--Jordan Richards worked as Allen's personal protector on the opening punt. For most of the scrimmage punts/free kicks from Allen were used instead of kickoffs.

--Garoppolo's first throw of day was thrown down the right sideline for Hogan, who got tied up with the coverage player and fell to the ground. Garoppolo then tried to find a crossing Bennett, but the ball actually flew past the tight end and hit Devin McCourty in what looked to be the knee on what easily could have been an interception.

--Allen's ensuing punt off his goal line was a shank to the right that wobbled short and out of bounds.

--On the next series Brady scrambled for a would-be first down and spiked the ball as he stumbled out of bounds past the sticks, but the coaches ruled he would have been tackled long before getting that far. It appeared that Joe Vellano had the chance and let up on the franchise QB.

--Allen's next punt was actually caught by Slater, the gunner in coverage, despite the fact that he was actually engaged by a blocker as the ball came down to him. It was an impressive play at the goal line by the Pro Bowl special teamer.

--Rookies Jones and Malcolm Mitchell seemed to go at each other a bit a couple different times on the day with the young coverage player going up against the young pass catcher.

--Even when the quarterbacks completed throws on this tough day they weren't actually complete. Garoppolo had a throw to Mitchell waved off because the young receiver was out of bounds.

--Using the running game, Garoppolo's team moved into place for what was about a 38-yard field goal for Gostkowski and the 3-0 lead.

--At one point Brady handed the ball off nine straight times, with varying degrees of the success.

--Jamie Collins popped into the air for a nice pass defense on a Garoppolo throw intended to get further down the field.

--Brady found some connection with Carter midway through the scrimmage, including a nice catch-and-run gain beating rookie cornerback Jonathan Jones.

--Brady also hit Derby crossing for a good gain, beating Patrick Chung who trailed badly.

--Belichick then indicated that a 40-ish-yard Gostkowski field goal missed wide left.

--Garoppolo had a completion in which Bennett showed impressive concentration to haul in a ball that looked like it was tipped at the line of scrimmage.

--Most of Garoppolo's sets with the white squad included two tight ends (Gronkowski/Bennett) and two receivers (Mitchell/Hogan) with one back in the backfield.

--Garoppolo closed out the drive with a touchdown to Bennett in the left side of the end zone, beating McCourty for the score and the 7-3 lead.

--Markus Kuhn was an active pass rusher for the white squad against Brady, forcing the quarterback to move off his spot and throw the ball away at different times.

--After Brady overthrew Derby for the interception he had a long chat with Daboll as he walked off the field.

--Even when they were completing passes, both Brady and Garoppolo had throws that were behind or off-target in terms of the eventual receiver.

--Vinnie Sunseri also got work as Allen's personal protector.

--Brady gave way for rookie passer Jacoby Brissett for a couple of series in which the young passer handed off often.

--Gaffney got knocked off his feet on a nice pop from Sunseri to conclude one of his productive runs. He took a second solid shoulder from the safety a couple plays later.

--Brissett had an ugly third down play down the right sideline when Carter seemed to fall as he came back for the ball and it was nearly intercepted.

--After a slow start on the ground, LeGarrette Blount had some productive carries later in the scrimmage, a number of which saw him follow the blocks of fullback James Develin. Develin did a good job iso-ing young linebacker Elandon Roberts.

--Develin was among those who had a false start/illegal motion penalty at one point.

--Kamu Grugier-Hill had a nice pass defense in coverage of Bennett.

--Gostkowski made the score 10-3 on a long field goal that may have been from 50-plus, though it was hard to tell exactly where the ball was put down for the impressive boot.

--Late in the scrimmage Brady tried on two different occasions to find Brandon Bolden down the right sideline and both times the running back dropped the ball.

--Despite the drops, Brady put a drive together in which he had to move the chains a couple times on his patented QB sneaks.

--Derby had a nice catch down the numbers when he fell to the ground and caught a tipped ball as he hit the turf, beating the decent coverage from Ramon Humber. It was more of a circus, lucky catch than a crisp completion. But the blue squad would take anything it could get on this day.

--At one point on the drive there was a close call on the first down. Belichick called for the measurement. The only problem is that during these practice sessions there is only one stick or first down marker in use, not a pair with a 10-yard chain. So the ball boy ran out with the single stick and Belichick signal a first down.

--Brady capped the comeback drive attempt with a touchdown to Carter in the end zone. The young receiver was wide open on the right side, seemingly between Harmon and Dont'a Hightower, though it was tough to tell exactly what happened with the coverage.

--It was at that point that Brady made the call to go for two points and connected with Derby on the controversial throw at the goal line.

--Hogan worked with the JUGS machine for extra work on his hands after practice. Edelman and Mitchell also got extra work with a ball boy throwing passes.

--Brady and the other quarterbacks signed autographs for the fans in attendance, which was audibly obvious given the loud cheers that erupted for No. 12 at signing time.