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Thornton pegou dois TDs contra Christian Gonzalez em jogos de 1 contra 1 e acrescentou outro durante treinos na red zone.
Tyquan Thornton Foto AP/Steven Senne
O Patriotas voltou aos treinos de shorts e macacão na quinta-feira, depois de tirar o dia de folga na quarta-feira.
Mateus Judonque havia perdido os dois treinos anteriores, participou integralmente na quinta-feira.
Sem os protetores completos, os Patriots fizeram exercícios extras de condicionamento no início do treino, passaram boa parte do tempo trabalhando no ataque da red-zone e praticaram kickoffs.
Aqui estão cinco lições aprendidas com a ação.
Drake Maye se recupera.
Drake Maye se recuperou bem na quinta-feira depois de alguns dias difíceis.
Seus dois melhores passes foram um passe longo para Pop Douglas e um passe para touchdown para KJ Obsborn, que deslizou para fechar suas repetições de 7 contra 7 na zona vermelha.
Ele fez alguns passes que saíram do alvo, um que foi alto demais para Osborn alcançar e outro em uma rota curta para Douglas que quicou antes de atingir o alvo.
Ele também pareceu lançar um passe para TD para JuJu Smith-Schuster. O passe estava bem ali nas mãos de Smith-Schuster, mas Smith-Schuster o atrapalhou e Marcus Jones conseguiu afastar a bola para uma incompletude.
No geral, foi uma exibição sólida para o QB novato.
Grande dia para Tyquan Thornton
Tyquan Thornton conseguiu duas recepções para touchdown contra Christian Gonzalez durante 1 contra 1 na red zone e outra de Jacoby Brissett durante a sessão da equipe na red zone.
Em uma das rotas, Thornton deu um passo hesitante em Gonzalez e cortou em direção ao meio do campo antes de voltar para o canto posterior da end zone e fazer um passe bem colocado de [resumed quarterback starter Jacoby Brissett.
This was one of Thornton’s better days during this training camp.
Mini dustup involving Hunter Henry
There was a handoff to Antonio Gibson during the red-zone drills that led to a brief dustup.
It was tough to see exactly how it started, but it ended with Anfernee Jennings being led away by a staffer and Hunter Henry getting shoved by a defensive player after the play.
Nobody got ejected, so it doesn’t appear that any punches were thrown. Just some pushing and shoving and general chippiness on a day that wasn’t very chippy overall.
David Andrews returns
Center David Andrews, who had also missed the previous two practices, returned to action on Thursday.
He spent the time at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, where one of his children is being treated.
“It’s good to be back out here Our baby has actually been in the hospital,” Andrews said. “I think he’s going home today but everything is good and I’ve just been down at Hasbro so I just want to thank all the ER nurses, ICU nurses, doctors, everybody down there. I’m going to try to go in and see, hopefully get some good news from the wife.”
Players hope Matthew Judon situation will be resolved soon
Judon is back at practice, but there’s no word of a deal being done yet.
Davon Godchaux, who inked a two-year contract extension with the Patriots on Wednesday, said he hopes Judon is able to work things out with the team.
“I still want to see my brother Matthew Judon get his contract,” Godchaux said. “We all know it’s a business but he deserves to have a new contract. We’re all pulling for him because this guy has been a relentless pass-rusher for us the past three years. We came in together. I would love to keep building with him but we all know this is a business.”
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