***THE OFFICIAL 2014 New England Patriots training camp thread***

For anybody that has watched, are these interceptions by Garoppolo due to the fact that he's staring down his primary read or are they just piss poor plays by both him and the receivers in general? By my count, he's thrown at least one INT in every single practice.

dales804 said:

Gisele has made him her own personal Mr. Clean:

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Brady.. the real Heisenberg.

Cooking that crystal Patriot blue..

Danger Zone said:

Brady.. the real Heisenberg.

Cooking that crystal Patriot blue..

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Just needs the goatee and the hat.

Galeb said:

Slater caught a ball?!

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Praise the Lord! The boy can catch!

Gruden said watching Brady is like “Poetry in motion. Hall of Famer, the best of all time.”

Practice observations: Vince Wilfork's interception, Sealver Siliga's injury highlight joint session | Boston Herald

KontradictioN said:

For anybody that has watched, are these interceptions by Garoppolo due to the fact that he's staring down his primary read or are they just piss poor plays by both him and the receivers in general? By my count, he's thrown at least one INT in every single practice.

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Jimmy's version of struggling: Can't read NFL defenses, the speed of the game is too fast for him, causing the INTs IMO. He thinks the WRs are open, except these aren't FCS CBs covering them.

He has good footwork, mechanics, and release. It's not as if he's throwing the ball way over WR's heads or in the dirt. His decision making is just horrid at this stage.

In 3 quick years, he went from a mediocre FCS QB to one of the greatest ever. Granted I'm biased (ask manx, etc in the draft forum, Garoppolo was my binky, I even had him #10 on my bigboard ), give him 2-3 years to learn to read defenses, make decisions at the NFL level and IMO we will have a solid QB.

Just back from the practice today...

Left the house @ 10, got in the facility around 12:15. It was already packed.

• They did Redskins receivers against our DB's one on one right in front of us placing the ball on the 15, my over all impression was the redskins won most of the contests (revis got beat at least once, browner at least once, although the receiver may of been out of bounds). One of our guys (sorry, couldnt tell who) got his underwear twisted off.
• Punting. Looked to me like Allen was off all day. He had one booming punt, but the rest was underwhelming. From my vantage point at least one, perhaps 2 would of been blocked in a real game.
• 11 on 11's. Brady for the most part was..well, Brady. At one point they went hurry up for 3 plays in a row, and I was watching the 40 second clock..all the plays were snapped with 30 - 32 seconds left on the play clock. When this offence gets rolling, its an awesome site.
• When it was Mallets turn, all I could hear from redskin fans around me...what an arm.

I have some crappy video's that I may post later...I am not the best with a cell phone

Mark12 said:

Gruden said watching Brady is like “Poetry in motion. Hall of Famer, the best of all time.”

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Not possible. A sportswriter from Great Britain says not in the top 5 right now in the NFL.

Va_Pats_Fan said:

I have some crappy video's that I may post later...I am not the best with a cell phone

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That's ok, post em. That all we can get.

Boyce had better be one hell of a return man.

Deus Irae said:

Boyce had better be one hell of a return man.

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Or maybe he has really good upside but isn't ready to compete for a starting job yet after missing most of last season.

patsinthesnow said:

Jimmy's version of struggling: Can't read NFL defenses, the speed of the game is too fast for him, causing the INTs IMO. He thinks the WRs are open, except these aren't FCS CBs covering them.

He has good footwork, mechanics, and release. It's not as if he's throwing the ball way over WR's heads or in the dirt. His decision making is just horrid at this stage.

In 3 quick years, he went from a mediocre FCS QB to one of the greatest ever. Granted I'm biased (ask manx, etc in the draft forum, Garoppolo was my binky, I even had him #10 on my bigboard ), give him 2-3 years to learn to read defenses, make decisions at the NFL level and IMO we will have a solid QB.

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Or we could declare him a bust after 10 practices.

BelichickFan said:

Or maybe he has really good upside but isn't ready to compete for a starting job yet after missing most of last season.

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My comment was in terms of a depth chart. He seems pretty clearly to be a distant 6th. Upside doesn't mean a thing if he gets cut.

Marqui said:

That's ok, post em. That all we can get.

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ok, here they are. Be warned, they are raw...and at times frustratingly off target (my excuse is I had my grandkids with me, and I had to keep looking away to see where they were...)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4CZJaRR__9dZGx2a0xZc0t0dlE/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4CZJaRR__9dOERMMkY3Y1BmbG8/edit?usp=sharing

Deus Irae said:

Upside doesn't mean a thing if he gets cut.

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It does if it causes him not to be cut.

JMC00 said:

Man I wish this would have been the year the Pats did Hard Knocks.

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That'll never happen. A team can refuse if they just made the playoffs. So until that happens you can bet your ass they'll keep refusing

Henroc said:

That'll never happen. A team can refuse if they just made the playoffs. So until that happens you can bet your ass they'll keep refusing

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Obviously. Just wish it would have happened.

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