And in a blink of an eye, the first week of Patriots training camp is a wrap after four pad-free practice sessions in front of the fans at the Gillette Stadium practice facility. Fortunately, you don't have to wait too long to go back and this time, you may be lucky enough to see some padded practices.

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The Patriots will hold four training camp practices open to the general public next week beginning on Monday and running through Thursday. Every practice will start at 9:30 with gates opening for the public an hour before. In addition, if you are a season ticket holder, the Patriots will hold their first in-stadium training camp practice on Friday.

With only one full week of practice before their first preseason game against Washington, expect to see them in pads at some point this week with the earliest possible day coming on Tuesday. The league limits every team to 16 days in pads and is not to exceed three consecutive days. In addition, every team must abide by an acclimation period when starting camp which the Patriots will come out of starting on Tuesday.

In addition, the general public will be welcome to the stadium for practice on August 10th just two days before the first preseason game and a week before the first mandated roster cutdown.