Anyone who expected a day full of quarterbacks airing it out during Thursday’s Patriots training camp practice didn’t get what they came for at first. The team focused heavily on the run game to start off team segments as the squad builds up to padded practices, which can begin next Tuesday.
Then, once the throwing began, it felt like a repeat of yesterday: nothing to write home about with Mac Jones continually looking like he could rise up and steal the quarterback competition from the incumbent Cam Newton.
Six plays at the end of practice flipped that narrative on its head — at least for today.