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Mike Vrabel’s face bled during a scuffle, and other takeaways from Patriots-Commanders joint practice

FOXBOROUGH – It happened in an instant. A training camp dust-up led to Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at the bottom of a pile of players.

By the end, Vrabel rose to his feet and an official pointed to his face. The was bleeding from the cheek. He was handed a towel and wiped his face. It wasn’t Vrabel’s first rodeo.

The Patriots coach recently recalled memories of a 1997 training camp fight he was involved in during his rookie year. Almost three decades later, Vrabel found himself in the mix again.

“Somebody was saying it was like the [President} Trump gunshot wound, so I was laughing at that,” quarterback Drake Maye said.