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A.J. Brown is already making a statement in New England, and he hadn't even played a game yet. The Patriots wide receiver dislocated his thumb during Monday's practice but refused to come off the field, telling NFL Network he shook it off and kept working. That's the kind of mentality Bill Belichick used to demand, and it looks like Brown brought that energy with him from Philadelphia.
Shifting to Tennessee, Cam Ward turned in his best practice of Titans training camp on Sunday, showing more decisiveness and command than at any point this preseason. The offense moved with him, not around him. Two throws he'd want back kept it from being a perfect day, but the arrow is pointing up at exactly the right time for a rookie quarterback under the microscope.
And Aaron Rodgers used his Pat McAfee Show appearance at Steelers camp to go after ESPN directly, calling out the network for what he says is deliberate silence on the Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel story. Rodgers also took shots at Anthony Fauci in what turned into a wide-ranging, unfiltered moment that has the internet doing what the internet does.
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