FOXBOROUGH — Practice No 2 is in the books; let’s run down all you need to know, including stats, lineup adjustments and observations:
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Tough day for the offense: The Patriots are far from running their normal multiple offense — it’s all been outside zone runs and boots so far — so it’s early days, but Sunday was not a good day for the offense and Drake Maye. The QB was just 6 of 12 and was picked off for the first time by Craig Woodson. A lot of his passes were high, including on the interception, when he overshot AJ Brown, who tipped it to Woodson. Maye’s first pass of practice was a high buddy ball to Hunter Henry that would have gotten the TE killed during the game. Maye later had a high rollout pass to Eli Raridon. There were also multiple run stuffs — nine — allowed in the run game.
(Paul Johnson for BSJ)
But a good day for the defensive stars: A bad day for the offense usually means a good day for the defense, and that was certainly true. Woodson had the interception; Christian Gonzalez had a sensational pass breakup, showing off his speed coming across the field to break up the pass from Maye to Kayshon Boutte. And Carlton Davis had a pass breakup from Maye to Romeo Doubs, plus Davis came absolutely unblocked on a corner blitz. Additionally, Milton Williams had a batted pass at the line.
Kayshon Boutte making a statement: There aren’t many candidates, but the offensive MVP through two days has been
