Patriots Training Camp Day 18 8/26- Joint Practice with Giants

[ashley]

Can't wait for this practice!!! Going to be very interesting to see how the reps are broken up between Mac and Cam.

 

[Love The Drake]

Any word on Nelson or Isiah?

 

[203Pat]

Any word on Nelson or Isiah?

I heard it was heat related. I guess we will find out if that was the case or not depending on their attendance.

 

[NYCPATS4LIFE]

Getting irritating with agholor. Hope he can stay healthy. He’s our deep threat.

 

[ashley]

Good review of yesterday by Reiss

 

[ashley]

 

[Kdo5]

Certainly a change from a few weeks ago where he said Cam was the starter.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

So he goes from "cam is the starter" to "we don't have a time table." Did BB just admit that cam is not the starter?

 

[BTTA]

Good review of yesterday by Reiss

That's the most effusive I've ever seen Reiss outside of immediately after playoff wins. His practice reports come across like an accountant going over mundane financial reports.

 

[gitgronked82]

Certainly a change from a few weeks ago where he said Cam was the starter.

It’s probably the distinction between when he said cam was their current starter (in training camp) vs naming a week 1 starter. But I think we all want to know who he says is the current starter as of right now.

 

[ashley]

 

[Love The Drake]

Is it terrible to want Mac to dominate practice again?

 

[Steve102]

Wait, Bill, didn't you say Cam is the starter? When did Cam stop being the starter? (yesterday at 11:59am) Are you telling us that Cam isn't the starter? You told us that Cam was the starter.

PA announcer on Sept 12: At QB, out of Alabama, #10, Maccurate Jooooooooonnnnnnessssss!

 

[mike_usagisan]

I don’t think Bill is as ready to turn the page on Cam as the rest of New England is.

 

[Steve102]

I don’t think Bill is as ready to turn the page on Cam as the rest of New England is.

I think he's turned it. Now it's about saving face for the vet and not disrespecting him and uniting the locker room behind Mac.

 

[PP2]

I think he's turned it. Now it's about saving face for the vet and not disrespecting him and uniting the locker room behind Mac.

We'll find out soon enough when we see who takes 1st team reps, first.

 

[Sciz]

This is the last open practice, so it would be easy enough to keep the status quo today and then make a change on Tuesday when nobody is around to see it. Even reporters will only get to watch stretching and individual drills.

 

[farn]

I think he's turned it. Now it's about saving face for the vet and not disrespecting him and uniting the locker room behind Mac.

I’ve only heard players heap praise on Jones. If they felt he wasn’t ready, they could always have limited the praise and said such things as “he’s working to get better” or “rookies need time to develop and Mac’s on his way”…. Instead they talk of his command, of how one can understand why he was a first rounder…

While I’m sure there are pro-Cam players in the locker room, I don’t think this is a Milloy-is-gone-they-hate-their-coach situation.

 

[Steve102]

We'll find out soon enough when we see who takes 1st team reps, first.

I think it'll be Cam. I think BB will proceed very slowly and make sure he has not only the right guy but 53 other guys, plus the entire organization pulling in the same direction. It will be so plainly obvious to the entire world who's better, and then he will pull the trigger.

 

[Steve102]

I’ve only heard players heap praise on Jones. If they felt he wasn’t ready, they could always have limited the praise and said such things as “he’s working to get better” or “rookies need time to develop and Mac’s on his way”…. Instead they talk of his command, of how one can understand why he was a first rounder…

While I’m sure there are pro-Cam players in the locker room, I don’t think this is a Milloy-is-gone-they-hate-their-coach situation.

Neither do I. I think that it's right around the corner. Everyone is saying the right thing, and Mac looks like the real deal. Let's see how it goes today and then in the game vs the Giants. It's there for Mac to take it.