The Patriots defense ended Monday's evening practice with a flourish, with rookie Jack Jones picking off a Bailey Zappe pass to put a final exclamation point on another strong effort by the secondary. Despite needing to replace a starter this season, the position group has flashed early and often this summer.
"Every moment out there feels special, to be honest," said the rookie Jones after practice, downplaying his interception before crediting his college coaching for preparing him to make the mental leap to the NFL. "Luckily I played in a system where I had a coach who coached in the NFL and had a lot of NFL experience, so they taught me a lot of stuff before I got up here that kept me ahead of the curve.