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Wednesday Patriots Notebook 7/24: Training Camp Kicks Off
By: Ian Logue

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… [Jonathan] Jones made an interesting comment Tuesday when it comes to the fact they haven’t had a true free safety since the retirement of Devin McCourty. Jones pointed out the benefit of not necessarily having a guy who plays there exclusively allows them to disguise their coverages. “I don’t know. I mean, we have a lot of good safeties,” said Jones when asked if the team needs to have a true free safety. “I think the good thing between Pep [Jabril Peppers] and Doug [Kyle Dugger] is you don’t know who is where, what. They can kind of disguise a little bit more who’s going to line up at free, who’s going to line up at strong. But it’s always good to have a guy like Devin, who’s back there as a general manager of the defense and kind of coaching and getting guys lined up. I wouldn’t say you need it, but it’s always good to have a guy like that. ”

The farther away Dugger plays from the LOS, the worse he becomes. If I'm an opposing OC, I'm targeting him and avoiding Pep all day long.