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June 7, 2007

Mini-camp Day 3 (with photo)

Journal photo / Mary Murphy
Tom Brady hands the ball to Sammy Morris during the final day of Patriots minicamp.

Hey all --

Mini-camp is over for this year, and there will be no more official workouts for the Patriots players until training camp gets underway on July 27.

Safety James Sanders made his return to the practice field after not being out there for the first two days of the camp.

There was one new player on the field, former Iowa wideout C.J. Jones. Jones has been in the league since 2003 and has never played in a game.

Laurence Maroney was once again on the field in a uniform, but participated only in stretching and agility drills, watching from the sidelines until doing the wind sprints the rest of the starters toward the end of the session.

Maroney was throwing the ball around with Kevin Faulk, but he was using his left arm to throw and not testing his surgically-repaired right shoulder. The throws were not pretty. But we have to believe the team is being ultra-careful with Maroney, so he'll be fully able to stiff-arm linebackers once the season starts.

For one of the sprints, the offensive linemen held hands, drawing laughs.

Wes Welker continues to impress, today converting a field goal that was around 25 yards that drew cheers from his new teammates. The left-footed "kicker" did miss the first attempt.

Ellis Hobbs picked off Tom Brady in 7-on-7 drills in a pass that was intended for Jabar Gaffney; in red-zone work, Junior Seau tipped a ball out of bounds that Brady had thrown.

Tight end/fullback Garrett Mills had a nice catch in the end zone during the same red zone drills, catching a bullet from Matt Cassel with Tedy Bruschi in coverage.

We said it before, and we'll say it again: Kyle Brady is an extremely large man. And we're not the only ones that feel that way -- asked for his impressions of his new fellow tight end, Benjamin Watson's eyes got big as he said, "he's huge."

shalise

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