What happened to in depth Training Camp Reports?

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

Ian

Are you not paying the grunts?

We seemed to have have a critical shortage of traing camp/ practice reporting.

 

[TheComeback]

Have to agree. None of the mainstream reporters are talking about camp at all, which is disappointing. If I lived in NE, I'd probably be going to camp every day I could.

I believe Patspsycho said he'd do some reports when he gets back from vacation. Have to say I'm looking forward to it; his are more informative than even the ones Mike Reiss does.

 

[Gwedd]

What happened to Mrs B? Did I miss something?

Her TC reports were always the best read of the day.

 

[DaBruinz]

What happened to Mrs B? Did I miss something?

Her TC reports were always the best read of the day.

I could be mistaken, but I believe that Mrs. B still does her podcasts..

 

[The Brandon Five]

Reiss has posted this on his blog a few times lately:

I will be active on Twitter (@MikeReiss), although not during each practice. The Patriots ask reporters for their cooperation in the following areas:

1. Not reporting on offensive or defensive strategy, which includes formations, personnel groups or non-conventional plays.
2. No quoting players or coaches during a practice.
3. Not reporting on practice until the session is over.

 

[jmt57]

Part of it may be due to there being no practice on Monday. In addition I believe today's practice was the annual season ticket holder event and was closed to the general public.

Patriots Today - Wednesday nuggets on the Pats
It's not much, but 3 and a half minutes of info is better than nothing, right?

Off-day good for everyone | Danny Picard | CSNNE

With training camp beginning just last Thursday, some may have thought it odd Bill Belichick gave his Patriots a day off on Monday.

But Belichick said Tuesday that the off-day was extremely beneficial. Not just for the players, but also the entire coaching staff.

“The day of yesterday was probably good for the coaching staff,” said Belichick. “It definitely gave us a chance to kind of get re-organized and take stock in what’s happened in the past week, and get a better plan going forward for some of the changes and the type of training camp that we’re running.

“We’ve seen our players – most of them – and we needed to have some sense of we’re they’re at, and kind of where things are going, what our priorities need to be in the next few days, and evaluate that and keep going forward here.

However, I do agree that after the first two days of camp there have been far fewer fan-related reports than in the past. Not sure where Mrs. B is; last I looked no reports by her over at the Planet either.

So for the time being we'll have to rely on the people that actually get paid to write.

It Is What It Is » Some quick thoughts on Patriots’ Tuesday afternoon practice

• More special teams work on Tuesday afternoon, and the unquestioned star was punter Zoltan Mesko, who delivered some absolute bombs that ended up going 70 yards or more. Brandon Tate, Julian Edelman and Taylor Price all worked as punt returners, while Pat Chung and Woodhead also got time as punt protectors. It’s incredibly early, but Mesko appears primed for a big season.

• The combination of Tom Brady and Wes Welker appear to be in midseason form. There were two plays that really illustrated how well the two operate together: One came on a goal-line passing drill where Brady lofted one just out of the reach of Chung — who was in coverage — and dropped it right into Welker’s arms. The second was on a deep ball down the right sidelines to Welker, another ball that just barely beat the defender (in this case, cornerback Jonathan Wilhite) and landed neatly in Welker’s grasp; two perfectly thrown balls.

Training Camp Today: Albert Haynesworth makes progress - Extra Points - Boston.com
Chris Gasper and Greg Bedard discuss the progress of Patriots defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth in this video, who also spoke with the media for the first time Tuesday.


The Rundown: Practice #8 - Boston.com

- Veterans who can’t practice until Aug. 4: CB Kyle Arrington, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (restricted), G Logan Mankins (franchise), RB Sammy Morris (unrestricted), RB Kevin Faulk (unrestricted), DL Steve Williams (unrestricted).
- Physically unable to perform list: DL Ron Brace, DL Brandon Deaderick, DL Myron Pryor.

 

[BlueThunder]

A few tidbits like so and so looked solid or player x dropped a ton of passes would be sufficient

Actually interested in hearing how the RB's look and also our potential new TE Lee Smith..

I understand that there will be a few more faces at practice starting tomorrow ( Aug 4) .....

Not sure how long TC is open to the public but I will be back home Aug 12th so if there is time, I'll try to get up to Foxboro and type in a few of my thoughts/opinions.....

Im not as technically savvy as a few of the guys who report here but I think any news is welcome after this long off season

 

[sbpatfan]

The media has been absolutely terrible so far. Everyone is reporting on Albert, we know he likes to smile and ram Rich Cheeseburger's face into the dirt. Give us something new.

 

[BlueThunder]

Wonder how long he sticks on roster?

"Rich Ohrnberger had a long day in one-on-ones and in the game period. He also failed to pick up a blitz by Dane Fletcher in the team period."

Nice to see Dane causing trouble on his blitzes....

 

[Ian]

Ian

Are you not paying the grunts?

We seemed to have have a critical shortage of traing camp/ practice reporting.

Tonight's practice is closed and there was no afternoon session, so that's why there's not much from this afternoon. Honestly I'll hop in on the bandwagon of saying that media wise there's only a couple posting anything remotely interesting so far in terms of camp reports. I'm guessing that most of the better ones are so bogged down with the free agent news that it's cutting into the time they'd normally spend writing about it.

As for the fans, there have been some good ones, with our friend Erik Frenz posting a bunch on Twitter. (Erik Frenz (ErikFrenz) on Twitter) We'll just have to appeal to some of the posters in here to fill us in if they hit camp in the near future

In the meantime I'll try and compile some stuff and see what I can come up with in the next day or so based on what I've heard from others and have read, and I'll focus on some specific players.

I'm hoping to head down on an off day at work next week, so I'll try and focus on some of the guys we've been talking about here recently and keep an eye on them.

 

[PushnPencils]

Big Crowd in Foxboro Tonight

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by shalisemyoung

Big turnout by season ticket holders for Pats prax tonight: 18,334. Largest crowd in five years.

"I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about practice."

-A. Iverson

 

[PushnPencils]

Re: Big Crowd in Foxboro Tonight

shalisemyoung shalise manza young
#Patriots practice has been over for at least 30min and @bspikes55 and @Ryan_Mallett_15 and Matthew Slater are *still* signing autographs

 

[Tunescribe]

Re: Big Crowd in Foxboro Tonight

Those Matt Slater autographs will fetch a tidy sum on eBay! Alas, I would've been there tonight if not for working on a deadline. Was there any scrimmaging/live contact, or just drills?

 

[jmt57]

Check out the links below for more info on today's practices.

Best and worst from Patriots practice | CSNNE | Tom E. Curran

BEST "MOE & CURLY" IMITATION (OR LOVE HURTS)

The defensive linemen did a drill in which one player put his hands toward the other and tried to get them on his jersey. The player whose space was being violated needed to slap the hands away before they got contact. Kyle Love and Mike Wright were matched up for the drill and somehow when Love went to put his hands on Wright, Wright slapped them aside and went upside Love's head. And they laughed. My, how they laughed.

It Is What It Is » Highlights from Wednesday night’s practice | weei.com | Christopher Price

- The field was split into two halves for 1-on-1 drills for a portion of the practice, with Brady and Ryan Mallett throwing to receivers going against defensive backs, while Brian Hoyer threw to right ends and running backs going one-on-one with linebackers. One nice play on receiver/d-backs one-on-ones came when Taylor Price gained good separation from Malcolm Williams around the end zone on a pass from Brady. The crowd went nuts when Chad Ochocinco make a nice diving catch on Jonathan Wilhite.

Later in practice, the Brady and Hoyer threw to receivers and tight ends as they went up against linebackers. There was good physicality between Devin McCourty and Aaron Hernandez, with the cornerback simply outmuscling his fellow second-year player to break up the play. Hernandez made a fine catch over the middle later in practice on a skeleton drill that featured Brady and and five skill position players against seven defenders.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Rookie RB Vereen leaves with injury - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

 

[s3antana5757]

Rookie RB Vereen leaves with injury - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

Not good. Hopefully it's just a tweak and he's fine in a couple of days.

 

[signbabybrady]

Ian

Are you not paying the grunts?

We seemed to have have a critical shortage of traing camp/ practice reporting.

I have done them in the past but I was only able to go to the first three days so far and most were walk-throughs and shorts and shells. I gave more detail for the padded one. I will be back this weekend and possibly Fri.

 

[E1Downey]

I read an opinion piece somewhere where the writer thought the defense had looked better than the offense thus far, making some nice plays while the offense looked a little behind. Can anyone who has been at camp confirm this thought? Or was I mislead? Nothing to worry about, I was just curious.

 

[stcjones]

What happened to Mrs B? Did I miss something?

Her TC reports were always the best read of the day.

I was going to post the same question......I hope all is right with Mrs. B. I used to really enjoy reading her daily summaries of what was going on at training camp. She is a great story teller! Check in Mrs B!!!

 

[stcjones]

Part of it may be due to there being no practice on Monday. In addition I believe today's practice was the annual season ticket holder event and was closed to the general public.

Patriots Today - Wednesday nuggets on the Pats
It's not much, but 3 and a half minutes of info is better than nothing, right?

Off-day good for everyone | Danny Picard | CSNNE



However, I do agree that after the first two days of camp there have been far fewer fan-related reports than in the past. Not sure where Mrs. B is; last I looked no reports by her over at the Planet either.

So for the time being we'll have to rely on the people that actually get paid to write.

It Is What It Is » Some quick thoughts on Patriots’ Tuesday afternoon practice



Training Camp Today: Albert Haynesworth makes progress - Extra Points - Boston.com
Chris Gasper and Greg Bedard discuss the progress of Patriots defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth in this video, who also spoke with the media for the first time Tuesday.


The Rundown: Practice #8 - Boston.com

Thanks......