Patriots Go Nuts After Isiah Wynn Fields Punt, Cancels Practice (Video)

The Patriots held their first training camp practice inside Gillette Stadium on Monday, in order to get used to being under the Foxboro lights.

In addition to the new scenery, New England also had the best moment of camp thus far with Isaiah Wynn completing a task given to him by Bill Belichick to field a punt cleanly at the end of practice. If he did, then Tuesday’s practice would be canceled. After missing the first attempt, the Gillette Stadium crowd cheered for Belichick to give Wynn another shot and was able to come up with it to the jubilation of his teammates.

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If at first you don’t succeed…

Highlight of the night from @iwynn77. pic.twitter.com/lZvhbGOq1B

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) July 31, 2018

The in-stadium practice was open to season ticket holders and Foxboro residents as a sort of a tip of the cap to the local community and the fans who are at every home game. 17,425 fans showed up for the session.

Jordan Matthews was absent on Monday due to a hamstring injury. However, his condition isn’t too serious as it has been reported that the wide out is set to miss just a couple of days as he recovers.

Rex Burkhead has thrown his hat inside the punt returning competition as he joined the unit consisting of Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan, Patrick Chung, Braxton Berrios and Riley McCarron. The Patriots are giving Burkhead a chance in order to have someone on the opening 53-man roster who has experience fielding punts.

Ryan Lewis was among those who really stood out on Monday night. Along with intercepting Tom Brady, Lewis was also able to breakup a Brian Hoyer sideline pass intended for Julian Edelman.

Danny Etling kept struggling with accuracy, specifically in the short passing game. However, he did complete his best thrown ball of camp to Devin Lucien during the Monday session for the score.