If we stepped back to this time last year, nobody was talking about the wide receiver position for the Patriots. If they were, it wasn’t for good reasons. The team had probably the worst wide receiver group in the league last year,

2. Full pads: Vrabel said his most exciting day of camp is when the team is in full pads for the first time, because there's always an under-the-radar player who emerges. The Patriots' first full-pads practice is scheduled for Monday.

The event, dubbed “Pawtriots,” was hosted by the Patriots Foundation in partnership with three local animal rescue organizations to promote and facilitate dog adoptions.