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August 8, 2006

A beautiful day to work

The New England Patriots have begun their second-to-last day of practice before the team's first exhibition test, on Friday night against the Atlanta Falcons. There are a couple of hundred people here in Foxboro on a perfect summer day, with bright sunshine and temperatures comfortably in the 80s.

After 15 minutes or so of stretching, the Pats offense took the field, as soft adult contemporary music played from the sound system (a far cry from the hard rock and rap that you hear before the start of a real game). Tom Brady handed the ball to Corey Dillon, who ran off left tackle to get the offensive drills started.

In addition to the local media contingent, ESPN reporters Sal Paolantonio and Duke Castiglione are here today. Best fan apparel so far: there's a guy in front of the media tent wearing a 1960s-vintage Joe Namath University of Alabama jersey.

Today's schedule calls for two practice sessions, the first one ending around 10:30 and the second beginning at 2:30. Bill Belichick is scheduled to address the media at 11:20. We'll keep you up to date on any and all developments.

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