Christian Barmore watches joint practice between Pats and Eagles as he recovers from blood clots

An example is the Patriots’ left defensive lineman, Christian Barmore, who was diagnosed with blood clots and thus was an observer to the joint practice session with the Philadelphia Eagles that was conducted on Tuesday.

It was inspiring to the 25-year-old, who was screened and managed at a hospital in Massachusetts. Other defensive lineman Davon Godchaux noted that the team has not seen Barmore play since he got his injury.

“What matters is that he’s doing great,” said defensive end, Godchaux who referred to Wilkins as his teammate and brother.

Godchaux can relate to that having previously suffered a long-term injury in his football playing days. He suffered an injury while in his senior year of high school; he injured his ACL. Patriots center David Andrews is aware of what Barmore has been going through. Andrews was inactive in the 2019 season due to lung clots.

“It was good to see him. I remember going through all that stuff. I think it is good for him to be around the guys. He is probably missed it,” Andrews said.

New England and Philadelphia players alike said that the value of Tuesday’s practice was immeasurable.

Several of them spoke to the press, and this is what some of the players had to say: “Felt good to compete against another team,” Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson, for instance. “It’s good to establish ourselves with somebody else Just for the fact that we’ve been seeing the same defense for weeks, to go against a person who has not seen our plays and how they will react, now it is into the iPad and studying it. ”

Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive end Brandon Graham offered an opinion on what he said to be a good day for his team on Tuesday.

The first-team offense and defense both executed well in the scrimmage, according to Graham. “We do have issues to address, but I believe the guys were prepared mentally today; I saw them as focused; being pumped by the large audience must have given the guys impetus.

Mayo and Sirianni informed the players if a fight was to happen during training, there would be no tolerance at all.

“You do not fight in a real game,” Mayo said, “If you fight in a real game you get fined, you get kicked out, it’s the same thing here. ” “My message to the players, or a statement I made to them, if you get in a fight out here, if you’re a starter, you’re going to play the whole preseason game, if you’re not, don’t play at all That’s kind of my mindset with that. ”

Sirianni had a similar message for the French.

“No fights,” he said. “You are coming out here to get better. ”

There was a little problem during the kickoff situation in one of the scrimmages but the problem was solved rather fast and none of the players was removed from the field.