuesday
TEAM TALK
- Paul Perillo’s Day 5 Blogservations: The 90-minute practice featured some extended work on the running game, most of which took place in the red zone. While it wasn’t perfect, the offensive line consistently was able to get movement and pushed its defensive counterparts back on a number of occasions. That allowed running backs Rhamondre Stevenson, Antonio Gibson, TreVeyon Henderson and Terrell Jennings plenty of opportunities to pick up yards between the tackles. More!
- Evan Lazar’s Trench Report: Top takeaways from Will Campbell and the first padded practice. ‘Rookie LT Will Campbell was introduced to his first NFL practice in full pads by Keion White in 1-on-1s, but the first-rounder settled in during team periods. From this vantage point, Campbell had a great start to real football.’ /Good read.
- Mike Dussault spotlights how Hunter Henry and Pop Douglas have been among the offensive standouts early on.
- Transcript: Mike Vrabel. (Plus, 10 min. video)
- Press Conference: Hunter Henry, Kayshon Boutte, DeMario Douglas, Jaylinn Hawkins, Jack Gibbens. (26 min.video)
- Training Camp-Cast: Pats in pads, Red Zone focus, Full Day 5 recap. (9 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Live from Day 5 of training camp; First day in pads. (70 min. video)
- Highlights: Drake Maye plays game of matching Gatorade bottles. (1.21 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- NBC Sports Boston’s Tuesday Live updates: Gonzalez not practicing as Patriots training camp continues.
- Alex Barth mentions the Patriots’ PUP list continuing to shrink; Austin Hooper is on the field for Tuesday’s practice, indicating he’s been activated from the PUP list.
- Mike Reiss shares the latest intel, updates from camp: With both starters, Gonzalez and Davis, off the field Monday, it thrust Alex Austin and Marcus Jones into the top roles, with 2024 sixth-round pick Marcellas Dial Jr. the top slot option; Notable 1-on-1 wins for offensive linemen: Starting RG Mike Onwenu holds his ground vs. DT Christian Barmore; backup RG Sidy Sow slows down rookie DT Joshua Farmer; WR Ja’Lynn Polk practiced for the first time in training camp, and caught a short TD pass from Drake Maye in the back left-hand corner of the end zone. More!
- Alex Barth’s Day 5 training camp notebook: Full speed. It was a full two-hour session, that saw the focus of practice change. The run game was a significant feature with fewer pass plays – which were mostly play action calls supplementing the run. More.
- Andrew Callahan’s Day 5 takeaways: Young receiver returns, star defender hurt; the offensive results were mixed at best; Play of the Day: Ja’Lynn Polk’s late TD grab; Player of the Day; OLB K’Lavon Chaisson; QB corner; Studs & Duds; No one had more fun Monday than RBs Stevenson, Gibson and Henderson who ate up snaps, barreling into the line of scrimmage their first day in pads; More!
- Doug Kyed details Monday’s higher intensity practice: In 11-on-11s, the offense went extremely run-heavy with Maye completing 5-of-6 passes; The Patriots ran 27 times during the 11-on-11 portion with eight run-stuffs by the defense. Henderson received the most carries in the run game, taking seven handoffs from Maye and Dobbs. He did fumble an exchange from Dobbs. More!
- Jerry Thornton’s letters from camp: Padded practices lead to the first scary moment of the 2025 season; Drake Maye has, for the most part, been lighting it up; it’s clear this team, this coaching staff, this franchise, is in the most capable hands once again. And playing for keeps. No nonsense. No drama; More!
- Phil Perry’s Training camp stock watch: Will Campbell submits up-and-down performance.
- Zack Cox explains why Mike Vrabel compared Hunter Henry to former Titans All-Pro safety Kevin Byard.
- Karen Guregian says losing Christian Gonzalez isn’t an option.
- Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discuss whether Pop Douglas could be a top-10 slot WR in the NFL.
- Justin Leger highlights Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry talking about Kayshon Boutte climbing the WR depth chart.
- Ethan Hurwitz passes along a report that the Patriots signed former Florida LB RJ Moten who was in town for their rookie minicamp in May.
- Nick O’Malley catches up with former Patriots champ Dan Koppen, now a brewery owner and a coach who was just spotted at Patriots camp – and he brought his whole team with him.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Aaron Schatz (ESPN) Ranking NFL team talent under 25. Patriots 7th. [Up from 24th in 2024] ‘Here’s an up-and-coming collection of young talent: the all-new, all-different Patriots!’ /Click for more commentary.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Mike Vrabel, who fought as a player in camp, doesn’t want his players to fight.
- Albert Breer (SI) NFL Takeaways: Inside Ben Johnson’s plan for Bears QB Caleb Williams; Plus, J.J. McCarthy’s development, Christian Wilkins’s dustup with the Raiders and more.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) Each NFL team’s biggest challenge. Patriots: Biggest challenge: Building the supporting cast around Drake Maye. /Click for commentary.
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) 2025 NFL Protector of the Year candidates: Top 10 offensive linemen who could win league’s new award. No Pats.
- Mike Kadlick (SI) Bills ‘Hard Knocks’ schedule 2025: How to watch.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: Raiders teammate filed H.R. complaint over Christian Wilkins’s kiss on the head. /Thinking there may be more to this story?