On Tuesday, the New England Patriots kicked off their mandatory minicamp.
On Tuesday, we wrote an article about position battles we would keep a close eye on during mandatory minicamp. And a close eye on them we kept.
In this story, we will now take a look at the six competitions that caught our attention. As you will see, however, not all of the positions currently up for grabs were included. There was a simple reason for that: minicamp, like all offseason workouts before training camp, does not see any live contact. This means that the play of linemen on offense and defense, for example, cannot be properly evaluated at this stage in the process.