Patriots Practice Observations: Cornerbacks Show Fight In Coverage, Scraps

FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots’ cornerbacks wouldn’t go down without a fight Monday in their joint practice with the Chicago Bears.

The Patriots’ defense didn’t make life easy on Bears quarterbacks Jay Cutler, Brian Hoyer, Connor Shaw and David Fales, recording 15 pass breakups in team drills.

Here’s everything that went down at the Patriots-Bears joint practice:

— Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler got booted from practice after getting into a scrap with Bears wideout Alshon Jeffery. Butler and Jeffery had one another by the face mask before more Bears players ran in and escalated the fight. Patriots defenders Duron Harmon, Cyrus Jones and Jamie Collins also were in on the action.

— Tight end Rob Gronkowski left practice early after pulling up during 7-on-7 drills. He walked off the field and into the locker room.

— Running backs D.J. Foster and Donald Brown, wide receivers Keshawn Martin, Malcolm Mitchell and Danny Amendola, guard Tre’ Jackson, tight end Bryce Williams and defensive end Rob Ninkovich worked on a separate field with trainers during the joint practice.

— Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was 7 of 14 in 11-on-11s and 11 of 22 overall. Jimmy Garoppolo was 9 of 12 in 11s and 13 of 18 overall. Third-stringer Jacoby Brissett was 4 of 8 in 11s.

— Cutler was 11 of 18 in 11-on-11s and 17 of 28 overall. Hoyer was 9 of 12 with an interception in 11s and 14 of 17 with the pick overall. Shaw was 0 of 3 with an interception in 11s and Fales was 2 of 2.

— Patriots safety Jordan Richards picked off Shaw. Linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill intercepted Hoyer.

— Linebacker Jamie Collins (2), cornerback Justin Coleman (2), safeties Devin McCourty and Vinnie Sunseri and cornerbacks Logan Ryan, Cre’von LeBlanc and E.J. Biggers had pass breakups in team drills.

— Here’s how the Patriots’ cornerbacks fared in 1-on-1 drills:

• WR Jeffery beat CB Ryan
• CB Butler beat WR Kevin White
• CB Cyrus Jones beat WR Deonte Thompson
• WR Joshua Bellamy beat CB Coleman
• CB LeBlanc broke up a pass intended for WR Cameron Meredith
• WR Marc Mariani beat CB Biggers
• CB Darryl Roberts beat WR Kieren Duncan
• WR Daniel Braverman beat CB Jonathan Jones
• CB Ryan beat WR Jeffery
• WR White beat CB Butler
• WR Thompson beat CB V’Angelo Bentley
• WR Bellamy beat CB Coleman
• WR Meredith beat CB Cyrus Jones
• CB Biggers beat WR Mariani
• WR Duncan beat CB LeBlanc
• WR Braverman beat CB Jonathan Jones
• WR Jeffery beat CB Butler
• WR White beat CB Ryan
• WR Thompson beat CB Roberts
• CB Coleman broke up a pass intended for WR Bellamy
• WR Meredith beat CB Cyrus Jones
• WR Mariani beat CB Biggers
• CB Bentley beat WR Duncan
• WR Braverman beat CB Jonathan Jones
• CB Butler beat WR Jeffery
• CB Coleman broke up a pass intended for WR White
• CB LeBlanc beat WR Thompson
• CB Ryan beat WR Bellamy

— Coleman had four pass breakups total on the afternoon.

— Here’s how the Patriots’ receivers fared in 1-on-1s:

• WR Aaron Dobson beat CB Tracy Porter
• WR Julian Edelman beat CB Bryce Callahan
• WR Chris Harper beat CB Jacoby Glenn
• WR Chris Hogan beat CB Harold Jones-Quartey
• WR Nate Washington beat CB De’Vante Bausby
• CB Kevin Peterson beat WR Edelman
• WR Hogan beat CB Taveze Calhoun
• WR Dobson beat CB Kyle Fuller
• WR DeAndre Carter beat CB Sherrick McManis
• CB Porter beat WR Edelman
• CB Bausby beat WR Hogan
• CB Bausby beat WR Washington
• WR Edelman beat Callahan
• WR Hogan beat CB Calhoun
• WR Dobson beat Porter
• WR Edelman beat CB Peterson
• CB Joel Ross beat WR Harper
• CB Sherrick McManis beat WR Carter
• WR Devin Lucien beat CB Deiondre Hall
• WR Harper beat Glenn
• WR Lucien beat CB Hall
• WR Carter beat CB McManis
• WR Carter beat CB Jones-Quartey
• CB Bausby beat WR Hogan

— Garoppolo was 12 of 17 in 1-on-1s. Brissett was 5 of 7.

Thumbnail photo via Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports Images