FOXBORO — Two of the most impressive physical feats of Day 3 of Patriots training camp were performed by rookie quarterback Joe Milton III.

The 6-foot-5, 246-pound quarterback did a standing backflip — his signature celebration — early in practice. Later in the session, he uncorked a 60-yard bomb to rookie wide receiver Javon Baker.

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“A little corner post,” Milton said about his throw. “I haven’t thrown something like that since the combine, so it was pretty good to do. …

“Before that play, (Baker) was like, if you’re going to throw the ball deep, just throw the ball deep. I was like, ‘all right.’ Luckily, the play was coming up for him to get that ball. It was great. I gave him the opportunity, and he went up and made a play. Shout out to him.”

As for the backflips, Milton’s father taught him how to do it when the QB was 3 years old.

“My dad was doing it a little bit more than I was at 3. He was flipping off his truck every time he got off it. I was doing the trampoline at first. You do two whole backflips on the trampoline and then on your last one, you bounce off the trampoline and land it.”

Extra points

Mayo stressed Friday that the defense “will always be ahead of the offense” in training camp. “Now, the offense, obviously they’re still gelling together, and we have a lot of guys on defense that already know the scheme. You know, it’s harder to jump to conclusions. Are these guys going to be good? Are they bad? Like, I don’t know, and I don’t think you guys know either. I don’t even think the coaches out there know. But one thing I will say is it’s about competition and it’s about getting better each and every day, not only on the field, but also off the field.” … Mayo called wide receiver DeMario Douglas “day to day” with an ailment that kept him limited over the first three days of training camp … Mayo continued to stress that the best five offensive linemen will start. “Now, not going to get into who is playing guard and who is playing tackle, but as we continue to go throughout training camp and start to put on the pads, we’re going to put the best five out there.”