There they are….
Training Camp
Aside from Haynesworth, nothing too exciting from Patriots camp day one
As we not-so-patiently wait for the Albert Haynesworth deal to be finalized (no slam dunk in my opinion) we’ve been scanning the practice reports from this morning and there doesn’t look to be anything too exciting or revealing.
Mankins can’t practice until Friday.
Matt Light could be close to returning. This would be huge.
Nick Kaczur still MIA.
Mike Reiss has the rookie numbers. These are bound to change but my initial thoughts below.
2 – K Chris Koepplin – whatever
15 – QB Ryan Mallett – perfect
16 – WR Tyree Barnes – whatever
21 – CB Ras-I Dowling – like it, hope he keeps it
29 – RB Shane Vereen – not bad, but will he want 34 if Morris gets cut?
37 – RB Stevan Ridley – no no no. No one touches Rodney’s number yet.
41 – CB Malcolm Williams – fine
44 – FB Eric Kettani – wish someone else had 44, i’m sure someone will.
46 – LB Anthony Leonard – whatever
47 – LB/LS Ryan Coulson – whatever
48 – LB Jeff Tarpinian – why not
49 – OLB/DE Markell Carter – kinda like it, but not sure if he’d keep it.
60 – DL Aaron Lavarias – wish Cannon had 60.
61 – OL Marcus Cannon – fine.
61 – DE Clay Nurse – sure
66 – OL Mike Berry – eh.
69 – DE Alex Silvestro – kind of perfect for him
69 – OL Corey Woods – whatevs
71 – OL Kyle Hix – whatevs
74 – OT Nate Solder (same number as defender Kyle Love) : this’ll change, no coment
80 – TE Lee Smith – don’t like this at all.
81 – WR Jeremy Ross – whtevs
88 – TE Will Yeatman – give 88 to Lee Smith!
92 – DL Marcus Stroud – not any more. It will be Haynesworth’s.
We’re up and running here at the Ministry of Pats Propaganda. With training camp opening tomorrow I’m officially excited. The Pats will be doing their conditioning test today and it should be interesting to see who doesn’t pass and who ends up on PUP.
The PUP list is always the ultimate buzz kill to the start of training camp. Suddenly you find out certain guys that you had no idea were even injured won’t be ready to go at the start of camp.
For a detailed first hand account of what the conditioning run is like check out Mike Reiss’ interview with Tedy Bruschi here.
The conditioning test is a series of sprints, and depending on what position you play, it could be 40, 50 or 60 yards. The quarterbacks had to do 50-yard sprints and he’d talk about how Bernie Kosar was one of the slowest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, but every year he passed the test. He’d tell us if Bernie Kosar could pass that test, anyone in the room could pass it. You could train specifically to pass the conditioning test by running the test two to three times a week in the last few weeks before training camp.
My test was three sets of ten 50-yard sprints. You had to complete each sprint in seven seconds, and you had 30 seconds in between each sprint. In between the three sets of ten 50-yard sprints, you got a break of three minutes.
Thoughts on the Jets and Asomugha coming shortly…
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Patriots Training Camp Week One Recap
Patriots Training Camp Week One Recap
Luckily we haven’t had a season ending injury yet! There’s been some positives, but questions still remain for the 2010 Patriots, especially on defense.