FOXBOROUGH — It hasn’t taken Martellus Bennett long to come to the conclusion that everyone else in New England has known for seven seasons: Rob Gronkowski is good.

“Really [expletive] good,’’ said Bennett, never one to mince words, Wednesday after practice. “It’s been a pleasure playing with him. I think we have been raising each other’s game. He does some things very similar and we do some things different. The thing is, we’re built alike but we’re two totally different players, the way we run routes — the way we go about our business is totally different.’’

The twin tight end terrors (both are 6 feet 6 inches, with Bennett weighing in 10 pounds heavier at 275) have been the rage of camp, taking turns producing highlight play after highlight play. They get excited after making plays — but they enjoy seeing the other make plays, too.

“It’s been very fun playing [with him] because he’s very passionate and he brings it every single day, in meetings, on the field . . . He’s been in this offense for a long time so I ask him a lot of questions and he helps me out a lot. There are so many different plays, I’m like, ‘Hey Rob, we’ve got this on this play?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s what we’ve got.’ I always double check with him. But yeah, he’s really [expletive] good.’’

While they can produce from anywhere on the field, the pair are particularly daunting in the red zone because of their size, strength, and ability to quickly get open.

Gronkowski put on a red zone tour de force Monday, and Wednesday it was Bennett’s turn. Bennett caught two touchdowns from Tom Brady, leaving safeties Jordan Richards and Devin McCourty frustrated on back-to-back plays.

Bennett and Gronkowski spend time each practice working in a small group with Brady and tight ends coach Brian Daboll. The benefits of those sessions have been paying off.

It’s also clear that the group of young tight ends in camp — A.J. Derby and rookie free agents Bryce Williams and Steven Scheu— have benefited from watching Bennett and Gronkowski.

They’ve all had their fair share of solid plays through a week of camp. The group, which includes veterans Bear Pascoe and Clay Harbor (currently on the PUP list), drew high praise from coach Bill Belichick before practice.

“It’s been probably as good of a tight end situation, overall from top to bottom, as we’ve ever had here,’’ he said. “The guys are all competitive; they can all do enough things to be competitive.’’

Looking to catch on Williams has made a handful of good plays at camp, winning one-on-one battles and reeling in an over-the-shoulder touchdown pass from Jimmy Garoppolo last week that brought hoots from many teammates. Williams wound up on the sideline for most of Wednesday’s practice after icing his left knee, but said he should be fine.

“I’ll be good, I’ll take care of it and I’ll be out here,’’ Williams said.

He was signed in May and the long odds of making the team out of training camp are no surprise to him. He was a walk-on at two colleges, Marshall as a redshirt freshman, then East Carolina, where he transferred after a year. The 6-6, 260-pounder went on to earn all-American Athletic Conference honors, in 2013, ’14, and ’15, when he earned an invitation to the Senior Bowl.

“Ever since I started playing football back in little league, I didn’t know if [the NFL] would ever become a reality but you know, just continued to work hard and keep going and fortunately it’s brought me to this point,’’ Williams said.

Williams has NFL size and good receiving skills. He converted from wide receiver to tight end during college.

“Bryce does a good job catching the ball well, he’s got good ball skills. He has a receiver background and you can kind of see that,’’ Belichick said.

The strength of the tight end group means that competition to make the team — or even the practice squad — will be stiff, but Williams is comfortable fighting for a spot, as he has done before.

“Just to bring it every day because nothing is guaranteed so just to keep working hard,’’ Williams said.

Hogan recoveringReceiver Chris Hogan, who reportedly had minor shoulder surgery after injuring his shoulder Tuesday, was on the practice field but didn’t pad up or participate . . . Fellow receiver Nate Washington was again padless. The extent of his participation was catching deep passes from Brady while standing at the 5-yard line early in the session . . . Brady spent some time in the waning moments of practice — after taking off his helmet and shoulder pads — working with Garoppolo. Both fired deep passes to staffers while chatting and gesturing. Asked if their was any specific advice Brady was handing out, Garoppolo smiled and said, “Not really. It was his birthday today so I had to wish him a happy birthday and everything. Just little things here and there.’’ Garoppolo also said he “hopes’’ to still be playing when he’s 39 . . . The crowd sang “Happy Birthday’’ to Brady four times — he gave a wave after Round 1 . . . Belichick was quick to point out that it was offensive lineman Chris Barker’s birthday, too. The coach, asked if he were doing anything special to mark his QB’s 39th, said with a grin, “Practicing.’’ . . . One young fan sported a Gronkowski jersey with the tight end’s name upside down. Now that’s a keeper.

Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com