FOXBOROUGH — Before the start of Thursday’s practice, New England Patriots rookies had to go through a slip ‘n slide while getting sprayed by a hose held by veteran Matthew Slater.
With temperatures in the mid-90s, rookie offensive lineman Cole Strange said after practice that he liked it and thought it should become a regular occurrence.
Rookie training camp “activities” aren’t always this fun. Just ask Patriots CB Jalen Mills, who was a rookie with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016.
“I got taped to the goalpost,” Mills said. “Malcolm Jenkins was one of my vets, him and Rodney McLeod.