{"id":63697,"date":"2025-08-06T23:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63697\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:11:12","slug":"patriots-defense-comes-on-strong-against-commanders-in-joint-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63697\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Defense Comes On Strong Against Commanders in Joint Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That boy fast,&#8221; Barmore said with a grin. &#8220;I had good angles, but he fast. Good quarterback.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Daniels&#8217; early success, the Patriots defense settled in and prevented the Washington ones from getting into the end zone during competitive team periods. Barmore credited the coaching staff and the team&#8217;s preparation for the unit&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really just listening to our coaches and having good technique,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Good hands inside, square up, playing good technique with what the coach teaches us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel echoed that sentiment, saying the joint practice was designed to simulate game-like situations and give players a chance to adjust and improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to practice the same way we&#8217;ve practiced against our team, by playing physical and aggressive,&#8221; Vrabel said. &#8220;You have to be able to play competitively and physically without letting your emotions get the best of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the first preseason game on deck Friday night, the Patriots defense looks ready to carry its momentum forward. The joint practice offered a valuable glimpse of what this unit can be: fast, physical and increasingly coordinated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to keep getting better,&#8221; Barmore said. &#8220;It&#8217;s all about stacking days.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;That boy fast,&#8221; Barmore said with a grin. &#8220;I had good angles, but he fast. Good quarterback.&#8221; Despite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4687,32056,32057,99,32055],"class_list":["post-63697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-analysis","tag-hp-article","tag-hp-featured","tag-sports","tag-training-camp-feature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}