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August 3rd, 2007
Not much going on …
Posted by Albert Breer at 1:07 pm
at practice this morning. Here’s some quick hits to get you through:
– Yesterday, it was Chad Jackson and Troy Brown. Today, on the lower practice field, Donte’ Stallworth and Kyle Brady were getting route-running work in. The two looked fine, as Jackson and Brown did the day prior, and not far off from making it back on the field. With Stallworth, his history of lingering hamstring problems probably has the team exercising some caution in turning him loose.
– The Patriots sure love those SC Trojan backups in the seventh round. As was the case with Matt Cassel two years ago, LB Oscar Lua has clearly made an impression on the staff. Just a week into camp, he’s seeing first team reps, a day after showing some kick-unit ability in the team’s special teams practice. Another thing we’ve noticed with Lua is how he’s constantly hanging around Tedy Bruschi, something that’s probably not a bad idea for a rookie trying to make the team. During today’s practice, with Adalius Thomas out, he was lined up next Bruschi at the Mike (SILB) and also took second-team reps.
– P Danny Baugher’s leg continues to impress. Before practice, he was launching punts that seemed to travel more than 60 yards in the air. So power isn’t a problem. What will be interesting to see is if he can harness it when he gets to start kicking in game situations in large, expansive and windy stadiums.
– WR Randy Moss barely did anything at practice, aside from chatting up fellow Marshall product Troy Brown. But then again, the second-team offense did get significantly more time than the 1s, an effort likely to prepare them for the first preseason game.
In a while, we’ll wrap up a short day here from Gillette. And tomorrow, we’ll finish the week with “10 Things to Take” from the early parts of camp, much like we did from minicamp in June.