Training Camp Report: Offense and Defense battle, James Anderson impresses

Tom Brady watches Ryan Mallet being sacked, (photo by Mike Saver/nePatriotsLife.com)


The Patriots were back out on the field this morning lets check out what happened today.

Who's back and who's not







Its good to see that Josh Boyce is back and looking like he'll be a full participant. Matthew Slater's return seems to be flying under the radar but is important nonetheless.

Linebackers doing work

One thing the Patriots have lacked in recent years is a good cover LB. James Anderson was added to fix that problem and Jaimie Collins continues to come into his own. Both seem to be excelling in that cover LB role during camp.





Quaterback and Running Backs

The offense seemed to be besting the defense this morning. Especially the Quarterback to Running back combo. Patriots Life was at practice this morning and you can check out our full Twitter timeline here for complete coverage but here is a couple of highlights.





Ryan Mallet even joined in on the fun and threw a touchdown pass to Shane Vereen over Logan Ryan. It was good to be on the offense unless you were Jimmy Garoppolo, who struggled.



The Defense strikes back

While the offense won early the defense began fighting back and besting the offense. Revis especially.



That seemed to be a turning point. Maybe Revis was getting a little sick of getting beat and seemed to turn it up a notch. You have to like that.





The defense definitely seems to feed off of each others intensity. As the communication gets better and the more they play together this defense is just going to get better and better. As long as they stay healthy.

Its fun to see the back and forth of both sides of the ball. Not only is it fun to watch but its bringing out the best of both the offense and defense. Brandon Lafell echoed that statement.



Practice over

At the end of the day this tweet about sums everything up



No injuries. Revis is good at his job. Garoppolo isn't taking Tom Brady's job anytime soon and football season is getting closer with each passing minute. Can't get much better than that

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