After three straight days and pads, the Patriots were back to a walkthrough on Thursday.

Still some takeaways.

Let's break it down.

Hey!

Welcome everybody to the Patriots training camp cast.

And yes, after three days of heat and pads today a little cooler walk

through pace still a lot of work though team periods you can see paul they're kind of set in

the stage as they continue to build getting ready for the team drills calling plays you know

the middle of the field all that stuff seems like that's where they're headed getting

there putting it all together and finishing it all up with a little two-minute drill at the very end.

But to me, the big takeaway is Mack Hollins, you know, coming off PUP and being directly

involved right from the start.

Obviously, a walkthrough, so there's not really much of a ramp up period for contact and whatnot.

No pads, certainly no intensity.

But he was out there at the first group,

you know, out at the X. You know, you like that, Mike, right? You like the X? I like the X.

Right? So he was getting plenty of reps, but yeah, good to see him back. Yeah, interesting player. I've mentioned a couple of times. We were out in Vegas when Josh was out there. We

watched some joint practices with him,

and he was very involved, even with Devante Adams and Hunter Renfro. So it seems like Josh has a plan for him. I was a little surprised, too, to see him hop right in. Otherwise, hard to really get a read on some of the returns. I mean, Carlton Davis was back out there. We haven't seen him since last walkthrough. So he's still working back. But he did get reps in there. He was with

Alex Austin a lot. We haven't seen him since last walkthrough, so he's still working back.

But he did get reps in there.

He was with Alex Austin a lot and some of the stuff that they did, so maybe he's a little

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