The Patriots are officially off enjoying their summer vacation. The team’s offseason workout program ended Wednesday with the final day of mandatory minicamp. That concludes nine weeks of offseason workouts with 11 practices during that time span.
The Patriots originally were scheduled to hold 13 practices, but they canceled one organized team activities session and chose to do community service on one of three days of mandatory minicamp under new head coach Jerod Mayo. Overall, it was viewed as a productive spring for a team with an almost entirely new offensive staff under coordinator Alex Van Pelt and three new QBs in Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye, and Joe Milton III. Van Pelt said the Patriots ran through their newly installed offense twice.
The defense, which carries over four assistants from the 2023 season, including Mayo, and most of its starters, showed impressive continuity under new defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington and dominated the offense at times. Here are 11 studs and duds from the spring: Maye started off the spring practice sessions third in the quarterback pecking order behind Brissett and Bailey Zappe and in front of Milton. By the final practice, he was second only behind Brissett.
Mayo stressed the idea that there are no depth charts throughout his pre-practice press conferences. But quarterback reps spoke louder than the coach’s words as the weeks went on. Maye also ended the offseason workout program in impressive fashion during minicamp.
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