After receiving their first day off of training camp, the Patriots went back to work Monday morning once again wearing shorts, T-shirts and shells in anticipation of donning full pads for the first time on Tuesday. Bill Belichick described the process before the workout, explaining how things would soon be changing as the competition level ratchets up.
We're heading into kind of the next phase here as practices change a little bit, both in length and intensity and so forth, so it's a good opportunity for us this week to really work on our fundamentals and get used to playing in more real football-type conditions, so looking forward to that," Belichick said.