Patriots cornerbacks coach was requested about Jack Jones’s exit from observe, progress of Christian Gonzalez

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“It was a terrific play, after which we had a dialog.”

One of many early mysteries of Patriots coaching camp emerged on Thursday when second-year cornerback Jack Jones abruptly departed an 11-on-11 observe drill following a very spirited interval of play.

Jones gave up a completion to Kendrick Bourne earlier than angrily discarding hand pads that the defensive backs had been carrying. He finally left the sector, however later returned on the sideline. Patriots reporters famous that it appeared like he had been kicked out of form.

On Friday, Patriot cornerbacks coach Mike Pellegrino was asked by ESPN reporter Mike Reiss about what occurred with Jones following the play in opposition to Bourne.

“Yeah, it was a terrific play, after which we had a dialog,” Pellegrino mentioned. “That dialog is private, and we’re transferring on to coaching camp [day] 9, and watching him develop as every day goes ahead.”

Requested a follow-up, Pellegrino reiterated his level.

“The conversations I’ve with my gamers are private, particularly in these eventualities like that,” he defined. “It simply ended up — you guys all know what occurred — however I’m not going to share what we spoke about.”

Relating to one other testy second between offense and protection, Pellegrino was requested by Mike Giardi of Boston Sports activities Journal about his personal mood flaring earlier within the week.

“That’s up to now,” Pellegrino responded. “I’m transferring ahead from that time on. We’re all opponents on the market, and that’s what you like to do. That’s the way you develop, you compete in opposition to each other. These guys do a terrific job day-after-day, within the receiver room. [Defensive backs] do a terrific job competing, and in the event you’re not competing, what are you doing on the soccer area? So transferring ahead previous that, however aggressive angle is all the time good from each side.”

With regards to rookie first-round decide Christian Gonzalez, Pellegrino started by praising all three first-year Patriots cornerbacks.

“It’s been a pleasure to observe all three of these guys develop,” Pellegrino mentioned of Gonzalez, Isaiah Bolden, and Ameer Pace.

“All three of them [are] actually good rookies,” he continued. “They’re all tremendous aggressive. Christian grows day-after-day, which is nice to see as a coach of a younger man. Christian’s solely 21, so it’s nice to see him take leaps and bounds each single day. I couldn’t be happier with the best way the group is progressing. Not simply the rookies, however all the opposite guys which were right here.”

One of many notable match-ups in coaching camp has been Gonzalez in opposition to DeVante Parker.

Each are larger, extra bodily gamers for his or her respective positions, making a helpful observe situation for each offense and protection.

“It’s good dialog with me and Christian day-after-day,” mentioned Pellegrino. “He talks to Parker so much about sure conditions, like hand placement, physique weight distribution. He’s studying so much. These are errors in observe, and also you’d fairly have them in observe. He’s going to get higher. He’s going to be taught from them after which do it higher within the recreation. Each mistake is a chance to be taught from.”