Training camp stock watch: Pats’ top QB Brissett strikes deep down the field

Training camp stock watch: Pats’ top QB Brissett strikes deep down the field originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

FOXBORO — Though the Patriots went through their first fully-padded practice on Monday, their offense didn’t exactly seem as though it was moving in the right direction in terms of being ready for meaningful football.

They committed at least two false starts on Day 5 of camp — one by running back Rhamondre Stevenson and one by right tackle Chukwuma Okorafor. There was another wonky snap-count situation — half the line blocked and half remained in their pre-snap stance — that led to a sack of Jacoby Brissett. There were five sacks in all for the offense before the practice was through. Pass-catchers also happened to drop five different passes over the course of the workout.

After one of those drops, a miss by rookie wideout Javon Baker (who has been one of the offense’s best players in recent practices), the entire offense was sent for a lap and then spoken to by head coach Jerod Mayo.

“We just kept jumping offsides,” tight end Austin Hooper said later. “We aren’t figuring it out by talking to each other so let’s run until we figure it out. We’ll be a cross-country team or we’ll be a football team. I’d rather be a football team.”

It wasn’t all bad for players on that side of the ball. The offensive line held its own during a one-on-one period, and starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett had one of his best days of camp.

Let’s get to our Day 5 edition of Stock Watch…

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Jacoby Brissett, quarterback

In 11-on-11 periods, Brissett ended up going 8-for-9, and his lone incompletion was a drop by rookie wideout Ja’Lynn Polk. Late in the practice, the veteran quarterback heated up by hitting Javon Baker for an explosive gain down the right sideline. It appeared as though Brissett got the defense to go offsides and then used the “free play” to take a chance on a jump ball to the rookie.

Four plays later, Brissett dropped an in-the-bucket completion to…

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Publish date : 2024-07-29 21:49:28

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