The Scrimmage

I attended the joint Pats practice/scrimmage with the Saints this afternoon. It was the 2nd session and drew about 10,000 fans. The place was packed. There are so many highlights and things to talk about.

It was great to be about 30 feet away from special team drills: seeing the kicking and punting game with both teams. Seven on seven was very insightful for me. The two minute drill, on-side kicking (even Randy Moss plays special teams) . This was really awesome.

A few things that really struck me: Coach Belichick screaming at the ball carrier to go out of bounds during a two minute drill. You could hear him very plainly.

Coach Belichick and Saints Coach Sean Payton standing on the field throughout the practice behind the quarterbacks. They also had several of their staff with them.

After a failed play, Tom Brady and Randy Moss stayed on the field and had a discussion . It was very friendly. Moss was drawing the play in the air.

All of a sudden, Belichick yelled: "get off the field". He was trying to work the defense against Saints QB Drew Brees.

There was so much going on today that I could never watch it all because they used two fields. I hope they do this again next year. The team will go to Atlanta next week and do the same practice/scrimmage with the Falcons. This is a great idea.