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Practice notes

A few notes from today’s practice, which was held outside on one of the fields behind Gillette Stadium:

* OL Ryan O’Callaghan, S Eugene Wilson and S Rodney Harrison were the players not present for the media-access portion of practice. All three of those players weren’t present on Wednesday as well.

* Players wore shorts/sweatpants, shoulder pads and helmets.

* QBs wore white jerseys for the second day in a row, instead of their traditional red.

LOCKER ROOM NOTES: OLB Tully Banta-Cain drew a significant crowd today, as he figures to see an expanded role due to the season-ending injury of ILB Junior Seau. “It’s a big opportunity for me, it’s definitely something I’m excited about. I’ve been looking forward to getting an opportunity like this, but it’s tough it had to be the way it is. I’ll try to seize it the best I can.” … P Ken Walter continued a tradition by stocking his locker with candy, which he first started doing in Carolina and brought to New England from 2001-2003. Walter recently explained that the tradition started in Carolina because his locker was located in an area that his teammates would walk by regularly, and it gave them a reason to stop by and build camaraderie.