The New England Patriots will take the next step in their preparation for the 2020 season later today: the team will hold its first practice in full pads this summer, entering the third and final phase of this year’s training camp schedule as agreed upon in the NFL-NFLPA Coronavirus deal. As a result of this, the competition level will also increase over the next few days and weeks — especially at the positions that do not have players firmly entrenched in the starting positions.
Leading into camp, we already analyzed the most intriguing of those position battles.