Significant injuries, bad offense + 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. There were some significant injuries today which we covered here. LeGarrette Blount and Ras-I Dowling were among those to talk to the press after practice.
Without further ado...
6/4 Patriots OTA's. Dennard carted off, holding left arm. 5 players out, Will Svitek the lone return from last week's absences.
— Mary Paoletti (@Mary_Paoletti) June 4, 2013
TE Jake Ballard (ankle) and RB Stevan Ridley (hamstring) also do not finish
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) June 4, 2013
Lot of time spent on 3-WR package in this practice. Michael Jenkins/Kamar Aiken the top WR pairing on outside. Danny Amendola in slot.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) June 4, 2013
No Spikes, Edelman, Gronk, Bolden
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) June 4, 2013
Ridley and Ballard situations did not appear serious
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) June 4, 2013
One lesser-known player who catches the eye: Rookie TE Zach Sudfeld. Seems to take advantage of reps with top TEs out. Private work w/ Brady
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) June 4, 2013
Aaron Hernandez ran some late routes to catch some Tom Brady passes, so there's some positive injury news.
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) June 4, 2013
not a really crisp day in the passing game - Gregory gets INT off Brady on tipped ball by Jenkins...Kafka may not have completed a pass
— shalise manza young (@shalisemyoung) June 4, 2013
One name to watch: Zach Sudfeld. 6-7 TE with some solid catches. Drew praise from Brady at one point
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) June 4, 2013
DJ Hernandez, brother of Aaron and a grad assistant at Iowa, on field today as an observer
— shalise manza young (@shalisemyoung) June 4, 2013
Ras-I Dowling talked for (literally) a few seconds. “Yeah, I’m doing everything.” Staying healthy a priority? “Trying to help the team.”
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) June 4, 2013
Patriots RB coach Ivan Fears on Ridley's added bulk: "He'll get my answer on that later. That's yet to be determined."
— Nick Underhill (@Nick_Underhill) June 4, 2013
