3 takeaways from Patriots vs. Seahawks practice reports on Wednesday

The New England Patriots took the practice fields at Stanford on Wednesday afternoon to begin the final phase of their preparation for Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks. Unlike during the regular season and playoff so far, credentialed media are not given an opportunity for a 10-15 minute window early in the session. Instead, a pool reporter provides information.

The Patriots’ pool reporter this year is PFWA member Linsday Jones, who provided the following updates.

Drake Maye takes all the first-team reps

Like he pointed out earlier in the week, the shoulder injury Drake Maye sustained in the AFC Championship Game is no longer an issue to be worried about. According to the pool report, the sophomore quarterback took all of the Patriots’ first-team reps in practice on Wednesday; he was listed as a full participant on the injury report.

New England ran seven-on-seven and full-team drills during the session. Maye and company were in full shoulder pass throughout practice.

Mike Vrabel does some extra work

One of the Patriots’ plans to approach the prolonged build-up to the Super Bowl was not installing the entire game plan last week, but instead leaving some bits for their time in California — a suggestion from offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. As part of this process, Vrabel pulled a group of defensivelinemen aside after practice for some extra coaching and hands-on demonstration.

A Seahawks starter gets hurt

While the Patriots were practicing at Stanford, the Seahawks held a one-hour, 50-minute session at San Jose State. The big story coming out of the session was safety Nick Emmanwori exiting early with an injury. Per the on-site report from Kalyn Kahler, the rookie hurt his ankle while defending a pass late in practice. He went off under his own power and was ultimately listed as a limited participant.

“He had an ankle today, we brought him in to look at it, and we’ll kind of go from here and figure out what are the next steps?” head coach Mike Macdonald told the pool reporter.