Training camp: Frustrations boil over for Tom Brady on Day 13

FOXBORO – The defining moment of Monday’s practice came after Tom Brady’s last throw. After the quarterback missed James White, he immediately asked for the ball back. Once the ball was back in his hand, Brady turned around and punted it into the crowd.

The Patriots 13th day of training camp was a frustrating one for Brady and the offense. Following the quarterback’s strongest day at camp, Monday was one of his worst as the session was full of incomplete [...]

FOXBORO – The defining moment of Monday’s practice came after Tom Brady’s last throw. After the quarterback missed James White, he immediately asked for the ball back. Once the ball was back in his hand, Brady turned around and punted it into the crowd.

The Patriots 13th day of training camp was a frustrating one for Brady and the offense. Following the quarterback’s strongest day at camp, Monday was one of his worst as the session was full of incomplete passes, dropped passes and miscommunication.

Brady ultimately finished the practice going 15/28 with an interception and it was tough throughout the morning.

Brady started practice going 1-for-5 as he struggled with accuracy at first. Following another tough session, he was sitting at 4-for-11. The quarterback got into a rhythm midway through the session, before he was intercepted by rookie JC Jackson on an underthrown deep ball to Phillip Dorsett. In his two final rounds of full-team drills, Brady saw Chris Hogan and Rob Gronkowski drop passes. Before you knew it, Brady was punting a ball into the stands.

Drops were a common theme on this foggy day at Gillette. Brian Hoyer saw four targets drop passes as he finished 12/19 with an interception. At one point, he had three targets drop three passes in a row – Paul Turner, James White and Will Tye. Devin Lucien also had a drop. On the play Hoyer was intercepted, by Stephon Gilmore, it appeared that Riley McCarron ran the wrong route.

Danny Etling went 4/4 with a light workload.

Among the players plagued with drops was Eric Decker. He had three drops total – one in 1-on-1s and two during a Brady side session. Decker, however, finished strong with four catches in full-team drills.

On defense, Jackson continues to have a solid camp. Along with his interception, the rookie also had two pass breakups. Geneo Grissom and Patrick Chung also had breakups.

Jason McCourty was lined up opposite of Gilmore in the Patriots’ starting defense. The veteran has mainly been with the second-team unit during camp so Monday’s development was noteworthy.

Rookie Isaiah Wynn started 11-on-11s with the starting offense as the right tackle.

On the injury front, Jeremy Hill walked off the field clutching the back of his right leg following a handoff. He didn’t take another rep after that. He didn’t leave the practice field, either, but was stationed on the sideline for the duration of practice.

Cordarrelle Patterson was limited in practice for the first time this offseason. He spent his practice on the lower field with Trey Flowers, Ryan Lewis and Kenny Britt. The Patriots were missing Sony Michel, Rex Burkhead, Marcus Cannon and Matthew Slater on Monday.