Patriots back to a 3-4, Aaron Dobson impresses + more nuggets from OTAs
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| photo from Mike Reiss |
The Patriots held OTAs today and the media got to watch. As always, they passed along their astute observations on twitter which I've compiled and shared below. Tommy Kelly, Logan Mankins and Rob Ninkovich all talked to the press after practice.
Without further ado...
#Patriots OTA's: Spikes and Bolden still MIA. Gronkowski and Edelman with injury absences. Cunningham, Svitek, N. McDonald also out.
— Mary Paoletti (@Mary_Paoletti) May 29, 2013
Patriots organized activity concludes. Pace picks up today. Music blares. Deep passing game a focus. Good chance to watch outside WRs.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) May 29, 2013
Rookie Aaron Dobson with some ups (nice contested catch down left side in 7 on 7) and downs (drop up left sideline on would-be long TD)...
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) May 29, 2013
TE J. Ballard, who was limited last week, got attention from trainers on sideline at one point. Stayed on field but did not finish practice
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) May 29, 2013
Amendola had play of the day w/ catch over Dennard deep down sideline
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
Donald Jones gets runner up play of day with catch in end zone in traffic
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
Cole played some safety. Collins looked good at linebacker (quick rushing, decent in coverage), Washington got a lot of time at RB.
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
Defensive backs got their hands on a lot of passes, led by Alfonzo Dennard and Ras-I Dowling.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) May 29, 2013
Moe, Hawkins, Amendola and Washington working as return guys.
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 29, 2013
Mallett and Vereen connected on a nice deep ball down the sideline.
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 29, 2013
Talib made a nice pick on a tipped pass.
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 29, 2013
Dobson had a few moments. Got some reps next to Amendola. Ninkovich got some reps at OLB.
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
And once again, Dowling looked good.
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
Tommy Kelly on if "making the team" mentality is real for him: "Yeah, you see how many people they get rid of around here?"
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
Hernandez, McCourty, Boyce, Vollmer, Connolly, Harmon, Ebner, Koutouvides among the limited.
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) May 29, 2013
This is Aaron Hernandez at today's ota. He's walking. Didn't participate because of shoulder rehab. Only pic I took. twitter.com/tomecurran/sta…
— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) May 29, 2013
Tommy Kelly was a fun Q&A. Clearly excited to be in New England. Talked a lot about Wilfork: "He's lunch pail to me."
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 29, 2013
Tommy Kelly: "Bill [Belichick] doesn't guarantee anybody anything."
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 29, 2013
Pats were in a 3-4 defense for most of the day.
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) May 29, 2013
