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See the full story · 2 sourcesFOXBOROUGH, MA - AUGUST 01: New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown (1) and New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins (13) warms up during training camp on August 1, 2026, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The New England Patriots donned full pads for their fifth straight practice as work moved back outside of the red zone and outside on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium.
Here’s what went down throughout the two-hour session.
Attendance
Absent: CB Carlton Davis, TE Jack Westover (new), FB Reggie Gilliam (rest), OG Caedan Wallace, WR Cameron Dorner (new)
Returnee: WR Kyle Williams, DT David Blay Jr.
Limited: OT Morgan Moses (rest), DL Christian Barmore (rest)
PUP/NFI: TE C.J. Dippre, ED Harold Landry III, S Brenden Schooler
The Patriots continued to manage several veterans’ workloads, while Kyle Williams was upgraded to a full participant after arriving late and observing practice on Monday.
Tight end Jack Westover and wide receiver Cameron Dorner were then a pair of new absences on the offensive side of the football.
Takeaways
Two-minute: For the first-time this summer, the Patriots repped an end-of-half situation with the ball on the 20-yard line and 1:05 on the clock. After missing a first-down throw over the middle to Romeo Doubs, Drake Maye found two short completions before getting the needed chunk play to Mack Hollins over the middle of the field. A short slant to A.J. Brown worked the unit into field goal range as they let the clock tick down to :04. Andy Borregales then connected on a 54-yard field goal.
Tommy DeVito’s second group found similar success, again with Mack Hollins providing a pair of chunk plays — in addition to a reception from Kayshon Boutte while working the sideline — to reach field goal range. Borregales then knocked through a 49-yard attempt.
Automatic A.J.: Despite dislocating his thumb on Monday, wide receiver A.J. Brown was a full participant on Tuesday appearing to wear just a small bandage under his gloves.
“I think he’s going to be okay,“ Mike Vrabel said. ”I told him the linemen do that every other snap, and it’s not a national story when a lineman pops his finger back in place. But we had a little bit of fun with that.“
After a slow start from Drake Maye that included connecting on just one his first five throws — including a miscommunication with Brown — the QB ended the day strong going 8-of-9 (excluding two spikes). That included connecting with Brown four times as they remained automatic on slants (three catches) in addition to a back shoulder ball to Kayshon Boutte, who finished his day with five receptions (two from Maye).
Splitting the uprights: Sophomore kicker Andy Borregales continued his strong summer connecting on all five of his field goal attempts with a max distance of 52 yards. Borregales then tacked on two “pressure” kicks from distance to conclude the aforementioned two-minute drives.
Our tracking now has Borregales as 28-of-30 this training camp.
“He’s made the majority of his field goals, a high majority,” Vrabel said before practice. “I think that that’s something that’s a fine balance of where you want your kicker to be. If you feel good about the competition or the job that he did last year, then I’ll just try to evaluate that each week. I think he’s continuing to work with Tom [Quinn] on his steps, the consistency and everything else.”
Edge pressure: New England’s top two edge rushers — Dre’Mont Jones and Elijah Ponder — were active in the fully padded practice. Early in competitive periods, Ponder recorded a pass breakup dropping out in coverage before appearing to beat Morgan Moses around the edge. The veteran Jones then ended the day strong appearing to get home for potentially two would-be sacks.
Behind them, rookie Gabe Jacas saw his workload slightly increase again in his third practice of the summer.
“These situations he has to just understand, and it’s good to see him get acclimated to the special team stuff. So, I think it’s going well,” Vrabel said of Jacas. “I think we’re off to a good start, and hopefully he can continue to keep adding things and figure out where he can help us defensively and really, special teams.”
Other notes:
In Kyle Williams’ return, he caught his lone target from Tommy DeVito and was open downfield for a potential walk-in touchdown during two-minute but was overthrown. Fellow second-year receiver Efton Chism caught two passes from DeVito and continued to be sprinkled in with the top offense.
UDFA wide receiver Nick DeGennaro made a nice downfield adjustment to connect with Behren Morton on a deep ball.
Back off the NFI list, Terrell Jennings received the first reps with the second-team offense before Lan Larison worked in.
After dropping his lone full-team target on Monday, it was another quiet day for Eli Raridon without a target on Tuesday.
The Patriots run game continued to not find much success against the defensive front. Joshua Farmer was in the backfield on one instance to blow up a Rhamondre Stevenson run.
Chad Muma continued to serve as the Patriots third linebacker in base defense and again found himself around the football multiple times.
After a competitive practice on Monday, UDFA cornerback Channing Canada was on the wrong side of multiple completions. Kobee Minor gave up multiple catches as well but also broke up a pass intended for Kyle Dixon.
Rookie cornerback Karon Prunty worked through a block to blow up a screen to Lan Larison.
The Patriots will be back on the practice fields on Wednesday for a walkthrough, which is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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