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In training camp, Patriots quarterback Brian Hoyer knows there’s more behind a throw than a number

Each throw tells a story.

And during NFL training camp, whether it is 7-on-7 in shorts and shells or 11-on-11 in full pads, those stories add up.

But Brian Hoyer knows that the statistics don’t always do.

For the 34-year-old quarterback, now in his third stint with the New England Patriots, there is context behind the out route that became an interception or the skinny post that became a touchdown. Even the checkdown to the flat that became neither.

There is information to gather that often goes beyond a 9-for-16 morning on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium.