{"id":42266,"date":"2022-08-04T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=42266"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:54:01","slug":"observations-from-the-last-two-patriots-practices-and-morses-morsels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/08\/04\/observations-from-the-last-two-patriots-practices-and-morses-morsels\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations from the Last Two Patriots Practices and Morse&#8217;s Morsels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the observations from the last two practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8\/2 Practice <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christian Barmore has been unblockable in camp so far. Evan Lazar reported that Barmore ruined a backup o-lineman in 1-on-1s.\u00a0 He went on to call him the most positive thing in camp so far.\u00a0 Another report had him beating a double team block to force Zappe to scramble.\u00a0 Then on the next play, he blows up a run play and stops Ty Montgomery for no gain.\u00a0 Barmore even dusted Michael Owenu.<\/li>\n<li>Ty Montgomery is making a push for a roster spot. Running with the second team, he had a couple of plus-runs from RB and also played slot receiver, and Kick Returner.\u00a0 Belichick loves that kind of flexibility.<\/li>\n<li>Nelson Agholor made a\u00a0 one-handed circus catch on Joejuan Williams. Williams pinned Agholor\u2019s left hand (PI), and Agholor made the catch, pushed Williams down, and skipped into the endzone.<\/li>\n<li>Thornton beat Mills on a deep sideline throw where Thornton used his body to shield Mills and make the catch. Mills could be seen applauding after Thornton made the play.\u00a0 Thornton is showing nice improvement.\u00a0 This was the only play Mills gave up all practice.<\/li>\n<li>The offense is in shambles according to Patriots.com Evan Lazar. There were too many unblocked rushers and run plays stuffed before they could get going.\u00a0 The first 10 plays scripted were all hosed up.<\/li>\n<li>Greg Bedard had an interesting observation. Of the 25 1-on-1s, the Offense won 11-7-7. \u00a0Guard Arlington Hambright was the top lineman 4-0.\u00a0 Mack Wilson played edge in these drills.<\/li>\n<li>Bedard in his review of practice today in Boston Sports Journal went on to say the offense improved slightly. The offense ran 26 plays of which 8 were successful.\u00a0 That\u2019s only 30.7%.\u00a0 This included a Red Zone TD in the flat from Mac Jones to Tre Nixon. \u00a0\u00a0Here is what happened on the other 70% where the Defense blew things up. Stuffed runs 8, Sacks\/pressure 6, Incomplete passes 1, Batted passes at line 1, Drop 1, Checkdown 1.<\/li>\n<li>Yodny Cajuste and Justin Herron had some good reps in 1-on1s.<\/li>\n<li>Brown stonewalled both Josh Uche and Matt Judon.<\/li>\n<li>No Hoyer again today. Mac Jones appeared to have his reps reduced giving Bailey Zappe more opportunities.\u00a0 Belichick wouldn\u2019t elaborate why Hoyer was out but said he should be back soon.\u00a0 Mac Jones wore a sleeve on his right arm today.\u00a0 I think they need to bring in another QB just to reduce the throws the QBs have to make.\u00a0 Otherwise, they will have dead arms halfway through camp.<\/li>\n<li>Add TE Dalton Keene to the list of players missing. Deatrich Wise is back on a limited basis.<\/li>\n<li>Linebackers were very active today as McMillan, Bentley, Wilson, and Langi were noticed.<\/li>\n<li>Ronnie Perkins had a big day with a sack and 2 run stuffs.<\/li>\n<li>Uche was the only defender to beat Brown. Uche, Judon, and Anderson were stuffed by Brown<\/li>\n<li>Anderson is bouncing back after his injury last year and has looked good so far in camp according to Steifel<\/li>\n<li>The crowd was only half full today and was not very excited<\/li>\n<li>Strange was better today against Lawrence Guy and Dan Ekuale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8\/3 Practice <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Dussault of Patriots.com has an interesting article on the following 5 players who have surprised in camp so far:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.patriots.com\/news\/5-under-the-radar-patriots-making-an-early-roster-push-x4122\n<ul>\n<li>Arlington Hambright G Colorado \u2013 He has played in Michael Owenu&#8217;s place with the 1<sup>st<\/sup> team and has looked good.<\/li>\n<li>LaBryan Ray DT Alabama will be vying for a spot on the team with his play. In his 4 years at Alabama, he couldn\u2019t stay healthy.\u00a0 He just might be this year&#8217;s UDFA to make the team.<\/li>\n<li>Ty Montgomery WR\/RB\/KR is a Swiss army knife \u2013 An eight-year veteran isn\u2019t a surprise. What does surprise me is there is no drop-off in performance. \u00a0\u00a0You know how Belichick likes his versatile players.<\/li>\n<li>Brenden Schooler S\/ST \u2013 Schooler has been part of all 4 Special Team units and played some Safety as well. He has been seen working with Cody Davis and Mathew Slater on the nuances of playing Special Teams.<\/li>\n<li>Anfernee Jennings LB Alabama \u2013 has been invisible for the last two years on the team. Not so in this camp.\u00a0 The 6\u20193\u201d 259 lb edge player has been a force in camp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look for more on each player in Dussault\u2019s article.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Butler and Peppers were out, Hoyer dressed but worked on the other field. Pierre Strong joined the team with no limitations.\u00a0 Keene remains out.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Howe reported that James White may not be ready for the start of the season. No surprise there.<\/li>\n<li>The team practiced in shells not pads and was run at \u00be speed. Evan Lazar called it a correction day.<\/li>\n<li>The Patriots are introducing a completely new offensive system, in part because neither of their Offensive coaches (Judge and Patricia) has experience in coaching the Ron Erhardt system the Patriots have employed for over 20 years. They are moving to a modified Mike Shanahan system with a zone-blocking scheme.\u00a0 This practice was a walk-through of the plays that didn\u2019t work yesterday and the day before.\u00a0 This theory was put forth by Paul Parillo of Patriots.com on the Zolak and Bertrand show today.\u00a0 If this is any indication of what\u2019s ahead, the Patriots&#8217; offense is in deep trouble.\u00a0 It may take them a quarter to a half of the season to get into any type of rhythm.\u00a0 The season could be over by that time.\u00a0 We should have seen this coming when the Patriots moved away from a Fullback dominated running attack.\u00a0 They told Jakob Johnson that his services wouldn\u2019t be needed in the off-season.\u00a0 They were going in a different direction.<\/li>\n<li>Mac Jones signaled to Davante Parker with a hand gesture and lofted a deep pass in his direction. Parker cut his route short and the ball sailed into the arms of Terrance Mitchell, according to Mike Reiss.\u00a0 \u00a0They are not on the same page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Morse\u2019s Morsels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DeShaun Watson gets 6 Game Suspension<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That punishment by arbitrator Judge Sue L. Robinson is inadequate at best.\u00a0 The point that the Grand Jury in Houston would not indict him was a huge factor.\u00a0 The irony here is that Tom Brady gets 4 games for nothing because Goodell is the judge, jury, and executioner.\u00a0 Stephen Ross gets more for tampering and Baltimore running back Ray Rice gets two games for striking his girlfriend in an elevator on camera.\u00a0 The NFL has to appeal this decision if only to save some face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describing the New Look Patriots Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This from Andrew Callahan, \u201cThrough almost 7 practices, the new #Patriots offense seems to borrow more specifically from Sean McVay than general Shanahan principles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Heavy outside zone<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Play-action boot passes off the outside zone<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tight wide receiver splits<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Increasing amounts of jet motion<\/p>\n<p>Greg Bedard stated the blocking is the issue. \u00a0\u201cThey are having a very hard time getting on the same page, and they are allowing a ton of penetration. At one point,\u00a0Ja&#8217;Whaun\u00a0Bentley\u00a0came in unblocked as\u00a0Cole Strange\u00a0allowed him to run through, which got the rookie a lot of coaching from\u00a0Bill Belichick\u00a0and assistant line coach\u00a0Billy\u00a0Yates. Some of it I think is personnel, the zone scheme calls for lighter more agile players (like Strange) so it&#8217;s a challenge for bigger guys like\u00a0Trent\u00a0Brown\u00a0and\u00a0Mike\u00a0Onwenu, and\u00a0David\u00a0Andrews\u00a0when he&#8217;s out there (he was very limited today). A lot of it has to do with a lack of attention to detail, which is paramount in this timing\/rhythm-based blocking scheme. Not sure how much sense it makes having a line coach in Matt Patricia only paying attention to the line half time the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, a player like Michael Owenu may not be suited to playing this type of zone blocking scheme.\u00a0 It\u2019s early and I hope that we see quick improvement being made on this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LB Jahlani Tavai is Praised by Belichick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This tidbit from former local sportscaster Mike Giaradi \u201cIt is pretty clear that Bill Belichick looked at how his defense finished last year and decided that the biggest issue was at the LB level (Van Noy released\/Hightower unsigned). Remains to be seen if they&#8217;ve found answers but this is a bold proclamation by the boss\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Reiss\u00a0 posted this tweet quoting Bill Belichick, on @SiriusXMNFL with @PatKirwan_NFL and @JimMiller_NFL, said of LB Jahlani Tavai: &#8220;I think he&#8217;ll be a big factor for us this year, on all four downs; not just defensively but also in the kicking game.&#8221;\u00a0 Of LB corps, he says: &#8220;I think we have good depth there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dolphins Forfeit Two High Draft Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins and owner Stephen Ross were hit hard by the NFL for Tampering with Tom Brady while he was under contract to the Patriots.\u00a0 The Phins will lose their 2023 1<sup>st<\/sup> round selection as well as their 2024 3<sup>rd<\/sup> round pick.\u00a0 The team will be fined $1.5M and owner Stephen Ross will be suspended for 6 months and stripped from participating in any of the owners&#8217; committees.\u00a0 The league determined that the Phins had tampered with Brady while he was playing for the Patriots in 2019.\u00a0 My question is where is the compensation to the Patriots?<\/p>\n<p>A side note to this is that the league did not find any evidence of the Dolphins tanking or deliberately losing games.\u00a0 Part of Brian Flores lawsuit is that the owner asked him to lose games to better position the team in the draft.\u00a0 Flores wouldn&#8217;t do it (as the league has confirmed) but the Dolphins fired him anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Why aren&#8217;t the Patriots entitled to compensation due to the damage that the tampering had done?\u00a0 I think the Patriots should get that 1st round pick Miami is forfeiting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patriots Third Highest Valued NFL Franchise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys remain number one with a value of $7.64B and the LA Rams are a distant 2<sup>nd<\/sup> at $5.91M.\u00a0 The Patriots are third at $5.88M.\u00a0 Far cry from the days of the Billy Sullivan Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patriots Announce three more additions to the camp roster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jalen Elliott S Notre Dame<\/strong> \u2013 6\u20191\u201d slow (4.8 40) but quick (6.87 3 cone drill).\u00a0 Patriots Country by FanNation said this about Elliott on March 8, 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/patriots\/gm-report\/scouting-profile-jalen-elliott\">https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/patriots\/gm-report\/scouting-profile-jalen-elliott<\/a> \u201cJalen Elliott is a guy who has been widely ignored by the media through this draft process. Yet,\u00a0Jim Nagy of the Senior Bowl\u00a0(in which Elliott starred in), hinted that team scouts are giving him some attention leading into the draft.\u201d\u00a0 Many didn\u2019t think Elliott deserved the nod for a Senior Bowl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brad Hawkins S Michigan<\/strong> \u2013 6\u20191\u201d 207 4.57 40, 7.10 3-cone drill are decent for a Strong Safety.\u00a0 Hawkins player 5 seasons at Ann Arbor with 178 tackles, 8 pass deflections two forced fumbles, and one recovery.\u00a0 He was voted third team All-Big Ten in 2021 and was a team captain.\u00a0 Atlanta signed him as a Priority Free Agent after the draft but cut him to add Eddie Goldman to the roster in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nate Wieland LB Iowa\/Grand View<\/strong> (NIAI) (reported by multiple sources) \u2013 Somewhere between 6\u20191\u201d and 6\u2019 4\u201d according to conflicting reports.\u00a0 From a report on the 2022 National Scouting Combine, \u201cWeiland dominated at the linebacker position, as he had the highest combine numbers at each of the six combine drills. For someone who almost weighs 240 pounds and stands at just over 6\u20191\u201d, his speed was extremely evident, as he would\u2019ve not only weighed-in as the 5th heaviest linebacker, but he also would\u2019ve run the fastest 40-yard dash (Note: Nick Bolton ran a 4.6 at the NFL Combine) and had the 7th highest vertical jump for inside linebackers at the 2021 NFL Combine. Even with the limited highlight film, our scouting staff was extremely impressed with Weiland\u2019s suddenness, pursuit ability, and versatility seen through being able to play as an edge defender. During the position drills today, we\u2019re looking forward to watching how Weiland performs with the linebacker drills and scouts are going to want to see if he can play with body control in space because he caught their attention yesterday\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0This is not the 1<sup>st<\/sup> look the Patriots have had with Wieland, he was a rookie camp invitee but not offered a contract at that time.\u00a0 Grand View played for the NAIA National Championship last season and lost in the championship game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The NFL is appealing the DeShaun Watson Ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No surprise here.\u00a0 They have until Thursday to appeal.\u00a0 This is a PR nightmare for the league as the pushback from the general public, men and women have been tremendous.\u00a0 According to Adam Schefter, the league is asking for an Indefinite Suspension and at least a year&#8217;s suspension.\u00a0 \u00a0That is the same position they had going in.\u00a0 I believe this time they are asking for an extreme sentence, hoping to find somewhere in the middle so they can save face.\u00a0 Roger Goodell gets to determine who hears the appeal.\u00a0 What a joke!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the observations from the last two practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":38933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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