8/3/08
O-line a work in progress; Sunday afternoon notes
By Andy Hart, Patriots Football Weekly
With a couple guys on PUP and others missing time due to injury, the Patriots have used a variety of different looks along the offensive through the first week-plus of training camp.
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Who’s hot: Jerod Mayo. Literally. The rookie is now taking reps with the first defense and in one drill on Sunday afternoon he got into it with another player. That led to the first real scrum of camp as players from both sides of the ball joined the physical fun. Mayo plays with a clear edge, even in practice.
Who’s not: Jason Webster. The free agent addition was running with the ones to open camp. But he’s missed more than a week of work and is falling behind the pack that now includes Ellis Hobbs and developing youngsters Terrence Wheatley and Jonathan Wilhite.
Play of the Day: Matt Cassel looked for Heath Evans in a team drill, but the ball tipped off the fullback’s hands and into Adalius Thomas’ waiting mitts. Thomas started to run and then was about to get tackled when he flipped the interception to Antwain Spann. The safety picked up another 20 yards down the left side before Evans pushed him out of bounds.
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