Mac Jones and Matt Patricia took a minute or two to chat after the team’s first 11-on-11 drills during Day 1 of New England Patriots training camp. They were clearly catching up after those competitive reps.
During the 11-on-11 session, Patricia held a black-and-yellow walky-talky that was linked to Jones’ helmet. Patricia, the offensive line coach, was calling plays, just like he did in minicamp. And while Bill Belichick has yet to name an offensive play-caller (and may not name one this year), the Patriots coach has not given that walky-talky to anyone but Patricia in the offseason sessions open to the media. So it felt notable that Patricia remained in charge in this first practice.
Let’s get onto the rest of the observations from practice.
