Here are some observations from Wednesday’s Patriots practice — the last of three days of mandatory minicamp.
u25aa Cam Newton had his best day of camp, completing 17 of 21 passes during competitive periods. After some wobbly warmup throws, he delivered nice, tight spirals with good velocity. He threw mostly short and intermediate crisp balls. His lone real deep throw (to Gunner Olszewski) was broken up by J.C Jackson.
u25aa Mac Jones hit on just 11 of 20 throws, but there are caveats. The rookie was victimized by three drops, one possible completion was prevented by a cornerback hold (D’Angelo Ross on Olszewski), and two incompletions were deep shots during a late two-minute drill.