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Lewis looked good throughout, but he did cough up a fumble. He was hit in the backfield for a loss, and his forward progress appeared to be stopped -- or close to it -- when the ball came out. Bill Belichick took a piece of paper out of his pocket and tossed it on the ground, likely mimicking a referee throwing a bean bag to mark the spot of a fumble.
-- With the starting offense,
Brandon Bolden was stuffed on the lone goal-line rush. With the backups,
Rex Burkhead scored on one of two runs. He survived a wicked hit in the backfield to score on a second effort.
-- One interesting play for the Patriots offense came deep in the red zone on a fourth down situation. Surprisingly, Gronkowski was on the sideline and instead it was
Dwayne Allen that was Brady’s target. Brady looked down the seam and Allen barely turned around before securing a nice back-shoulder throw for the touchdown. Brady immediately ran to his new tight end to congratulate him.
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LaAdrian Waddle handled Dante Fowler Jr. in 1-on-1s.
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K.J. Maye had an impressive day. His best catch occurred in the final period after falling down.
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-- Patriots pass rush was effective in pretty much every team period. The Jags had the ball five times and the Patriots applied a good amount of pressure on Blake Bortles every time.
Harvey Langi appeared to shake free for one of the would-be sacks.
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Harvey Langi and Lawrence Guy combined for a sack.
-- Howe: Langi is raw but his potential is evident. He’s been playing outside linebacker in the 3-4 and has some reps when he is dominant and others when he follows the wrong guy or gets blown out of his gap. Hey, he’s an undrafted rookie who didn’t have a primary position in college, so this was expected. But if he achieves his full potential in a couple years, he could be a home run.
-- The Patriots have thrown a ton of defensive looks at the Jaguars over the two days. Their front seven is going to be creative with their blitz packages, and it clearly gave Bortles a lot of trouble. They have some picket fence looks where everyone is showing a blitz and changing it up after the snap. Plenty of variations.
-- With McClellin out, rookie
Derek Rivers saw his most extensive work of the summer thus far. He was part of the subpackages and filled a variety of positions. He moved from the outside to the inside of various plays, mostly serving as a rusher, although he did drop into coverage on a couple of occasions as well. He didn’t appear to make many plays but his presence was notable nonetheless.
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Rivers and Wise teamed for a sack of Blake Bortles.
-- After a solid first few practices,
Van Noy has seen more time with the second-stringers as of late.
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Kyle Van Noy had a tough time in coverage, losing Ivory on a swing out of the backfield that resulted in an easy touchdown for the Jags. He has some issues at other times as well, but he also did his share of damage to Ivory. Van Noy applied strong pressure on a pass and basically steamrolled the back after putting him on roller skates for several strides, drawing a hold penalty in the process.
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Kyle Van Noy pressured Bortles in 11-on-11s and barreled through running back Chris Ivory to get into the backfield. Ivory was flagged for a hold as both players tumbled to the turf.
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Elandon Roberts had a sack in goal line 11-on-11s. Roberts sacked Bortles with the help of a switch with Langi. Nice awareness by
Langi to spring his teammate.
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David Harris had a punishing run stuff in the goal-line period.
Malcom Brown had another stuff, and
Adam Butler and Deatrich Wise combined for a third. The Jaguars only scored on one of four goal-line runs, and it was from Leonard Fournette.
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Kony Ealy went to the medical tent at one point. It’s unclear what happened, and it didn’t appear that he participated in any team drills afterward.
