FOXBOROUGH — Practice No. 14 is in the books; let’s run down all you need to know, including stats, 1-on-1 charts, lineup adjustments and observations:
FOUR THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Christian Gonzalez not on the field: We don’t know the reason — it could be because of his contract, or due to the fact that he tweaked an ankle near the end of the last practice — but top corner Christian Gonzalez was not on the field for the joint practice with the Colts. Carlton Davis did not take part outside of individual drills as he comes back from a hamstring injury, so that left the cornerback position very thin. Karon Prunty and Kindle Vildor were the starting boundary corners next to Marcus Jones. The second group was Kobee Minor, Channing Canada and Marcellas Dial.
The new turf is down at Gillette Stadium: By this point, you’ve probably heard that, after using FieldTurf for 20 years, the Patriots decided to switch to Hellas, a competitor, after the World Cup. The NFL deemed the surface non-compliant, and the Patriots hired FieldTurf to put in a field that would meet the NFL’s standards. As of Tuesday afternoon, the new surface was down and being painted ahead of Thursday night’s game with the Colts.
Drake Maye will not play on Thursday night: Mike Vrabel said before practice that Maye will not play in the game against the Colts, which likely means not many starters will as well, at least veterans.
“I wouldn’t anticipate seeing Drake out there on Thursday, but that’s all subject to change,” Vrabel said. “That’s where my mindset is right now, standing here today. It’s important that we get the work in and get things accomplished that we are looking to get accomplished. That can always change, but I wouldn’t anticipate that happening right now.”
A.J. Brown cooks Sauce Gardner in 1-on-1s?: I was watching the big boys go at it, but I heard the cheer … then I found out what it was about…
Sauce didn’t like the Twitter discourse about it.
all this from a 1on1 rep?😂 & a 8 yard sit route at that? its a reason that’s the only one yall saw😴🔒
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) August 11, 2026
I’m not going to crap on this too much, because it was a really good route by Brown. But I will point out that players were slipping all over the field in team, including some of the Patriots.
But Brown had a strong day, not usually against Gardner. I thought the entire Patriots offense looked pretty good, including Drake Maye, who did throw a pick in the 2-minute situation.
Physically unable to perform list: DE Harold Landry.
Non-football injury list: S Brendan Schooler
Red non-contact jerseys: QBs.
Returned to practice: None.
Full participants: None.
Out: CB Christian Gonzalez, S Mike Brown, LS Julian Ashby, WR Kyle Dixon.
Limited: CB Carlton Davis (hamstring), DT Christian Barmore, CB Charles Woods.
New injuries: LB Christian Ellis (right foot). It appeared that another had to be tended too as well, but I couldn’t make out the number.
2:08 under a lot of sun and humid conditions.
Drake Maye: Team – 14 of 22, 2 TDs, INT, sack, 2 scrambles (2 of 3; 2 of 5; 4 of 5; 1 of 2, scramble; 3 of 4, 2 TDs – Stevenson, Boutte; 2 of 3, INT, sack, scramble). 7-on-7 RZ: 4 of 6, 2 TDs (Stevenson, Brown).
Tommy DeVito: Team – 11 of 15, 5 TDs, 3 sacks (2 of 2, sack; 2 of 3, sack; 1 of 2, sack; 2 of 4, TD Hollins; 2 of 2, 2 TDs – Raridon, Henry; 2 of 2, 2 TDs – Hollins, Raridon). 7-on-7 RZ:
Behren Morton: None.
IMPACT PLAYS IN TEAM PERIODS
Fumbles: None.
Drops: None.
Pass breakups:
Interceptions: John Saunders (Riley Leonard).
Run stuffs: None.
Pressures/sacks: Cory Durden (strip sack), Leonard Taylor 2
The offense and defense were going at the same time, so I tried to watch the offensive starters and then got what I could from the defenders (Colts projected starters in bold):
Will Campbell 2-0 over Arden Key
Alijah Vera-Tucker 2-0 over DeForest Buckner twice
Jared Wilson 1-1 split with Grover Stewart
Mike Onwenu 2-0 over Colby Wooden
Morgan Moses 1-1 split with Laiatu Latu
Caleb Lomu 1-1 split with Jaylahn Tuimoloau
Andrew Rupcich 1-0 over Jerry Tillery
Ben Brown 1-0 over Derrick Nnadi
James Hudson 0-1 decisive loss to Ade Adebawore
Marcus Bryant 0-1 Michael Clemons
