The Patriots are now in regular-season mode when it comes to media access at practice.
This means reporters are only permitted to see stretching and then a period or two of individual work. The chance to view entire sessions is over, which means a lot less to go on when discussing the team until Week 1.
Over the last two weeks, several players stood out and raised their stock, while there were others who went the other way.
Here are five players who went up over the last few weeks and five players who went down.