{"id":25401,"date":"2025-06-11T01:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25401"},"modified":"2025-06-11T01:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:30:06","slug":"patriots-mandatory-minicamp-2-defense-ends-drake-mayes-hot-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25401","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Mandatory Minicamp 2: Defense Ends Drake Maye&#8217;s Hot Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Attendance<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Absent\/Did Not Participate:<\/strong> WR Mack Hollins, CB Miles Battle, LB Jahlani Tavai, G Tyrese Robinson IOL Wes Schweitzer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited:<\/strong> WR Ja\u2019Lynn Polk, WR Stefon Diggs, LB Marte Mapu, S Kyle Dugger, IOL Jared Wilson, DT Wilfried Pene, RG Mike Onwenu<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Patriot Offense Has SHAKY Day | Final Minicamp Recap\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_eBiHobnck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Tweet of the Day<\/h2>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stefon Diggs on what was in the bag in the viral boat video:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stefon Diggs on what was in the bag in the viral boat video:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s happening internal, I can\u2019t have too much of a conversation about it. I\u2019ve been in this league 10 years; you can format your question many different ways, I\u2019m obviously going to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4BygZWp3L\">pic.twitter.com\/e4BygZWp3L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patriots on CLNS Media (@PatriotsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatriotsCLNS\/status\/1932515674221318560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mike Vrabel\u2019s Top Quotes of Note <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>On his message before the upcoming break:<\/strong> \u201cWell, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a downtime. It\u2019s time away from the facility. I think it\u2019s important. It\u2019s probably the five most important weeks of the offseason as far as I\u2019m concerned, just in my history as a player and a coach. It\u2019s critical that they come back in shape, that they\u2019re ready to go for training camp, that we\u2019re prepared as coaches with the schedule, the installation and what we\u2019re doing. The players have to hold up their end of the bargain to prepare for training camp.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/09\/109639a1-b071-47c3-9d1f-1e5d2044602d\/thumbnail\/1200x630g2\/cc0b60e8ecf50ffe388b62c4f0218bf8\/drake-maye-minicamp.jpg?v=47da7f60d670305b40b7371b438c2af0\" alt=\"A solid day for Drake Maye as Patriots really bring energy on first day of  minicamp - CBS Boston\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Efton Chism:<\/strong> \u201cI think he\u2019s a talented player. I think he has a certain skill set. He\u2019s dedicated. He\u2019s studied extremely hard. He has a good feel for what we\u2019re asking him to do. I think the biggest thing for receivers is that there\u2019s trust from the guy that throws the football. When you earn the quarterback\u2019s trust \u2013 any one of them that we have, any one of the three \u2013 it doesn\u2019t take you long to figure out who the quarterback trusts. It\u2019s the ones they target. That\u2019s a good indicator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Terrell Williams\u2019 status:<\/strong> \u201cDoing well. He\u2019ll be here soon and excited about that, so I think everybody\u2019s looking forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On hiring former 49ers Football R&amp;D Coordinator Ekene Olekanma:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ll add a couple other people there. I think that just having somebody that\u2019s dedicated, that\u2019s been in that role, that can manage the people that we have here. He did a fantastic job in his interview process and meeting with all the different groups that we feel like he\u2019s going to be able to work with. He played football. Not that that\u2019s a prerequisite, but you have to have the ability to not only take these numbers and pull them out of wherever they pull them out of. I\u2019m not going to pretend that I know, but also have some application to it and be able to explain it to the coaches and say, \u2018How much is too much, probably need more.\u2019 However we can make our jobs more efficient and better is something that I\u2019m excited about. We\u2019re all excited about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On whether Olekanma will work with coaches or through the headset on game days:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, that\u2019ll be Stretch [John Streicher] and I. That\u2019s a pretty proven system, but I would say that he would be involved. That would be one area that he would help us, help me and Stretch specifically outside of the game planning, the self-scout, the opponent\u2019s pre-advanced report or anything that they may do. We\u2019d carve out some time for him, me and Stretch based on who we\u2019re playing, how aggressive we need to be, what are the field conditions, what are the wind, what are the game conditions. That would all be part of what he would do, but I would imagine that the communication would still stay between Stretch and I. Not that he wouldn\u2019t communicate with him throughout the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Defense Ends Drake Maye\u2019s Hot Streak<\/h2>\n<p>After three impressive sessions in front of media,<strong> Drake Maye<\/strong> and the Patriots\u2019 offense came back down to Earth on a strong day for the defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Vrabel<\/strong> has called spring practices glorified passing camps, where pass rushers and pass catchers benefit from a lack of physicality and run plays.\u00a0 This was true for the Patriots\u2019 rush, which applied even more pressure than usual on Tuesday, but it didn\u2019t feel like receivers had much of an advantage. No matter who was at quarterback, nearly every attempt was either contested or into a tight window. Maye\u2019s ball placement also put his receivers in tough or impossible spots on a few throws.<\/p>\n<p>The performance was highlighted by <strong>Christian Gonzalez<\/strong>, who intercepted Maye with one hand on a go ball to <strong>Kyle Williams<\/strong>. It was a tough day for the rookie receiver, who had two more incompletions forced against veteran corners. <strong>Alex Austin<\/strong> broke up a fade from <strong>Joshua Dobbs<\/strong> later in practice, and\u00a0<strong>Marcus Jones<\/strong> prevented a Red Zone score by dislodging another Dobbs target at the last moment. Linebackers <strong>Cam Riley<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Monty Rice<\/strong> also got their hands on\u00a0short throws to running backs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/n1HeVbfwzho94uwy8ne1BQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/new_england_patriots_wire_usa_today_sports_articles_330\/71c0af5e6bf6d2d7164ee13802ee17bc\" alt=\"6 biggest takeaways from Day 1 of Patriots' mandatory minicamp practice -  Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maye and the offense had their highlights here and there, particularly over the middle. <strong>Hunter Henry<\/strong> had the offense\u2019 best play, hauling in a downfield target against <strong>Jabrill Peppers<\/strong> with one hand. <strong>DeMario Douglas<\/strong> had another productive day, beating <strong>Carlton Davis<\/strong> on a crosser for a 3rd down conversion and notching two more Red Zone scores, including a mismatch against <strong>Jaylinn Hawkins<\/strong>. Still, positives were few and far between against New England\u2019s veteran defense.<\/p>\n<p>Maye didn\u2019t sound thrilled about the team\u2019s extended break while speaking with reporters yesterday, and the rest of the offense sounds optimistic about the group\u2019s potential. Today\u2019s disappointing performance should serve as a bit of extra fuel to hit the ground running in training camp.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Notebook<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Patriots placed veteran lineman <strong>Wes Schweitzer<\/strong> on the reserve\/retired list after missing the last two practices. Schweitzer had been competing with <strong>Cole Strange<\/strong> at left guard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sidy Sow<\/strong> and <strong>Demontrey Jacobs<\/strong> with the top unit saw reps in front of Maye with <strong>Mike Onwenu<\/strong> and <strong>Morgan Moses<\/strong> limited.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andres Borregales<\/strong> went 4-4 on field goal attempts. <strong>Parker Romo<\/strong> went 3-4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Gonzalez and the defense ended spring practices on a high note, dumping water on Drake Maye and the offense&#8217;s recent hot streak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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