Patriots struggle in second joint practice with Vikings

>> ALL RIGHT, SO OUR PATRIOTS IN MINNESOTA READY TO SHOW THOSE VIKINGS WHAT THEY’RE MADE OF. >> YEAH ROACHES THERE IN MINNESOTA AS WELL. AND ROACHES TWO WEEKS IN A ROW PLAYING SOME REALLY GOOD TEAMS. PRETTY GOOD TEST YEAH IT’S A REAL GOOD TEST AGAINST TEAMS THAT ARE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS. >> THE VIKINGS WERE IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR. SO YEAH WHY NOT. GOING UP AGAINST A REALLY GOOD TEAM. ANOTHER GOOD DAY OF WORKOUTS HERE IN EAGAN MINNESOTA PATRIOTS AND THE VIKINGS SECOND AND FINAL JOINT PRACTICE. THE TEAMS WILL HAVE WALKTHROUGHS TOMORROW. CLOSED TO THE MEDIA OF COURSE BEFORE PRESEASON GAME NUMBER TWO IN MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE. IN THE MEANTIME, ANOTHER PATS PRACTICE AND ANOTHER DAY WITH MIKE VRABEL RIGHT IN THE MIX. IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE PATRIOTS HEAD COACH TODAY, HIS 50th BIRTHDAY. WHEN ASKED IF HE FELT OLDER, HE JOKED THAT PHYSICALLY HE DOES. AND WHEN IT COMES TO BIRTHDAY CAKE, HE DOES HAVE A PREFERENCE. >> THERE’S ONE ANSWER. IT’S CARROT CAKE. THAT’S IT. THERE’S ONE. THERE’S ONE ANSWER. THERE’S NO HIM AND A HORN. NO, BUT THAT’S THE ONLY ONE THAT I’LL EAT ON MY BIRTHDAY. >> ALL RIGHT, JUST A QUICK NOTE TO OUR DIRECTOR BOOMER BACK IN THE STUDIO. WBZ. VANILLA. VANILLA IS MY FAVORITE. I HAD, LIKE, SIX SLICES LAST MONTH AT MY DAUGHTER’S WEDDING. I’LL HAVE ANOTHER SLICE OR TWO WHEN YOU DELIVER THAT. BOOMER. THANKS FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET BACK TO FOOTBALL. NOW. WE ALL KNOW DRAKE MAYS RETURNING AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, BUT THE REST OF THE QB ROOM IS ALL NEW, WITH VETERAN JOSHUA DOBBS AND BEN WOOLDRIDGE. WOOLDRIDGE, A FREE AGENT ROOKIE OUT OF LOUISIANA, VRABEL WAS ASKED IF THE BACKUPS ARE COMPETING FOR THE NUMBER TWO SPOT. >> YEAH, I THINK JOSH IS THE BACKUP RIGHT NOW. NOT THAT THAT COULDN’T CHANGE. YOU KNOW, BEN’S WORKING HARD AND WE’LL SEE. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE’RE ALWAYS TRYING TO STRENGTHEN THE ROSTER EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND BUT JOSH IS IN THERE. JOSH JUST HAS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT. >> SO THE PATRIOTS AND VIKINGS GOT A LOT OF QUALITY WORK THESE PAST TWO DAYS. NOW MIKE VRABEL WILL REVIEW THE TAPE AND DECIDE HOW MUCH HE WANTS THE STARTERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE VIKINGS ON SATURDAY. I ASKED LINEBACKER HAROLD LANDRY HOW THINGS WENT HERE IN THE LAND OF A THOUSAND LAKES. JUST YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE TWO DAYS HERE? >> NO, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY GOOD WORK. I MEAN, THERE’S A REASON WHY BRAVES WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND GO AGAINST THEM. IT WAS GREAT COMPETITION. I FEEL LIKE IT’S BEEN A GOOD WORK DAY THESE PAST TWO DAYS, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF ON TAPE THAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM AND THAT IT’S GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT HELP HELP US MOVE FORWARD. >> NOW WBZ HAS IT ALL ON SATURDAY, STARTING WITH PATRIOTS GAME DAY AT 1230. PATS AND VIKINGS KICKOFF AT ONE, FOLLOWED BY OUR FIFTH QUARTER POST GAME SHOW RIGHT AFTER THE GAME. AND IF YOU MISSED THE PATS IN THE AFTERNOON, WE’LL ALSO SHOW THEM AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, STARTING WITH PATRIOTS GAME DAY AT 730. PA

The Patriots held their own against the Vikings on Wednesday, but Thursday’s joint practice belonged to Minnesota. WBZ-TV’s Dan Roche has all the takeaways, including a birthday wish by head coach Mike Vrabel.

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