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August 7, 2007

Practice notes

Hey all --

The tail end of practice became very spirited today, with the defensive backs flying all over the place, and totaling five or six interceptions plus a number of breakups.

In a goal-line situation, Tom Brady threw for Wes Welker in the end zone, who was being covered by safety James Sanders. Sanders and Welker converged at the ball at the same time, and the ball went off what looked like Welker's shoulder pad and popped into the air. Brandon Meriweather stretched out to try and pull the ball in, but only got his fingertips on it.

Sanders also broke up a pass into the end zone for Reche Caldwell from Brady.

On another play, Sanders had an interception off a Brady pass for Caldwell. Caldwell had the ball in his hands, but Randall Gay jarred it loose, and Sanders came down with the ball. Caldwell did make a nice grab on a sideline route in what looked to be a two-minute drill. With Ellis Hobbs all over him, Caldwell made the catch, Brady spiked to ball to stop the clock, and the field goal unit came onto the field.

Gay also batted down a sideline pass near the end zone for Caldwell, knocking it out of bounds, and a hail Mary ended with Rodney Harrison slapping the ball down and out of the back of the end zone.

Matt Gutierrez had a tough practice, getting intercepted twice, the first by Tedy Bruschi and the second by Gemara Williams.

In the right tackle battle, it looked like the snaps were evenly played by both Ryan O'Callaghan and Nick Kaczur. We did notice Wesley Britt at left tackle a couple of times, though not with the first-team offense.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 5:30 PM | Permalink