FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cleaning out the notebook from Monday's first joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots:
1. At one point after practice, the biggest media crowds surrounded Jaguars cornerback A.J. Bouye and Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, which was a nice snapshot to show how both players entered the NFL as undrafted free agents but are now considered top-tier players at the position. Bouye played at Central Florida, Butler at West Alabama. As Patriots coach Bill Belichick often reminds players, it doesn't matter where you come from, it matters what you do when you get here. Watching Bouye and Butler on the field, and then after the practice as they drew big media crowds, reinforced that point.
2. A joint practice with another team was a first for Patriots linebacker David Harris, who spent the first 10 years of his career with the Jets. He said it felt good to hit somebody from another team. "It's definitely different," he said. "But it's good to see some new faces."
3. From inside the locker room: Harris said his locker is next to Dont'a Hightower's, and that while Hightower has yet to take the field after opening camp on the physically unable to perform list, he is always giving Harris tips.
4. Scene-setter: Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Jaguars executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin spent a good 10 minutes, if not more, talking with each other during practice.
5. Patriots special-teams captain Matthew Slater was the lone injured New England player not spotted at the practice. Other players who are nicked up were present at the practice, and they worked on the lower practice field on rehab stuff.
6. In addition to Slater, left tackle Nate Solder, running back Mike Gillislee and receiver Malcolm Mitchell are not 100 percent and thus aren't practicing fully. Don't expect to see them in Thursday's preseason opener against the Jaguars. Also, second-year defensive tackle Vincent Valentine, who might have injured his back in practice, walked off with medical staff and might be added to that list.
7. Jaguars coach Doug Marrone called it a "great day" of work.
8. While Patriots receiver Brandin Cooks created a buzz with a one-handed touchdown and later split two defensive backs to catch a 50-yard bomb from Tom Brady, my sense is that one miscommunication with Brady on a free play (the Jaguars were flagged for being offside) was something that tempered excitement over what could have been a big day for Cooks. On the free play, Cooks turned his route up the field, while it seemed Brady was expecting a comeback route. Brady's throw was easily intercepted by cornerback Doran Grant.
9. The Patriots had Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry, whom Belichick looked up to growing up in Annapolis, break down the team's huddle at the end of practice. The Patriots' official website showed video of it, as Belichick shared with players what impressed him so much about Berry.
10. An overflow crowd meant the Gillette Stadium ramps overlooking the practice fields had to be opened to account for the high volume of fans. There had to be about 12,000 fans in attendance.
11. The teams are back at practice at 9:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. Belichick, Coughlin and Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles are on the media schedule.
