The Patriots Put Pads On But It Didn't Make The Needed Impact.

My takeaway from the first four days of practice is the defensive looks elite against this offense, which like the special teams, is a work in progress. Today being the first day in pads, would that change, that is the question.

Offense continues to look like it's designed for Mac. No quarterback competition still. It's Mac's job to lose.

Harris looked good and got extra reps. Coach Ross Douglas got some reps at running. Tavaii was used at fullback instead of tight ends and looked bad. Montgomery's backup Jalen Hurd had a good day but may have gotten injured at the end of camp.

Damaris Douglas continues to standout. Juju and Boutte had a good day. Bourne five practices in, finally has one catch. Sokol had a good day.

Strange got injured and online appears to be banged up deep, at least eight Linemen were out. Alternative league Linemen brought in for workouts. Murray and McDermott had a good day. Reiff with another bad day.

Defense dominanted today due to lack of depth on offense. Mapu looked good again. Bolden had another good day.

Barringer had a good day, no word on the kicker battle. Cunningham saw work as a gunner.

Overall summary:

My takeaway from camp hasn't changed from yesterday. And the Patriots either need to sign a halfback that can play fullback or an h-back that they can use as a fullback, slot back and halfback.