He was asked about the effect the lost practices had on the players. Belichick grinned and said, “They got a long weekend.”

Bill Belichick was also fined $50,000 in addition to losing the two sessions. One of the sessions was on Thursday

Boutte is one of the more intriguing guys in the Patriots’ draft, I can’t wait to see if he can recapture his high level of play.

The Patriots went ahead and took another wide receiver in the sixth round on Saturday, selecting Liberty’s Demario Douglas with the 210th overall pick.