Notes from the first day of Patriots minicamp.
It's slightly overcast in Boston, but the New England Patriots held their first minicamp of the 2015 season.
They were thin at linebacker, with Jamie Collins, Dane Fletcher, Dont'a Hightower, Jerod Mayo, and Chris White absent, and they were weaker in the trenches with Sebastian Vollmer and Ryan Wendell missing on the offense, and Chandler Jones, Chris Jones, and Sealver Siliga missing on defense. Receivers Matthew Slater and Brandon LaFell were also missing. The Patriots had their scouting department on hand.
Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo were both in good form as they split time with the first and second units.