The New England Patriots returned to the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium on Thursday for their second training camp session of the year. The event was once again held without full pads and thus more of a continuation of spring workouts than a regular full-speed competition — that will come once pads are put on next week.
Nonetheless, there was still plenty to talk about. You can read Ryan Spagnoli’s recap from Foxborough here, while we are cleaning out the notebook before turning our attention to the third practice later on Friday.
The Newton-Jones dynamic is on full display
Even though we are two days into training camp, the quarterback competition has not yet started to heat up.