N’keal Harry:

Having Edelman, Gordon, Harry, Thomas, Phillip Dorsett, Jakobi Meyers, et al at the position is certainly cause for optimism, and if it were 2012

Here are some Patriots thoughts on the Monday morning.

With Gordon’s addition, the team will have to carry an extra wide receiver to protect themselves in the event that Gordon’s inner demons resurface.

With a healthy Julian Edelman, N’Keal Harry, and a reacclimated Gordon at WR, all of a sudden the WR position projects to one of strength.

Away from the smothering Jonathan Jones in team practices, Berrios has found room to move and made some nice plays in the passing game.

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Stidham looked like a player that already has a firm grasp of the offense. He looked extremely poised went thru his progressions and delivered the ball.

Meyers is generating a ton of buzz around his play and his early grasp of the Patriots playbook but Berrios, has shown signs of life against the Lions

Sony Michel continues to get a lot of looks in the passing game. During the 7-on-7 work, Brady went in Michel’s direction twice in the first four snaps.

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Jakobi Meyers is having a pretty impressive camp along with Maurice Harris. He used his height to outleap Keion Crosson on a pass from Stidham.

Belichick said before practice that the team would work on Situational football as their focus Monday night, conducting several down and distance scenarios

“It’s nice when you have a coach that sees you as a human being, and you’re able to go talk to him, and you’re able to go take care of it,” Bennett said

In other side sessions, Tom Brady worked with Harry and Jakobi Meyers while Hoyer worked with James White and Damien Harris

It was a busy day at Gillette Stadium as fans and media were on hand to get their first glimpse as the team took the practice field Thursday and here’s a full rundown of what we learned from the session.