FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots hold their fourth training camp practice Sunday at Gillette Stadium:
9:15-11:45 a.m. ET: Practice
11:45 a.m. ET: Player interviews on the field
Weather check: Temperatures are expected to be in the 80s and sunny for practice.
Dress code: Players are expected to be in full pads for the second day in a row. That should give us another chance to watch one-on-one drills and get a feel for how offensive and defensive linemen are practicing.
Players on physically unable to perform list: DT Chris Jones, LB Dane Fletcher, LB Chris White, WR Brandon LaFell, WR Matthew Slater, DT Vince Taylor, G Ryan Wendell
Players on non-football injury list: DT Alan Branch, G Caylin Hauptmann, QB Matt Flynn
Players in red non-contact jerseys (not cleared for full contact): LB Dont'a Hightower, DE/OLB Xzavier Dickson
Players not spotted at most recent practice: TE AJ Derby
Day 3 recap: Running back LeGarrette Blount came off the non-football injury list and practiced for the first time. "You want to be there, for sure," he said. "You’ve got to do everything that you have to do to get there and get out to the field and be out there and go through the grind with your teammates." ... Second-year defensive tackle Dominique Easley came off the physically unable to perform list (knee), practicing for the first time. ... Players learned about the importance of starting a drill fast, with Bill Belichick sending the entire offense on a penalty lap. ... Reserve OT Kevin Hughes appeared to injure his shoulder and didn't finish practice. ... The club released cornerbacks Derek Cox and Justin Green, and linebacker DJ Lynch, all longshots to make the roster.
































