FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots' final public training camp practice ended in thunderous roars thanks to rookie defensive end Chandler Jones.

At the end of practice, Jones was sent down the field with a chance to win the team the night off from meetings by cleanly catching a punt. If he failed, the team would have had to spend the evening in the classroom and plenty of dirty looks would have been casted in Jones’ direction.

Luckily, he accomplished the task. But it wasn’t pretty.

“Definitely gave us a heart attack, almost, but we got the night meetings off now,” cornerback Kyle Arrington said. “Didn’t make it look easy at all, but we’re thankful he caught it.”

Last year, offensive tackle Nate Solder cleanly fielded a punt and the team was rewarded with a full day off. Why the disparity?

“(Jones is) a little more athletic,” Arrington said. “Nate had more of a handicap.”