Monday was another tough day for New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who was inconsistent as the club tried to focus in on another red area day ahead of their upcoming trip to Minnesota.

Monday’s practice was more like a regular season practice where the 1st team Defense and Offense were going up against the scout teams.

The Patriots finished their last public practice of the year on Sunday in front of a large crowd behind Gillette Stadium, with fans getting their final look at the club before the season opener, which is just a little less than a month from now.

More than the final score of 48-18, the Patriots went out with their 1st units on Offense and Defense and dominated the backup players from Washington.  That’s what they are supposed to do.  What is more important is that they are establishing an identity of a smash mouth football team.  The Patriots are taking on the personality of their Head Coach.  Vrabel, fresh off a cut on his cheek from a scrum at the joint practice, is a no-nonsense, players’ coach, who has them being accountable to each other.  He insists on playing to the whistle, being physical, and playing disciplined football.  They did all those little things on Friday Night.

“I mean, I think the way that the game kind of unfolded with the kickoff, going for a touchdown… we had some opportunities. Mike Vrabel

The New England Patriots kicked off the Mike Vrabel in style on Friday night, putting up quite the showing in their first exhibition game of 2025.

The final score indicated the Pats dominated, but that wasn’t exactly the truth.  The Patriots were much better and scored whenever they had the opportunity.

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said prior to the joint practice that tonight’s game is essentially an extension of practice, adding that the goal is to allow the players game reps that they’ll be able to build on heading into the regular season.

Don’t expect the starters from either team to play much, if at all on Friday night.  If I was the coach, I would play Will Campbell and Jared Wilson at least half of the game so they build on the chemistry they have started to develop.

We got some answers from the Patriots players in Wednesday’s Joint practice with the Commanders.  The Offense was cooking on Wednesday!  I said this would be a test (Is Patriots’ pass rush that good, or is the Offensive line that porous?).  This was against the team that played in the NFC Championship Game last season. 

The joint practice held on Wednesday set up what likely felt like a game-like atmosphere for the players, with almost nine thousand fans on hand to take in the session.

Tuesday’s session for the Patriots was a walkthrough in preparation for today’s joint session, with players taking the field in hats and sneakers for the 90 minutes they worked on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium.

The latest 53-man Patriots Roster Projection following the team’s 11 practice session.

The New England Patriots held their 11th practice of the preseason on Tuesday, and here’s a look at some thoughts on whose stock is climbing, along with some guys who haven’t fared as well as of late.

Garrett Bradbury was back as the starting Center.  Vederian Lowe returned to Practice from PUP, and both Keion White and Antonio Gibson also came back for the New England Patriots.

The Patriots got back to work on Monday after having both Saturday and Sunday off following Friday night’s in-stadium practice, and they still have some work to do before they square off against Washington for their joint practice Wednesday.

This is certainly going to be a big week for the Patriots, who will spend this week getting some work in against the Commanders ahead of their first exhibition game of this 2025 preseason.

“But I’ve already told the team…, get some red zone, get some end of game 2-minute, and really just have fun.” Vrabel on the scrimmage.

This is a phrase I borrowed from a good friend David Levine of Portland ME.  After every game he would write a GBU story and distribute it to our tailgate group and friends.  Tonight’s scrimmage felt like there was a lot of Good, Bad and Ugly at the in-stadium scrimmage.

Tonight kicks off the club’s private in-stadium practice for season ticket holders, which will be prefaced with a press conference from head coach Mike Vrabel.  The team is coming off a walkthrough practice on Thursday, which allowed the players a break after a physical week, which did see a few guys get nicked up.

This was a walkthrough with no competitive reps.  No helmets except for the QBs and Defensive signal caller Robert Spillane.

This is generally the time in training camp where some players begin taking hold of a role, and so far this preseason, it appears that rookie offensive lineman Jared Wilson may have taken the lead at the left guard spot.

Highlights from day 7 from New England Patriots training camp.

The Patriots made three roster moves on Wednesday, with the club still sifting through talent as they look to build their roster in the coming weeks.

Head coach Mike Vrabel was asked about Gonzalez on Wednesday, and while he didn’t reveal much, things sounded positive that his summer might not be over just yet.