FOXBORO - Things got a little tense between rookies Corey Mays and Laurence Maroney during the afternoon session. The two got locked up pretty good in a blocking drill and Maroney’s helmet came off as the two fell to the ground.

Maroney immediately jumped to his feet and looked as if he might get into it with Mays. But then the two just slapped hands and that was the end of it.

``It’s just football,’’ said Mays when asked about the incident later.

-- Carolyn