Photo Courtesy of Boston Globe

Six days in to the 2009 Patriot Training Camp and certain players are starting to shine, while others are not so fine. Let’s take a look at these players on both extremes.

Impressive
Julian Edelman – Fast becoming the favorite of many a die-hard fan, Edelman continues in his Wes Welker/Raymond Ventrone redux role. Edelman seems to be willing and capable of doing anything and everything possible to make this team.

Leigh Bodden – Top-Speed was always somewhat of a concern for Bodden (Just look at his Madden rating…) but it didn’t seem to stop him from sticking with uber-fast Joey Galloway. Bodden has received rave reviews from reporters at practice.

Tom Brady – Honestly, it just warms my heart seeing him back in between the white lines. Should be a great season with all these weapons.

Depressive
Vince Redd – So bad, that they canned him and sent him to Kansas City. That has got to hurt… he didn’t even get a big contract like Cassel.

Kevin O’Connell – Not playing bad as much as he just isn’t getting many reps. Hopefully, Belichick and the other coaches just need to evaluate Walter and Hoyer more than O’Connell – if it is a performance issue, that is not promising.

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He’s Baaaaccck…. (Photo – Boston Globe)

The first Patriots practice ended the same way that the 2008-2009 season ended: stormy. The Globe has more pictures at Reiss’ Pieces.

All of the Patriots rookie class are signed and in camp, save for Tyrone McKenzie who will spend the year on IR. Ron Brace, if not others, was seen working with the first team, during the limited time the team had on the field.

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Reiss’ Pieces has some training camp pictures and the first day schedule at the Globe.

Pats Examiner has a great look at all the training camp story-lines in 2009 for the New England Patriots.

Christopher Gasper has a few of the position battles to look for during this training camp, and Shalise Mansa Young does as well.

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(Photo – John Wilcox)

Over the last couple of days, Patriot rookies have been learning the ins and outs of the Patriots system and trying to impress their new coaches at Rookie Mini-Camp. Since the public is not allowed to view the practices, we have to rely on the opinions of those able to view them.

Mike Reiss feels like WR/QB/AT Julian Edelman has made progress in his transition from QB, and likes the way Darius Butler looks. Read more here.

Andy Hart from PFW was impressed by Brian Hoyer’s accuracy, but was concerned with Ty McKenzie’s apparent knee injury. Hart also mentioned that the new coaches O’Brien are doing some good work. Read more here.

Pro Football Talk has a good writeup of what is going on at the Mini-Camp.

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