Okay, I'm not a professional photographer by any means, so I apologize
if these shots aren't things of technical beauty–I won't be confused
with Annie Leibovitz or Ansel Adams any time soon, that's for sure. I
took 60-something pictures and these 19 or so are the better ones.

And I'll try to keep from making this sound like looking at slides from
someone's family vacation . …

[Speaking of family--a quick thanks to my father for letting me borrow his camera. For a Patriots fan, he's all right.]

11-on-11, base offense facing a 3-4 defense.

Defensive players running agility drills. The coach to the left there would randomly throw the ball at players during the drill.

The Four Horsemen of the Offense, rumbling in . ..

And going through passing drills.

Chad Pennington with the first-team offense.

Kellen Clemens in drills.

The team (including coaches) hustling from one activity to another at
the sound of the horn before Mangini starts yelling at them.

Who was asking about Mangini being vocal? (I had two other shots of him yelling, but this was the clearest one. Sorry)

Mangini inspecting the team during stretching, probably quizzing the linebackers. “Quick!
A train leaves Chicago going 55 miles per hour, and a boat launches
from Jamaica going 5 knots. . .. so on 3rd and 7 on the opponents 42,
are you Will or Ted? ANSWER ME NOW!”

Offensive line drills. Looking at the pictures, I notice that
almost all of
the lineman are wearing knee braces. (Hmm . . .must be after they heard
what happened to LeCharles Bentley in Cleveland.) In this first
one, the
lineman line up under the frame and have to lunge forward–practice for
run-blocking.

D'Brickashaw in drills (with coach Tony Wise in the hat, ready to shout)

Stone Cold Nick Mangold with Pete Kendall in o-line drills.

Special teams drills under the watchful eye of “Mickey” Westhoff . “Come
on kid, I want to see speed! Speed! Like greased lightning, youse
oughta be! Come on! Take it to the house, kid, to the house!”

And look who came out to check up on his multimillion dollar investment–Mr. Robert Wood Johnson III himself!

Okay, that's it for now. Hope that gives you a better feel for the day.

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