Brady in town; will lead workouts

[Sciz]

Several Patriots, including some rookies, worked out at BC's Alumni Stadium for 2.5 hours. Brady led the work and Wilfork was there 4 the D

Twitter / Ian R. Rapoport: Several Patriots, includin ...

Patriots players just concluded a morning workout led by Tom Brady. About 40-50 players attended.

Twitter / Mike Reiss: Patriots players just conc ...

workout over for today - several rookies were in attendance, including Solder, Mallett, Dowling & Vereen

Twitter / shalise manza young: workout over for today - s ...

 

[Fencer]

Three thoughts:

1. Finally! Good news.
2. Brady would be more helpful to the team if he lived in the area in the offseason. However, his reasons for not doing so are very legit.
3. Absent him living around here in the offseason, I don't know what there is to complain about in his contributions or dedication.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

More likely it was a lot of fun and bonding mixed in with a little exercise and some exasperation... Kinda like pro bowl practices...

Maybe for the first day.

Brady seems to have 2 speeds and only 1 applies to anything football (pedal to the metal).

 

[Mike Procopio]

if you don't think Bill had a mass of emails in his drafts folder ready to blast out to every player/staff member on this team the second the lockout was lifted a month or so back, you clearly don't understand this team or the mindset of them. they thrive on the rules and tip toeing the line. the entire off season program, playbook, and nutrition guide is in the hands of every player on that team..

and anyone who complains about Brady not living in Boston during the off season... come on really?

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Funniest and probably most interesting thing to come out of todays workouts was the limited number of mediots in attendance (looks like SMY and Reiss) and apparently nobody told the Herald since Rap arrived moments after the players left following a 2.5 hour session and then totally screwed up by revealing the apparently supposed to be secret location on Twitter...LOL

Who's in and who's out...no surprise. Wait 'til Felger wades this PM...

 

[NEPatriot]

Three thoughts:

1. Finally! Good news.
2. Brady would be more helpful to the team if he lived in the area in the offseason. However, his reasons for not doing so are very legit.
3. Absent him living around here in the offseason, I don't know what there is to complain about in his contributions or dedication.

Agreed that it's good news. Many players don't live in the teams city in the off season. Just get on a plane for the voluntary work outs. I'd even feel better if he flew out the receivers to the West Coast. I seem to be in the minority but as the team's leader I'd like to see him doing more.

 

[NEGoldenAge]

Who says they do? And even if they did, who says they understand them... Why do we have coaches at all if that's the case? Why does Bill wear a whistle and send guys on laps and spew expletives and take players aside? To chat about current events? Did he bench Merriweather last season because he thought he needed a rest or because he wasn't doing what the coaches kept asking him to do despite being in clear possession of a playbook???

Bill scoffs at these dis-"organized workouts". He's just hoping they don't get hurt or develop a lot of bad habits he'll have to beat out of them...

Edelman says he has a playbook. Maybe you'd like to assume that he is only only one who does.... No one is suggesting that team led workouts are equal to coach led workouts. Your assumption that Bill scoffs at such things is a very bad one.

Instead of putting words in BBs mouth and dismissing the hard work of our local team, maybe you should praise them for such a large turnout.

FYI, the safeties coach from last year was canned, and it's been cited that it is because he wasn't good at teaching.

 

[Deus Irae]

It's about time. For an offense based on adjustments and timing, I'd think that working with the WR's is critical. What happened to the hardest working and most dedicated player on the team?

Offseason surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot, for one thing.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Edelman says he has a playbook. Maybe you'd like to assume that he is only only one who does.... No one is suggesting that team led workouts are equal to coach led workouts. Your assumption that Bill scoffs at such things is a very bad one.

Instead of putting words in BBs mouth and dismissing the hard work of our local team, maybe you should praise them for such a large turnout.

FYI, the safeties coach from last year was canned, and it's been cited that it is because he wasn't good at teaching.

Bill said as much a week or two ago when asked about player led workouts...

And as for Edleman, he may be in a little trouble when he and the coaches again meet. Playbooks are generally collected at the end of the season and placed back in the vault...or something. Teams guard them. Players often bend rules they don't think are that big a deal... And if he's talking about last year's playbook practicing it may not be gaining him any ground... Practicing the 2009 offenses playbook would have proved useless for the 2010 team...

 

[NEGoldenAge]

Bill said as much a week or two ago when asked about player led workouts...

And as for Edleman, he may be in a little trouble when he and the coaches again meet. Playbooks are generally collected at the end of the season and placed back in the vault...or something. Teams guard them. Players often bend rules they don't think are that big a deal... And if he's talking about last year's playbook practicing it may not be gaining him any ground... Practicing the 2009 offenses playbook would have proved useless for the 2010 team...

Where can I find where Bill "said as much"?

 

[mgcolby]

Bill said as much a week or two ago when asked about player led workouts...

And as for Edleman, he may be in a little trouble when he and the coaches again meet. Playbooks are generally collected at the end of the season and placed back in the vault...or something. Teams guard them. Players often bend rules they don't think are that big a deal... And if he's talking about last year's playbook practicing it may not be gaining him any ground... Practicing the 2009 offenses playbook would have proved useless for the 2010 team...

You don't think the Pats passed out playbooks, like every other team did, when the lockout was temporarily lifted and the players showed up to the facilities?

I would be shocked and pissed off if the Pats didn't get their playbook dispersed during the injunction.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Where can I find where Bill "said as much"?

“Well, I’m sure every team has some players that have some things organized that they’re doing together in varying degrees,” Belichick told me, “but who knows what is really going on?” “None of us have observed those workouts,” Belichick continued. “And what their idea of a productive workout is and maybe what another group of players is doing and how those compare… What a group of players on this team is doing relative to a group of players on another team and all that, I mean, your guess is as good as mine.”

If you need a belichick to english decoder to read between the lines you can borrow mine...

 

[MoLewisrocks]

You don't think the Pats passed out playbooks, like every other team did, when the lockout was temporarily lifted and the players showed up to the facilities? I would be shocked and pissed off if the Pats didn't get their playbook dispersed during the injunction.

Who said every team passed out playbooks? Mike Pouncy just for one stated he did not receive one from the Dolphins. Some teams are changing systems or coaches and don't even have one to hand out yet...

 

[Kontradiction]

I'm fine with the timing of this. Today would be the first day of minicamps. There's still a good chunk of the offseason to work on the offense with Brady leading the way, particularly with the lockout still in place.

 

[mgcolby]

Who said every team passed out playbooks? Mike Pouncy just for one stated he did not receive one from the Dolphins. Some teams are changing systems or coaches and don't even have one to hand out yet...

Mike Pouncey was drafted the night before. I think rookies would be the last of the group to receive a playbook. Especially those drafted Friday night and later. And with that said Miami doesn't even know who their QB is by all reports and they just hired Daboll as their OC, which I would assume would mean a whole new offense. Either way not getting the playbooks out is a major screwup especially for them. That franchise seems to be more interested in selling off 5% chunks of ownership to music stars that have any association with South Florida than they do with winning games these days.

Again I would be shocked if Tom Brady and the rest of the core group of players didn't receive the playbook or some version of the playbook on that Friday. In addition the core offense isn't going to change.

 

[NEGoldenAge]

If you need a belichick to english decoder to read between the lines you can borrow mine...

I just asked where I could find where BB "said as much". If you have a link, post it...

 

[RayClay]

I agree with whoever said it's good for Brady to get away as much as possible. He's in a warm area to work out, there's nothing organized going on anyway, and he's not a young pup with energy to burn, he's a veteran who's taking a pounding physically, and with stress ever season.

I think the greats realize it's the intensity and discipline you show in workouts more than how much time you put in, that counts. When you know what you're doing, you get more done in less time.

When you're beat up and stressed, you don't practice with the same intensity.

 

[BradyManny]

This is good news. While I agree with some that generally player-led workouts probably don't have much value outside of chemistry-building, you have to feel good about having guys like Brady, Wilfork, Mayo out there leading the way.

Especially w. Brady & the offense. The guy knows the offense well enough that Belichick hardly spends that much time on that side of the ball in practice or the games.

Let's just hope no one gets injured...please....

 

[BradyManny]

As for playbooks, what's stopping one of the vets from copying theirs and handing them to the rookies?

 

[MoLewisrocks]

I just asked where I could find where BB "said as much". If you have a link, post it...

Check the Rapsheet archives or the Sunday Herald from two weeks ago...