After an up-and-down scrimmage with the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, the New England Patriots came out roaring and looking to make a statement on the practice field in Thursday’s joint session.
And that’s exactly what they did.
The offense looked better than it has all training camp, and the defense was back to its disruptive ways. It was an intense practice with verbal—and sometimes physical—jabs being hurled back and forth between the two teams. There was enough drama and competition to captivate an audience like it was football in September.
The noted absences for the Patriots at the practice are as follows:
G Mike Onwenu
TE Mike Gesicki
RB Pierre Strong Jr.