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August 2, 2007

Evening wrap

Hey all --

Bill Belichick must like what he's seeing from his team, as he cut both practice sessions short today by a half-hour each. Here's what we saw this evening:

Team owner Bob Kraft took in both sessions today from the sidelines.

Without Randy Moss -- who missed the day's on-field activities -- Reche Caldwell was running with the first-team offense. When he was on the field, however, most of the throws went to Jabar Gaffney and Wes Welker. On one play, Ellis Hobbs was all over Gaffney on a post route into the end zone. The two made contact, but official Billy Smith was right there and said no penalty.

The play of the day was made by Kevin Faulk. In 11-on-11 drills, Tom Brady faked a handoff to Faulk, who drifted out toward the right sideline and made a beautiful one-handed grab. Chad Brown was the nearest defender.

From the Murphy's Law dept.: during Bill Belichick's morning press conference, he was asked about Logan Mankins and the former first-round pick's consistency, which Belichick said is one of Mankins' strengths, both on the field and off. Wouldn't you know, the lone punish lap run tonight was by Mankins...

Remember that tomorrow's practice has been pushed back to 10:30 a.m. It is scheduled to wrap at noon. Patriots Experience will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 7:19 PM | Permalink