The New England Patriots were back on the practice fields on Tuesday to hold their fourth organized team activity. While OTAs are meant as a learning exercise and take place without full pads or live tackling, they still give players their most extensive opportunity to get used to the system and the team as a whole before mandatory minicamp takes place next month.
New England traditionally has strong attendance, and last week’s first look at the team confirmed this. While 25 players were not spotted during the Thursday session open to reporters (with five others present but not participating), the team had a healthy portion of its roster present for its first days of OTA action.