Patriots Host Saints For Day 1 Of Joint Practices
BOSTON (CBS) -- The Patriots finally get to hit someone other than their own teammates at practice.
The Patriots welcomed the New Orleans Saints to Foxboro on Tuesday for Day 1 of their joint practices, leading up to Thursday's preseason opener at Gillette Stadium.
This is the fourth time the Patriots and Saints have practiced together in the last six years, giving their players a nice change of pace from training camp and their coaches a chance to run some valuable situational practices they normally wouldn't be able to run without a second team in the mix.
Both teams have finished their drills and are hitting the field (and each other) down at Gillette. Here's what's going on down in Foxboro as practice gets underway:
Early Injury Concerns
So far, both Julian Edelman and Rob Ninkovich have walked off the field with a team doctor. Potentially terrible news for the Patriots.
However, there was a bit of good news after practice ended:
Hold on to your butts.
Sloppy Day For Patriots
Patriots Show Support For Olympian Nate Ebner
The Patriots special teamer is on the rugby field for the U.S. down in Rio, and he's got plenty of support back in New England.
Brees Among First To Take The Field
We're used to Tom Brady being one of the first (and last) players out on the field. Today, he was joined by Saints quarterback Drew Brees:
NFL Officials Are There Too
When you have two teams going at each other, you should probably have some refs present:
And Lots Of Fans
Drills Are Complete
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