Football is finally back, at least sort of. On Wednesday, the New England Patriots held their first full-team practice of the offseason as the team moved to Phase Two of its training camp ramp-up period. Over the next few days, the club will gradually increase its workload before the first contact drills will follow next week. While the return to the field was the biggest story of the day, it was far from the only one worth taking a closer look at.
Let’s therefore clean out the notebook to see what also was noteworthy about the 90-minute session that was partially live-streamed by the team with neither fans nor reporters allowed to attend.